Production of hydrogen from renewable energy sources is gaining recognition as one of the best energy solutions without ecological drawbacks. The present study reports hydrogen production through a solar powered electrolysis system as a means to curtail greenhouse gas emissions i...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i417002
Extreme climatic factors (temperature, precipitation etc) which at times lead to drought and flooding affect crop yield negatively. In this study, a PVC drip irrigation was developed and the irrigation parameters were evaluated in a farmland with three tillage methods (convention...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i417001
This paper proposes a fault (line-to-line) location on Ikeja West – Benin 330kV electric power transmission lines using wavelet multi-resolution analysis and neural networks pattern recognition abilities. Three-phase line-to-line current and voltage waveforms measured during the...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i416998
The Bearing capacity of the soil within Uyo metropolis in South-Eastern State of Akwa Ibom was investigated in this study. The soil belongs to Coastal Plain Sand often called the Benin Formation in the geology of Niger Delta. Both Field and Laboratory methods were employed in the...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i416996
The mechanical analysis of integral building structure needs the proper ABAQUS finite element analysis, but due to the ABAQUS software function limits the building structure modelling is a great workload and how to model integral structure more quickly and efficiently become a di...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316994
Irrigation practice evaluation of center pivot sprinkler irrigation system at Hiwot Agricultural Mechanization farm, North/west Ethiopia was conducted. The aim of the study was evaluating the existing center pivot irrigation practice in terms of irrigation scheduling. Measuring f...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316995
The study was carried out at the effect of drip and surface irrigation (Furrow irrigation) methods on onion and sesame crops from December 2011 to May 2012 in the Tigray region of Northwest Ethiopia. The objective was to evaluate the family drip irrigation system in comparison wi...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316993
The study employed the UNESCO-IHP (International Hydrology Programme) HELP (Hydrology Environment Life and Policy) tool for watershed sustainability index (WSI) to evaluate the sustainability of the study area, University of Uyo main Campus watershed, comprising of three communit...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316992
Despite a number of challenges, training institution Kenya has produced structural engineers in the building and construction field. As a result, there have been problems facing these apprentices that have led to questions concerning their competencies in the Kenyan building and...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316991
In this study, the effects of maturation of bean seeds on some mechanical behaviours of common bean (cv. Butter) were investigated. The bean seeds were harvested at three maturity stages (15 DAPA, 22 DAPA and 29 DAPA), and their rupture force, rupture energy, specific deformation...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i216989