Fine recycled concrete aggregate as a material replacement in concrete production

As a fast and rapid growing nation, Malaysia undergoes a lot of development especially in construction field. Most of the building nowadays are being made mainly using concrete as it provides many favorable features such as satisfactory compressive strength, durability, availability, versatility and cost effectiveness. However, in pursuing the development era, sometimes the authorities overlooked about the construction and demolition (C&D) waste that had been created along the development progress. Construction and demolition waste is becoming a vital issue especially to the environmental aspect in many large cities in the world (Chen et al., 2002). Shen [1] describe C&D waste as the waste which generated from renovation, site clearing, demolition, construction, roadwork, land excavation and civil and building construction. Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste constitutes a major portion of total solid waste production in the world, and most of it is used in landfills .

Performance IEEE 802.14.5 and zigbee protocol on realtime monitoring augmented reality based wireless sensor network system

The internet of Thing (IoT)technology has much development in this era. It has various wireless media transmission systems such as ESP and XBEE. Some IoT device can monitor website or application. On the other hand, Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that used more on the entertainment sector. Here, we try to use AR to monitor the xbee based IoT device. As a result, there is the different result between Zigbee Protocol and IEEE 802.14.5 real time monitoring system. The optimum estimation of realtime time tolerance of those monitoring systems is >1500 ms (IEEE 804.14.5) and > 50 ms (Zigbee protocol)

Performance IEEE 802.14.5 and zigbee protocol on realtime monitoring augmented reality based wireless sensor network system

The internet of Thing (IoT)technology has much development in this era. It has various wireless media transmission systems such as ESP and XBEE. Some IoT device can monitor website or application. On the other hand, Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that used more on the entertainment sector. Here, we try to use AR to monitor the xbee based IoT device. As a result, there is the different result between Zigbee Protocol and IEEE 802.14.5 real time monitoring system. The optimum estimation of realtime time tolerance of those monitoring systems is >1500 ms (IEEE 804.14.5) and > 50 ms (Zigbee protocol)

Preparation of NiO catalyst on FeCrAI substrate using various techniques at higher oxidation process

The cheap nickel oxide (NiO) is a potential catalyst candidate to replace the expensive available platinum group metals (PGM). However, the current methods to adhere the NiO powder on the metallic substrates are complicated. Therefore, this work explored the development of nickel oxide using nickel (Ni) on FeCrAl substrate through the combination of nickel electroplating and oxidation process for catalytic converter application. The approach was started with assessment of various nickel electroplating process based on the weight gain during oxidation. Then, the next experiment used the best process in which the pre-treatment using the solution of SiC and/or Al2O3 in methanol. The specimens then were carried out to short term oxidation process using thermo gravimetric analysis (TGA) at 1000 o C. Meanwhile, the long term oxidation process was conducted using an automatic furnace at 900, 1000 and 1100 o C. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used for surface analysis in nanometer range scale. Meanwhile, roughness test was used for roughness measurement analysis in micrometer range scale. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) attached with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) were used for surface and cross section morphology analysis. The specimen of FeCrAl treated using ultrasonic prior to nickel electroplating showed the lowest weight gain during oxidation. The surface area of specimens increased after ultrasonic treatment. The electroplating process improved the high temperature oxidation resistance. In short term oxidation process indicated that the ultrasonic with SiC provided the lower parabolic rate constant (kp) and the Al2O3 and NiO layers were also occurred. The Ni layer was totally disappeared and converted to NiO layer on FeCrAl surface after long term oxidation process. From this work, the ultrasonic treatment prior to nickel electroplating was the best method to adhere NiO on FeCrAl substrate

ZigBee Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks

Tato práce se zabývá průzkumem standardu ZigBee - jeho vlastnostmi, možnostmi použití a testováním jeho implementace v simulátorech. Práce je rozdělena do čtyřech částí. První část rozebírá strukturu protokolového zásobníku standardu IEEE 802.15.4 a ZigBee, způsoby komunikace, zabezpečení a vývoj těchto standardů. Druhá část popisuje vlastnosti jednotlivých dostupných simulátorů. Ve třetí části je návod na vytvoření prostředí pro simulaci ve zvoleném simulátoru. Poslední, čtvrtá část, předvádí praktické provedení simulace. Popisuje její přípravu, průběh a interpretaci výsledků. Výsledkem práce je zhodnocení testovaného simulátoru pro výukové a vývojové účely.The aim of this work is to analyze ZigBee standard - its characteristic, potential use and testing its implementation in simulators. This work is consists of four sections. The first section analyses the structure of IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee protocol stack means of communications, security and development of this standard. The second section describes features of available simulators. The third section is the manual for creating simulation environment in the selected simulator. The final section shows practical preparation, process and result interpretation. The goal of this project is evaluation of tested simulator for education and development.

Engine performance characteristics and evaluation of variation in the length of intake plenum

In the engine with multipoint fuel injection system using electronically controlled fuel injectors has an intake manifold in which only the air flows and, the fuel is injected into the intake valve. Since the intake manifolds transport mainly air, the supercharging effects of the variable length intake plenum will be different from carbureted engine. Engine tests have been carried out with the aim of constituting a base study to design a new variable length intake manifold plenum. The objective in this research is to study the engine performance characteristics and to evaluate the effects of the variation in the length of intake plenum. The engine test bed used for experimental work consists of a control panel, a hydraulic dynamometer and measurement instruments to measure the parameters of engine performance characteristics. The control panel is being used to perform administrative and management operating system. Besides that, the hydraulic dynamometer was used to measure the power of an engine by using a cell filled with liquid to increase its load. Thus, measurement instrument is provided in this test to measure the as brake torque, brake power, thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption. The results showed that the variation in the plenum length causes an improvement on the engine performance characteristics especially on the fuel consumption at high load and low engine speeds which are put forward the system using for urban roads. From this experiment, it will show the behavior of engine performance