Disseminating knowledge resources through Weblogs

Discribes about What is Weblogs? How to create a simple Weblogs

Resource sharing protocol Z39.50: A Bird's Eye View

This article discusses the Z39.50 protocol, its genesis, development and structure. It highlights the basic functions with diagrammatic representation. Briefly describes about record syntaxes and definition. The paper also discusses the advantages and disadvantages of this protocol

An Analysis on Various Ballast Water Treatment Techniques for ORV Sagar Nidhi

2042-2052<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family: " times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-font-family:calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";="" mso-ansi-language:en-us;mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="" lang="EN-US">Discharge of ballast water from ship is a major source of introduction of non-indigenous species to marine, estuarine, and freshwater ecosystems. Ships carry ballast water to have stability and maneuverability during voyage.Transport of ballast water across the globe playsa majorrole in ecological imbalance as it carries organisms from oceanic to shallow areas, where they may start a new invasion. In 2004, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) initiated regulatory measures to minimize the species shift by adopting the International convention for the control and management of ship’s ballast water and sediments. Since then, vessels have been increasingly practicing ballast water exchanges. To keep up with IMO requirements and also the stricter requirements stipulated by few ports around the world, ships need to have effective ballast water treatment system. An analysis is carried-out to optimize the selection of ballast treatment system for ORV Sagar Nidhi among the number of existing systems based on their compatibility and suitability.Sagar Nidhi is a state of art ice class ocean research vessel (ORV) of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), carrying research at both Indian and Antarctic waters. Such vessels have limited options for treating ballast water, since a few treatment systems are designed specifically for their needs. Efficacy, residual toxicity, size, weight, electrical load requirement, and safety were the parameters considered while evaluating a ballast water system for Sager Nidhi. As a result of optimization, a<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> ballast water treatment system with filtration and ultra violet treatment was chosen.</span

Abstracts of National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020

This book presents the abstracts of the papers presented to the Online National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020 (RDMPMC-2020) held on 26th and 27th August 2020 organized by the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Science in Association with the Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. Conference Title: National Conference on Research and Developments in Material Processing, Modelling and Characterization 2020Conference Acronym: RDMPMC-2020Conference Date: 26–27 August 2020Conference Location: Online (Virtual Mode)Conference Organizer: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology JamshedpurCo-organizer: Department of Production and Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, IndiaConference Sponsor: TEQIP-