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Modeling Heat and Mass Transfer in Packed Bed Reactors
Modeling of heat and mass transfer in packed bed reactors is central to optimizing performance in catalytic, adsorption, and reaction processes. This manuscript reviews fundamental transport phenomena governing single-phase and multiphase flows through random and structured…
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Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using Activated Carbon Filters
Removal of heavy metals from wastewater is critical to safeguard public health and the environment. Activated carbon filters—owing to their high surface area, porous structure, and tunable surface chemistry—have been widely studied for sequestering ions such…
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Application of Image Processing in Character Recognition Systems
This manuscript investigates the application of classical image‐processing techniques to optical character recognition (OCR) systems as of 2014. We evaluate preprocessing methods—noise removal, binarization, skew correction—feature extraction approaches such as zoning, projection profiles, and transform‐based descriptors,…
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Vol. 2, Issue 10, October 2014
PUBLISHED: 2014-09-30 Original Research Article e-certificate Download Article Page No. Application of Image Processing in Character Recognition Systems Hema Khanna 1-5 Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using Activated Carbon Filters Devesh Mahajan 6-9…
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Design of PID Controllers for Industrial Automation Processes
This paper presents the systematic design and evaluation of Proportional–Integral–Derivative (PID) controllers for industrial automation processes prevalent up to the year 2014. Industrial processes such as temperature control in chemical reactors, level control in storage tanks,…
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Analysis of Biogas Yield from Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste
Anaerobic digestion of food waste offers a sustainable route to renewable energy in the form of biogas. This study analyzes biogas yield from batch and continuous anaerobic reactors treating source-segregated food waste under mesophilic conditions (35…
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Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste for Energy Recovery
Characterization of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a critical precursor to designing effective energy recovery systems. This manuscript presents comprehensive proximate and ultimate analyses of MSW streams from three urban locations, highlighting variations in moisture, volatile…
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Air Pollution Control Strategies in Thermal Power Plants
This manuscript examines air pollution control strategies deployed in thermal power plants up to 2014, focusing on emission reduction techniques such as electrostatic precipitators, fabric filters, flue gas desulfurization, low-NOx burners, and selective catalytic reduction. A…
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Vol. 2, Issue 09, September 2014
PUBLISHED: 2014-08-31 Original Research Article e-certificate Download Article Page No. Air Pollution Control Strategies in Thermal Power Plants Devansh Joshi 1-5 Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste for Energy Recovery Darshan Luthra 6-10 Analysis of…
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Simulation of Feedback Control Systems Using MATLAB/Simulink
Simulation of feedback control systems is a critical step in modern control engineering, providing designers and researchers with a virtual environment to validate control strategies before hardware implementation. This manuscript presents a comprehensive study of feedback…