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Multifunctional electrospun membranes incorporated with metal oxide nanoparticles, cellulose acetate, and polyvinylpyrrolidone for wastewater treatment: Oil/water separation, dye adsorption, and dye degradation
Multifunctional membranes have gained considerable attention as useful materials for the treatment of complex wastewater that contains dye and oil substances. Electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENM) have substantial advantages and potential for complex wastewater remediation, owing to their unique properties. In this study, an environmentally compatible ENM is fabricated by incorporating photocatalytic metal oxide nanoparticles of zinc oxide (ZnO) or silver-zinc Oxide (Ag-ZnO) into cellulose acetate (CA)/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) nanofibers using electrospinning. Composite membranes ZnO/CA/PVP, Ag-ZnO/CA/PVP, ZnO/DCA/PVP (DCA: deacetylated cellulose acetate), and Ag-ZnO/DCA/PVP (deacetylated) were employed for oilwater emulsion separation, owing to their superhydrophilic and underwater superoleophobic nature, photocatalytic dye degradation due to the presence of ZnO or Ag-ZnO, and dye adsorption resulting from their high surface area. The composite membranes showed more than 95% efficiency for oil/water separation, malachite green adsorption, and photocatalytic methylene blue degradation. These membranes displayed simultaneous oilwater and dye separation efficiency, as well as antibacterial properties. The membrane we present here provides a simple and effective platform for wastewater remediation with a low energy consumption. 2024 Elsevier B.V. -
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Numerical Analysis of durability in high temperature polymerelectrolyte Membrane fuel cell based on acid basedpolybenzimidazole Membrane
The world requirement for renewable energy for a sustainable future is a topic of
great interest. Among such renewable energy, hydrogen is used as an energy carrier in the fuel cell. Among different fuel cell types, the high-temperature proton
exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) has attracted many researchers due to
its wide variety of applications. HT-PEMFC must be further studied to enhance its
performance and durability to meet the energy requirements.
In the present study, a three-dimensional non-isothermal model is developed to
numerically investigate the durability and performance of a HT-PEMFC. The developed model is validated against the experimental data available in literature. A
spatial characterization of CO poisoning in HT-PEMFC is carried out to investigate
the spatial resolution of the polarization curves, H2 concentration, current density,
and anode polarization loss. A graded cathode catalyst structure is studied to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction. The study reveals that the multiple graded
CLs improve performance but leads to uneven current distribution, and high Pt loading downstream signifcantly improves uniformity in the current distribution. The
study also proposes a hybrid catalyst structure to enhance performance and current distribution. The effect of various degrees of misalignment of flow feld plates
and its concomitant impact with varying the clamping pressures on HT-PEMFC operation is investigated to analyze the electrochemical behavior, reactant distribution, heat transport, electric transport, and cell performance and also suggests
the allowable misalignment tolerance. The proton conductivity numerical model for
cage-like cross-linked membranes for enhanced proton conductivity in HT-PEMFC
is developed to give a detailed and fundamental understanding of the polarization
phenomena and species transport. Sensitivity analysis of operational parameters of
HT-PEMFC is carried out to investigate the influential sensitivities of crucial operating parameters on evaluation index such as cell voltage, a standard deviation
of current density distribution, a mean and standard deviation of overpotentials of
anode and cathode at different operating current density regimes. The present research explores the possible improvement and enhancement in cell performance and
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Synthesis of amine functionalized metal organic framework using H2FIPBB ligand for energy storage application /
Patent Number: 202241023295, Applicant: Sruthi Rajasekaran.
The present invention shows the energy storage application of the Mn-Ni@NH2-h2fipbb MOF using the ligand 4,4:hexafluoroisopropylidene bis- benzoic acid (h2fipbb) under mild conditions. The methodology followed was hydrothermal at 120°C with manganese and nickel metal salts along with the ligand in dimethylformamide (DMF). The development of efficient Mn-Ni@NH2-h2fipbb material is suitable for supercapacitance-energy storage applications, which is the future need for various industrial applications. -
Two-dimensional CR2C MXENE decorated with COFE204 nanoparticles for high-performance supercapacitor application /
Patent Number: 202241046374, Applicant: B Shalini Reghunath.
The current innovation shows the cobalt ferrite (CoFe204) decorated on O2C MXene binary composite. This is used as a high-efficiency electrocatalyst for supercapacitor applications in alkaline media. The O2C MXene/CoFe204 binary composite is prepared by etching the O2AIC MAX phase with hydrofluoric acid for 30 min at room temperature, followed by a solvothermal technique using cobalt ferrite nanoparticles. The interlayer spaces of O2C MXene/CoFe204 electrocatalyst improves on introducing CoFe204 nanoparticles between the O2C MXene layers, thereby boosting the capacitance of the composite. -
Bismuth ferrite nanoparticles decorated CR2C MXENE: A highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution /
Patent Number: 202241040877, Applicant: B Shalini Reghunath.
The current invention demonstrates the efficiency of bismuth ferrite/Cr2C MXene binary composite as a highly efficient electrocatalyst for hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline media. The methodology for preparing O2C MXene is by etching the O2AIC MAX phase with hydrofluoric acid for 30 min at room temperature. Cr2C MXene and bismuth ferrite nanoparticles are mixed under solvothermal conditions to obtain the bismuth ferrite/Cr2C-MXene binary composite. -
Hierarchically porous MN-MOFS composite with RGO as an efficient electrode material for supercapacitor application /
Patent Number: 202241046378, Applicant: Sruthi Rajasekaran.
The present invention shows the energy storage application of the manganese-reduced graphene oxide metal organic frameworks (Mn-rGO MOFs) using the ligand, pyridine 2,6 dicarboxylic acid (PDA), under mild conditions. The methodology followed was hydrothermai at 160°C with manganese sulfate as metal salt, rGO along with the PDA ligand in pyridine, and water as solvent. The development of efficient Mn-rGO MOFs is suitable for supercapacitance energy storage applications, which is the future need for various industrial applications. -
Deep learning based model for computing percentage of fake in user reviews using topic modelling techniques
Sentiment analysis plays a vital role in real time environment for knowing the history of a product or any other specific entity. Due to large number of users in the www, chances are there that many fake users may upload the fake reviews to damage the business for the sake of money. Identifying the fake reviews or percentage of fake content in the review is yet a challenging task. In this paper, an attempt has been made to find the percentage of fake in the review data. Two methodologies are combined to address this issue. Concept of spelling checking, topic modelling and deep learning for context extraction is extensively used to build the effective model. Proposed technique is exhaustively checked for efficiency with many trails of experiments. Also, the training and testing samples were shuffled for experimentation. The results of the models show its goodness. The details of the results can be found at experiments section. 2024 The Author(s) -
Analysis of value and growth styles of investing : A study on nifty 100 index stocks of NSE /
Asian Journal Of Research In Business Economics And Management, Vol.7, Issue 5, pp.165-177, ISSN: 2249-7307. -
Dynamics of Indian stock market integration with global stock markets /
Asian Journal Of Management, Vol.8, Issue 3, pp.559-568, ISSN: 2321-5763 (Online) 0976-9495X (Print). -
Statistical features from frame aggregation and differences for human gait recognition
Human gait recognition, an alternate biometric technique, received significant attention in the last decade. As many gait recognition applications require real-time response, the primary concern is to design efficient and straightforward gait features for human recognition. In this work, two novel gait features are proposed. Both features are designed by exploring the dynamic variations of different body parts during a gait cycle. The first feature set is based on one-against-all gait frame differences for person identification. This novel approach divides each frame in a gait cycle to blocks, compute the block sum, and then find the difference of respective block sum between the first frame and the rest. The second feature set is defined on the first-order statistics of the normalized sum of the frames in a cycle. Two other existing features- Centroid of Silhouette frames and feature values defined on Change Energy Images are also considered. Feature level fusion is realized by considering the different combinations of the four types of features. Experiments carried out with the CASIA Gait Dataset B demonstrated the proposals merit with high recognition accuracy. The outcome of the investigations is promising when compared to recent contributions. 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature. -
Design, synthesis, single-crystal X-ray and docking studies of imidazopyridine analogues as potent anti-TB agents
With the intent to discover new anti-TB compounds, new imidazopyridine analogues were synthesized through Schiff-base reaction. The newly developed imidazopyridines (I1-I8) were characterized using spectroscopic and elemental analysis. In addition the structure of compound I3 was elucidated by the single crystal X-ray diffraction technique. The global chemical reactivity descriptor parameter was calculated using theoretically DFT-B3LYP-631G(d) basis set which estimated HOMO-LUMO value and results are discussed. All the newly synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro anti-tubercular activity, while the most active compounds were subjected to a cytotoxicity assay on Vero cell lines. Most of the tested compounds exhibited significant anti-TB activity with MIC in the range 3.12 12.5 ?g/mL. Among the synthesized, compound I2 and I7 were found to be more active than the standard anti-TB drug streptomycin and comparable activity to pyrazinamide. A cytotoxicity study on Vero-cell lines confirmed the nontoxic nature of compound I2 and I7 indicating good safety profile. The molecular docking studies on PDB IB: 4ED4 enzyme of Mycobacterium tuberculosis was conducted to investigate mechanisms of anti-TB activity. The compounds displayed excellent hydrogen binding interactions and docking scores against MTB, which were in accordance with the results and further supported its credibility. 2023 -
Surveillance system based on raspberry pi for monitoring a location through a mobile device /
International Journals of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research, Vol.2, Issue 3, pp.75-79, ISSN No: 2393-8870. -
Relationship Between Socio-Cultural Environment and Creativity of Secondary School Pupils of Bengarpet Taluk
Indian Streams Research Journal Vol. 2, Issue 9, PP. 138-142, ISSN No. 2230-7850 -
Smart assistive device for visually impaired /
Patent Number: 202121042792, Applicant: Dr. S. Vijayalakshmi.
The most difficult problem for blind people is to navigate the outside world. Smart devices make it much easier for visual impaired to complete daily tasks like smart speakers, smart bulbs, household smart devices, smart sticks, and many more are easy to control. As a whole, smart devices have the potential to significantly improve the lives of visual impaired people. All apps and devices are used individually for different purposes but for visually impaired person it is very difficult to handle all devices and apps at a particular time. -
Easy and swift cane juicer with augmented bagasse brick maker /
Patent Number: 202121042785, Applicant: Thomas K T.
Sugarcane being one of the largest agriculture-based industry in India, provides subsistence to a huge number of farmers whose life is completely dependent upon sugarcane cultivation and its related products. One major source of income is extraction of Juice from sugarcane by road side vendors and farmers through a traditional machinery which turns out to be old and tedious job to perform. This also results into increased waiting time for customers as the task requires repetition of similar activity of by vendors in order to extract satisfactorily amount of juice from sugarcane by obsolescence machinery. -
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A Study on the Entrepreneurial Traits and Characteristics of Waste Pickers and Their Contributions to the Economy and Ecology
Solid waste is problem created by mankind due to thoughtless consumerism and actions. But for surprise, a group of people of the same mankind is working day and night without support, acceptance or even without the consideration that they are also human being, to reduce the same problem. They are called waste pickers. The study intends to describe the aspects/qualities possessed by waste pickers to carry out waste picking and recycling for their existence. A sample of hundred waste pickers (n=100) were involved in completing the interview schedule to identify their entrepreneurship qualities and their contributions to economy and ecology, for the study a schedule which contain demographic and occupational details along with entrepreneurship audit and entrepreneurial traits Center (Vasant Desai) was used.. The ANOVA test helped to know whether there is a significant difference in the entrepreneurial trait among different variables. T-test analysis was used to compare entrepreneurial trait score and entrepreneurship characteristics score with independent sample variations. All statistical computations were carried out using SPSS. Results revealed that majority of the waste pickers are with innate qualities of entrepreneurs and they are largely contributing to economy and ecology. It also reveals facts related to demographic details like gender, education types of residents and duration in this occupation etc. They reveal that they get lot of public abuse and not at all getting any support. -
Effect of coriolis force and gravity modulation on the onset of Rayleigh-Benard convection in weak electrically conducting boussinesq-stokes suspension /
The effect of coriolis force and gravity modulation of small amplitude on a weak electrically conducting Boussinesq- Stokes suspension is investigated by using a linear stability analysis. A regular perturbation method is used to arrive at an expression for the correction Rayleigh number. The Venezian approach is adopted in arriving at the critical Rayleigh and wave number for small amplitudes of gravity modulation. The effect of role of Couple stress parameter, Taylor number and Hartmann number on the onset of convection is studied. The system is most stable with respect to gravity modulation.