African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84926149109	Prototype design and performance analysis of a sieving machine for improved food-slurry processin...	Simolowo O.E., Adeniji O.O.	2011	Indian Journal of Science and Technology	4	12	10.17485/ijst/2011/v4i12/30299	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria	Simolowo, O.E., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria; Aden...	This study is on the modification and improvement of an "Ogi" (ground corn slurry) sieving machin...	Design-modification; Food-slurry; Performance-analysis; Sieving	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84961361674	CAD/CAM applications: Status and impact in Nigerian industrial sector	Simolowo E., Okonkwo F.C., Kehinde O.O.	2010	Indian Journal of Science and Technology	3	6	10.17485/ijst/2010/v3i6/29774	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria	Simolowo, E., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; Okonkwo, F.C.,...	This research assessed, among others, the current status and the impact of Computer-Aided Design ...	CAD/CAM-applications; Improvements; Nigerian-industries status	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-73349119634	Development and power performance test of a small three-blade orizontal-axis wind turbine	Ajao K.R., Adegun I.K.	2009	Heat Transfer Research	40	8	10.1615/HeatTransRes.v40.i8.40	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria	Ajao, K.R., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Adegun, ...	The parameterization, installation, and testing of a locally developed three-blade horizontal-axi...	Anemometer; Angle of attack; Cut-in wind speed; Data logger; Power curve; Wind turbine	Alternating current; Battery banks; Blade angle; Data logger; Direct current; Ground level; Hub h...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84941740138	Performance of growing cattle on poor-quality rangelands supplemented with farm-formulated protei...	Gusha J., Katsande S., Zvinorova P.I., Halimani T.E., Chiuta T.	2015	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	99	5	10.1111/jpn.12303	Department of Paraclinical Veterinary Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Zimba...	Gusha, J., Department of Paraclinical Veterinary Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Universi...	Farmers use different non-conventional protein supplements and different feeding strategies to ai...	Forage legumes; Low production; Non-conventional feeds; Resource-poor farmers	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84877143163	Improving human performance: Industry factors influencing the ability to perform	Romo G.M.	2013	Knowledge Management and E-Learning	5	1	None	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Johannesburg, South Africa	Romo, G.M., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Johannesburg, South Africa	Learning interventions and new technologies that aim to improve human performance must take cogni...	Dynamic role re-definition; Modern work analysis; Professional skills; Special forces; Underutili...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84870044858	Design, analysis and experimental evaluation of photovoltaic forced convection solar dryer for th...	Adelaja A.O., Ojolo S.J.	2010	International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa	3	None	10.4028/www.scientific.net/JERA.3.49	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria	Adelaja, A.O., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria; ...	The photovoltaic (pv) forced convection solar dryer comprises the solar collector, dryer and pv a...	Drying analysis; Forced convection; Photovoltaic module; Solar dryer; Thermal analysis	Capital costs; Cloud cover; Continuous operation; Direct solar; Dryer efficiency; Drying rates; D...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84947074387	Machining performance analysis in end milling: Predicting using ANN and a comparative optimisatio...	Ighravwe D.E., Oke S.A.	2015	Engineering Journal	19	5	10.4186/ej.2015.19.5.121	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria; Department...	Ighravwe, D.E., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Akoka-Yaba, Lagos, Nig...	In engineering practice, it is interesting to find top-performing and newly-developed optimisers ...	Artificial neural network; End milling parameters; Fuzzy programming; Machining; Meta-heuristics;...	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-42449099581	Development of a performance measurement system for manufacturing systems	Oke S.A., Oyedokun I.O., Akanbi O.G., Oyawale F.A.	2008	International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering	3	4	10.1504/IJISE.2008.017556	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Mezzanine Complex, Akoka-Yaba, Nigeria...	Oke, S.A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Lagos, Mezzanine Complex, Akoka-Ya...	Taylor and Davis total productivity model has significant advantage over the traditional and more...	Inputs; Lagrange multiplier; Manufacturing system; Output; Performance; Performance Measurement; ...	Decision making; Lagrange multipliers; Mathematical models; Optimization; Productivity; Profitabi...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-36549005511	Development and performance evaluation of impact bambara groundnut sheller	Oluwole F.A., Abdulrahim A.T., Oumarou M.B.	2007	International Agrophysics	21	3	None	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria	Oluwole, F.A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria;...	A centrifugal bambara groundnut sheller was designed, constructed and evaluated. The shelter cons...	Bambara groundnut; Centrifugal impeller; Pods; Winnowing	groundnut; moisture content; performance assessment; shelter; Arachis hypogaea; Bambara	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84875837306	Influence of Cultivar on the Predictive Performance of a Moisture Transport Model Developed for P...	Onuoha L.N., Aviara N.A., Abdulrahim T.A., Suleiman A.T.	2013	Drying Technology	31	5	10.1080/07373937.2012.709206	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria; Department of ...	Onuoha, L.N., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Nigeria; ...	A mathematical model for predicting moisture profile in parboiled paddy during drying was develop...	Finite difference method; Mathematical model; Moisture diffusion; Parboiled paddy drying; Prolate...	Central difference scheme; Coefficient of determination; Critical moisture content; Moisture diff...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79955979613	Investigation into the performance of bamboo using the notched and the un-notched specimen	Gyansah L., Kwofie S.	2011	Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology	3	4	None	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Ghana; Departme...	Gyansah, L., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Mines and Technology, Tarkwa, Gh...	This study investigates the performance of bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris) using the notched and the un...	Bamboo; Bambusa vulgaris; Crushing strength; Notched-angle; Performance; Stress concentration	Bambusa vulgaris; Crushing load; Electronic microscopes; Notched-angle; Performance; Uni-axial co...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78650711819	Comparative study of the effect of depth and season on the performance of the reverse-side absorb...	Njoku H.O., Ekechukwu O.V., Odukwe A.O.	2009	International Journal of Sustainable Energy	28	4	10.1080/14786450903194510	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria; National Universiti...	Njoku, H.O., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria; Ekechu...	The 'reverse-side absorber-plate shallow solar pond' (RASSP), consisting of a semi-cylindrical re...	Cylindrical reflector; Reverse absorber-plate collector; Shallow solar pond; Solar pond; Solar wa...	Comparative studies; Cylindrical reflectors; Depth variation; Glass covers; Plate collectors; Sha...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-53949114420	Performance trends of an air-cooled steam condenser under windy conditions	van Rooyen J.A., Kröger D.G.	2008	Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power	130	2	10.1115/1.2771567	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602,...	van Rooyen, J.A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X...	Air-cooled steam condensers (ACSCs) are increasingly employed to reject heat in modern power plan...	Air-cooled steam condensers; Distorted air flow; Performance; Recirculation; Windy conditions	Air; Condensers (liquefiers); Cooling; Cooling systems; Electric power plants; Flow patterns; Num...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33748457318	Solar chimney power plant performance	Pretorius J.P., Kroger D.G.	2006	Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME	128	3	10.1115/1.2210491	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602,...	Pretorius, J.P., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1...	This paper evaluates the performance of a large-scale solar chimney power plant. The study consid...	None	Chimneys; Computer simulation; Heat convection; Heat transfer; Mathematical models; Numerical ana...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-33646149759	Critical evaluation of solar chimney power plant performance	Pretorius J.P., Kröger D.G.	2006	Solar Energy	80	5	10.1016/j.solener.2005.04.001	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602...	Pretorius, J.P., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1...	This paper evaluates the influence of a recently developed convective heat transfer equation, mor...	Power plant; Renewable energy; Solar chimney; Solar energy; Solar power; Solar tower; Upwind	Chimneys; Electric losses; Granite; Heat convection; Lime brick; Mathematical models; Q factor me...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-15044348909	Cooling tower performance evaluation: Merkel, Poppe, and e-NTU methods of analysis	Kloppers J.C., Kröger D.G.	2005	Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power	127	1	10.1115/1.1787504	Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa	Kloppers, J.C., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch 76...	The heat rejected and water evaporated in mechanical and natural draft cooling towers are critica...	None	Atmospheric humidity; Computational methods; Cooling systems; Evaporation; Cooling tower performa...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84957809766	Evaluation of global solar radiation using multiple weather parameters as predictors for South Af...	Adeala A.A., Huan Z., Enweremadu C.C.	2015	Thermal Science	19	None	10.2298/TSCI130714072A	Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa...	Adeala, A.A., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark...	Models for estimating monthly average daily global solar radiation were developed for South Afric...	Modeling; Multiple predictors; Solar radiation; South Africa; Weather parameters	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84899505043	Performance measurements of a medium-current short-pulsed vacuum arc thruster	Lun J., Dobson R.T., Steyn W.H.	2014	Experimental Techniques	38	3	10.1111/j.1747-1567.2012.00811.x	Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, University of the Witwatersran...	Lun, J., Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aeronautical Engineering, University of the Wit...	A vacuum arc thruster, powered by a pulsed capacitive circuit, was built and its thrust measured ...	Cantilever Beam; Electric Propulsion; Impulse Load; Ion Current; Low Thrust Measurement; Plasma J...	Cantilever beams; Electric propulsion; Mechanical engineering; Mechanical properties; Plasma jets...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-77954635387	Performance of solar chimney power plant in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau	Zhou X., Wang F., Fan J., Ochieng R.M.	2010	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews	14	8	10.1016/j.rser.2010.04.017	Department of Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Scienc...	Zhou, X., Department of Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University...	A solar chimney power plant (SCPP) is proposed to be built in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau where there i...	Power generation; Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; Solar chimney; Solar collector	Direct solar radiation; Diurnal temperature ranges; Energy consumption; Heat storage systems; Nat...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84919970692	Performance study of the eco-friendly hydrofluoroolefins and dimethyl-ether refrigerants in refri...	Bolaji B.O.	2014	Sigurnost	56	2	None	Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, College of Engineering...	Bolaji, B.O., Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Federal University of Agriculture, College ...	This paper presents theoretical investigation of the performance of eco-friendly hydrofluoroolefi...	Alternative refrigerant; Dimethyl-ether; Eco-friendly; Hydrofluoroolefins; Performance	None	None	View

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