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Small-scale Demucilager Machine for Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica)

Erickson N. Dominguez & Jeffrey A. Lavarias · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Natural fermentation is time- and water-consuming, laborious, and causes weight loss in the coffee beans. It is the conventional method to remove coffee mucilage in the Philippines that can take up to 48 hours. This study aimed to develop a small-scale demucilager machine and eva...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i617544

Quality and Sustainability of Engineering Education: The Role of Teacher and Student Performance Evaluation Review

Okechukwu C. Ezeanyim, Charles C. Okpala & Chukwuma G. Ono · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

This study which is an investigative survey carried out in an Engineering department in South East Nigeria was aimed at evaluating the performances of students and teachers in order to ensure quality and review of the intrinsic variables within an educational system. The unique c...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i617541

A Systematic Approach for Resilience Assessment in Road Transport Routes Involving Natural and Human Interruptions

Ramón Antonio Figueroa-Carranza, Jesús Manuel Núñez-López, Elia Mercedes Alonso-Guzmán, Wilfrido Martínez-Molina & José María Ponce-Ortega · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

This work presents a new approach for resilience assessment in road transport routes interrupted by natural causes (rain, earthquakes) as well as by human influence (accidents). In this way, by knowing the state of preservation of the elements located within a road, particularly...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i617540

Paper Bags or Plastic Bags? – A Brief Review

Klaus Dölle, Serena L. Brandt, Rodrigo Medina Castillo, William S. Contento, Jacob A. Darius, Jonathan M. Day, Sean M. Jr. Ferry, Owen S. Henkler, Emily E. Hicks, Kevin D. Holmes, Kelly J. O’Keefe, Joseph P. Payette & Edith L. Taylor · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Plastics are one of the most widely and abundant substances in today's society. Worldwide the usage of low-density polyethylene bags create pollution on land and in the oceans, especially when they break down in macro and micro plastics. On all continents, governments try to esta...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i517539

Simulation of Effect of Diffusion Layer and Other Structural Parameters on the Performance of Hydrogen fuel Cell

Siwei Zhao, Jiakai Wu & Minghao Wang · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Aims: Gas diffusion layer (GDL), catalytic layer (CL) and proton exchange membrane (PEM) are important components of hydrogen fuel cell (HFC). In this paper, the thickness of the diffusion layer, the catalytic layer and the proton exchange membrane of the hydrogen fuel cell are m...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i517538

Numerical Investigation of Sloshing Characteristics in Long Moving Vessels with Embedded Concave Rigid-ring Baffle in Gravity Environment

Matthew Adebayo, Ademola A. Dare & Tajudeen A. O. Salau · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Flat Rigid–ring Baffle [1] (FRB) is a common slosh suppression device in Long Moving Vessel (LMV) to mitigate against oscillation-induced instability due to sloshing of its content but,  its relative low performance is unacceptable for desirable safety standard thus, necessitatin...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i517535

Groundwater Quality Assessment of Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State in Nigeria

Oritsedere Pessu, John N. Ugbebor & Ejikeme Ugwoha · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

An assessment of the quality of groundwater in Ikorodu Local Government Area (LGA) was carried out in September 2020 (Late wet season). A total number of 29 samples were collected from different selected locations of the study area. The samples were collected from private and gov...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i417534

Improvement of Three Phase Induction Motor Performance Using Voltage and Frequency Speed Control Techniques

Chibuzor George Okonkwo, Isidore U. Uju & Raymond Onyeka Nwajuonye · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Inductions motors are the most commonly used electric motors because of their robustness, durability, reliability and low cost, and essentially lack the ability to run at variable speed operation. However, the first DC motors were applied to most of electric drives. The advent of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i417532

Properties of Boards Prepared from Mixture of Mineral Adducts with Bark and Cone of Calabrian Pine (Pinus brutia)

Halil Turgut Sahin, Omer Umit Yalcin & Ali Ihsan Kaya · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Olivine and dolomite addition with some formulations clearly retarded the water absorption change in both bark (Type 1 boards) and cone (Type 2 boards) based experimental panels. However, the lowest water absorption value of 15.20% was found in dolomite contain (40:60, dolomite-b...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i417531

Development of IOT Based Digital Display Board for Students’ Lectures Update

Iwayemi A., Olokun M. S. & Alalade A. O. · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

Technology is generally improving the advertisement sector and the use of electronic medium in communication system is on geometric rise due to its flexibility, attractiveness, speed and efficiency. Various methods of information dissemination have been adopted from the use of po...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i417530

Model Application That Monitors and Evaluates the Economic Viability and Cost-effectiveness of Modular Gas Processing Plants for Gas Utilization in Field-X

Osadebe A. U., Nmegbu C. G. J. & Dagde K. K. · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

This paper express model application that monitors and evaluates the economic viability and cost effectiveness of modular gas processing plant for the utilization of gas in Field-x. Critical evaluation has shown that these oil companies waste (flare) this precious resource primar...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v22i317529