Drying of black pepper has been studied in a lab scale spouted bed dryer. Experiments were carried out m a spouted bed dryer with non porous draft tubes and without non porous draft tubes. The highest drying rate was ...
Drying of black pepper has been studied in a lab
scale spouted bed dryer. Experiments were carried out in a
spouted bed dryer cither with or without internal devices. The
two different internal devices of the dryer are ...
Thermoplastic natural rubber (TPNR) those produced by blending of thermoplastics and
natural rubber using traditional internal mixers and plastic extruders, are becoming increasingly accepted in the global polymer market. ...
The use of natural fibres as fillers in the rubber industry is a new trend. Banana fibre
has been incorporated into phenol formaldehyde and polyester resins as a reinforcing material However, the use of banana fibre in ...
Preparation of polymer blends is a kind of strategy to develop new polymeri materials rather than following new root of synthesis polymers. Further, blending of polymers ^
proven as a cost effective way of achieving ...
This article highlights the need of establishing Abdract: a positive safety culture within safety critical industries such as offshore oil and gas sector, as a vital part of their safety management systems. Obsessive cost ...
Skim latex processing wastew iter is enriched with both organic materials and sulfates
the environment as it is a nontoxic, non-volatile -Abstract: (SCV2). Sulfate does not cause any direct impact on and chemically inert ...
Studies cf Microbial Fuel Ceils (MI C) as Power production units is of increasing interest because it can convert a large diversity u organic compounds into electricity. In a MFC biolological,chemical and eicctro-chemical ...
It is widely considered that the post-colonial period is undoubtedly one of the most seminal eras in the trajectory of Sri Lankan architecture. On the other hand, the houses of the island’s elite remain to this day, a ...
Sandwich wall panel technology is extensively used in energy efficient buildings for
thermal and sound insulation. It has gained popularity in Sri Lanka as a non load bearing partition wall due to its light weight, cost ...
In the textile industry, in order to better control loom warp tension and obtain better quality fabrics, it was very pivotal to analyze the influence of mechanical and technological parameters on warp sheet during weaving. ...
The rapid increase in synthetic fabric production promotes the development of water jet looms and water jet weaving technology. Water jet looms are particularly characterized by their high insertion speeds and low energy ...
The competitive woven fabric production moves from shuttle weaving to shuttleless weaving in order to acquire higher production rates in tact with good quality. The efficiency of the loom production not only depends on the ...
Seam quality is very important aspect of any form of textile assembly using sewing. The quality of the seam is governed by the seam puckering, which mainly depends on the technological parameters of the sewing machine and ...
Premaratne, WAPJ; Priyadarshana, WMGI; Gunawardena, SHP; De Alwis, AAP[Article-Abstract]
Nanosilica was synthesized by a chemical precipitation process from paddy husk ash (PHA) efficiently and effectively. Surface functionalization of the silica nanoparticles was carried out with oleic acid (C18H34O2). Scanning ...
Librarians always try to provide better solutions to their users to optimally utilize the available resources. The user attractive Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is one of the solutions for making access to resources. ...
Applicability of either ACI or DoE mix design method for paving blocks is limited in the
published literature. Further, small scale paving block manufacturers struggle at the initial stages to come up with mix proportions. ...
Couture is simply the French word for fine, custom dress design, made to measure for a particular customer
(Frings, 2002, 174p). Haute Couture (the most exclusive couture) is reserved for the best design and highest quality ...
Distributed, multi-attribute Resource Discovery (RD) is a fundamental requirement in collaborative Peer-to-Peer (P2P), grid, and cloud computing. We present an efficient and load balanced, P2P-based multi-attribute RD ...
Coconut Shell Powder (CSP) is an abundant lignocellulosiccomponentobtained from
Coconut shells, which can be used as natural filler for rubbers and plastics to enhance their mechanical properties and biodegradability. ...