1. AN EVALUATION OF THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENT IN PHYSICS LABORATORY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
There have been several causes and effects of accidents that have occurred in scientific (particularly physics) laboratories. As there are two sides to every coin, some of these reasons may result in a small mishap, whilst others...
2. FARM POWER SOURCES AND UTILIZATION IN ENUGU STATE
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Power is required to develop and execute the activities involved in agricultural production. In every part of the world power supply is almost directly proportional to agricultural production.
In view of the above fac...
3. ANALYTICAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC SOLAR STREET LIGHT
INTRODUCTION
Since the discovery of electrical energy for illumination, it is evident that human interaction is required to operate the switch, either off when not in use or ONM when needed. Because of this reason, as well as a lack of electricity supply, t...
4. AN INVESTIGATION ON THE IMPACT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (EMF) ON HUMAN HEALTH
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 (2) on the limiting of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz) establishes the fundamental limitations and reference values for exposure to electromagn...
5. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 5KVA INVERTER
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The unreliability of the nation's electrical power supply is a well-established truth in today's society. There is now a substantial disruption in the provision of electrical power over the whole planet. As a consequence of the dis...
6. RELIABILITY AND PROTECTION IN DISTRIBUTION POWER SYSTEM CONSIDERING CUSTOMER BASED INDICES
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Electricity is a component that cannot be overlooked in any contemporary economy. It is essential for the expansion of a nation's economy and its overall development that the nation have access to an affordable and dependable...
7. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC QUICK BUZZER SYSTEM
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Quiz buzzers are used often at places like educational institutions where it is required for game shows and also in live quiz competitions broadcasted via television. A quiz buzzer allows any user to press the switch quickly in response to a ques...
8. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING AN AUTOMATIC SOLAR STREET LIGHT
ABSTRACT
The broad objective of this study is focused on analytical design and construction of automatic solar street light In this project work, we are mostly concern about building a simple power streetlig...
9. CONSTRUCTION OF CAR TOUCH INTRUDER ALARM
ABSTRACT
The main objective of this project was to ensure a proper security to car being parked in garage against theft or an intruder. The circuit uses three NE555 timers; one of the NE555 was wired as a monostable oscillator and remaining two were wired as tone genera...
10. APPLICATION OF BAT ALGORITHM-BASED METHOD FOR MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMAL NETWORK RECONFIGURATION AND DISTRIBUTED GENERATION PLACEMENT IN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
ABSTRACT
This study presents an Application of Bat Algorithm-Based Method (BA) forMultiObjective Optimal Network Reconfiguration andDistributed Generation placement in Radial Distribution Network. The BA approach presented in this work enables the reconfiguration of the network as well...
11. APPLICATION OF AN OPTIMAL TUNING TECHNIQUE OF ON-LOAD TAPCHANGING TRANSFORMER FOR POWER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN TRANSMISSION LINE NETWORK
ABSTRACT
For reliable and efficient operation of power system, voltage level and reactive power flow along transmission lines has to be adequately regulated. To control reactive power flow over transmission lines and compensate for varying voltage drops, tap changing transformers are re...
12. A CUCKOO SEARCH BASED CO-ORDINATION OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION UNITS AND SHUNT CAPACITOR BANK IN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
ABSTRACT
This research work presents the Application of Cuckoo Search Algorithm for the simultaneous placement of distributed generation units and shunt capacitor banks in radial distribution networks. The approaches used in most literatures for determining the optimal allocation of DG...
13. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC PHASE SELECTOR
AIMS/OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT
The analysis of this project cannot go without enumerating the goals meant to be achieved in the pursuit of the work. These objectives include:-
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To develop a simple low cost device aimed at easing the prevalent burd...
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14. LINE LOSSES MINIMIZATION IN ELECTRICAL POWER NETWORK USING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION
Abstract
This study examines how line losses can be minimized using particle swarm optimization. Three research objective were formulated to give direction towards this work, this study describes theoretical and practical issues concerning line losses minimization in el...
15. BACTERIAL FORAGING ALGORITHM BASED TUNING OF ON-LOAD TAP CHANGING TRANSFORMER FOR VOLTAGE REGULATION IN POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORK
ABSTRACT
The control of voltage level has been identified as one of the most important operational
needs for efficient and reliable operation of power system equipment. Due to the fact
that both the utility and customer equipment are designed to ope...
16. DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE ESTIMATION BASED IMPROVED DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF NON-TECHNICAL LOSSES USING SMART METER MEASUREMENTS
ABSTRACT
This research work presents the development of branch current based state estimation for NonTechnical Losses (NTLs) Detection and Localization. The use of weighted least square (WLS) state estimation for the evaluation of branch current of a network during theft is considered....
17. DEVELOPMENT OF A SENSITIVITY INDEX BASED TECHNIQUE FOR UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER PLACEMENT WITH CONTINGENCY ANALYSIS ON NIGERIA 330kV TRANSMISSION NETWORK
ABSTRACT
Power system network is designed to operate in a prescribed voltage and frequency for stability and for better power quality. Unexpected contingencies leads to instability related problems in the system. This research develops a sensitivity index based technique with contingenc...
18. DEVELOPMENT OF A SHUNT ACTIVE POWER FILTER FOR HARMONIC REDUCTION USING SYNCHRONOUS REFERENCE FRAME WITH SPACE VECTOR PULSE WIDTH MODULATION
ABSTRACT
This work aimed at designing and implementation of Shunt Active Power Filter (SAPF) for power quality improvement through harmonic reduction. The current harmonics are being caused by nonlinear characteristic of power electronics based equipments which increase power losses and...
19. DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED FORCED ISLAND AND LOAD SHEDDING SCHEME TO PREVENT SYSTEM COLLAPSE
ABSTRACT
This research work presents a scheme that identifies line outage and generator outage using contigency analysis and effectively splits the network into a set of predefined islands, with a load shedding strategy to minimise the adverse effect of each outage and to ensure system...
20. DEVELOPMENT OF FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED GENERATION PLANNING IN AN UNBALANCED THREE-PHASE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK USING VOLTAGE STABILITY INDEX
ABSTRACT
This research work presents development of Firefly algorithm (FA) and application of voltage stability index (VSI) for optimal planning of Distribution Generation (DG) in an unbalanced threephase distribution network. The VSI was used to find the DG location while the FA was us...
21. HARMONICS MITIGATION ON VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE USING SINGLE PHASE SHUNT ACTIVE POWER FILTER CONTROLLED BY ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK
ABSTRACT
This research presents effect of harmonic generated by variable frequency drives (VFD).In the past, electrical power system equipment and devices were designed to produce nearly sinusoidal voltage and current waveforms. However, nowadays, with much interest and wide spreads of...
22. ANTICONVULSANT STUDIES OF THREE SYNTHESIZED DICHLOROSUBSTITUTED PHENYL PROPANAMIDES AND THEIR ACTION ON VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS (Nav1.6)
Abstract
The field of antiepileptic drug development has become dynamic, affording many promising research opportunities. Continued efforts are being made in the development of antiepileptic drugs employing a range of strategies, including modification of the structures of existing drug...
23. SYNTHESIS AND ANTICONVULSANT STUDIES OF 3-ANILINOPROPANAMIDES AND THEIR N-BENZYL DERIVATIVES
Abstract
The 3-ANPs (A01-A10) were prepared through acid catalysed Michael addition while the N-benzyl derivatives (A11-A15) were obtained through an uncatalysed amine exchange reaction with benzylamine. The structures of these compounds were established using various spectroscopic tech...
24. SOME CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVITIES OF THE AQUEOUS LEAF EXTRACT OF CROTON ZAMBESICUS LINN (EUPHORBIACEAE) IN LABORATORY ANIMALS
Abstract
Croton zambesicus Linn (Euphorbiaceae) is a highly valued medicinal plant in Nigeria and West African sub-region. It is used by traditional medicine practitioners in the treatment of various ailments including hypertension. This study aims to determine some cardiovascular activ...
25. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF 12V BATTERY CHARGER
ABSTRACT
This project presents the design and construction of a battery charger. A battery charger is an electrical/electronic device used to put energy into a secondary cell or rechargeable battery by forcing an electric current throug...
26. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AUTOMATIC VOLTAGE STABILIZER
ABSTRACT
In the world today, the use of power supply in electronics equipment and gadgets has increased and it is still increasing. These power supplies are not stable as required by these electronics.
...27. FABRICATION OF DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL USING NATURAL DYES FROM Lawsonia inermis (HENNA), Mangifera indica (MANGO), AND Terminalia catappa (TROPICAL ALMOND) LEAVES WITH POLYANILINE/GRAPHITE AS A COUNTER ELECTRODE
ABSTRACT
This study used natural extracts from Lawsonia inermis L. (Henna), Terminalia catappa L. (Tropical Almond), and Mangifera indica L. (Mango) as photosensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells. The mango and tropical almond extracts were extracted using ethanol while the henna ex...
28. A FAST QUASI-STATIC TIME SERIES SIMULATION METHOD USING SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE DISTRIBUTED PV IMPACTS
ABSTRACT
The desire to reduce carbon footprint coupled with government incentives has led to a massive deployment of renewable energy resources, solar photovoltaics (PV) in particular. Electric utilities in the United States face the challenge of numerous solar PV interconnection reques...
29. Energy-aware resource management for heterogeneous systems
Abstract
Nowadays computers, be they personal or a node contained in a multi machine environment, can contain different kinds of processing units. A common example is the personal computer that nowadays always includes a CPU and a GPU, both capable of executing code, sometimes even in t...
30. DESIGN_AND IMPLEMENTATION OF LIGHTING SWITCHING CONTROL SYSTEM (INTERFACE)
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Traditionally, high control in home and office environments takes place through switches (on/off), deals and sliders (dimmers) and sometimes motion sensors. These controls can be incorporated in the built environment such as walls, or attached to lights that peop...
31. DETERMINATION OF YEARLY PERFORMANCE AND DEGRADATION RATE OF ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS OF AMORPHOUS SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE IN MINNA, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
There is need for accurate knowledge of performance, degradation rate and lifespan of photovoltaic (PV) module in every location for an effective solar PV power system. Outdoor degradation analysis was carried out on amorphous silicon PV module rated 10 W using CR1000 software-...
32. DETERMINATION OF YEARLY PERFORMANCEAND DEGRADATION RATE OF ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS OF A MONOCRYSTALLINE PV MODULE IN MINNA, CENTRAL NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
There is a need for accurate knowledge of the performance, degradation rate, and lifespan of the photovoltaic (PV) module in every location for an effective solar PV power system. Outdoor degradation analysis was carried out on a mono-crystalline PV module rated 10 W using the...
33. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED
ABSTRACT
Microcontroller based automate controller is a project design of a system that is used in operating a gate automatically. The system opens the gate automatically when a human being or car is about to enter a compound or exit a compound. The system works by sensing the light ray...
34. CONSTRUCTION OF MICROCONTROLLER BASED VEHICLE SPEED ALARM.
ABSTRACT
The project is based on Construction of microcontroller vehicle speed alarm system which automatically warns the driver by activating a panic alarm which is triggered on when the driver exceeds the speed limit set in the system which also stops the alarm when the speed is reduc...
35. CONSTRUCTION OF A GSM BASED HOME AUTOMATION USING AVR
ABSTRACT
With advancement of technology things are becoming simpler and easier for us. Automatic systems are being preferred over manual system. The purpose of this project is to design and construct A GSM based home automation using AVR. Using GSM networks, in this project a home power...
36. CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCONTROLLER BASED T-JUNCTION TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROLLER
ABSTRACT
T-junction traffic light controller is such a device that will play a significant role in controlling traffic at junctions, to ease the expected increased rush at such junctions and reduce to minimum disorderliness that may arise, as well as allowing the pedestrians a right of...
37. CONSTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC WATER LEVEL CONTROLLER FOR BOTH OVERHEAD AND UNDERGROUND TANKS
ABSTRACT
Automatic water level controller for both overhead and underground tank is designed to monitor the level of water in a tank. It displays the level of water and when it is at the lowest level; a pump is activated automatically to refill the tank. When the tank is filled to its m...
38. DESIGN AND CONTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC PHASE SELECTOR
BACKGROUND
The intelligent phase selector is a system that is capable of comparing three phases and switching automatically to any of the three phases. The system consists of three main parts namely; the transformer, comparators (which is the brain of the system) and electrical switchin...
39. DESIGN AND CONTRUCTION OF AUTOMATIC PHASE SELECTOR
BACKGROUND
The intelligent phase selector is a system that is capable of comparing three phases and switching automatically to any of the three phases. The system consists of three main parts namely; the transformer, comparators (which is the brain of the system) and electrical switchin...
