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Chapter and Conference Paper
Recent Advances in Solar Pyrolysis for Fuel Production from Waste Plastics
The aim of this study is to present the state-of-the-art data on solar pyrolysis of waste plastics. Solar pyrolysis is a promising technology for converting waste plastics into various energy products such as ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Waste Plastics to Hydrogen (H2) Through Thermochemical Conversion Processes
Plastic products are essential parts of modern life as they are used in household items, packaging, electronics, building, automotive and many more. Amongst about 350 Mt of waste plastics produced worldwide, o...
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Article
Interaction between irbesartan, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR-γ), and adiponectin in the regulation of blood pressure and renal function in spontaneously hypertensive rats
Adiponectin exerts vasodilatory effects. Irbesartan, an angiotensin receptor blocker, possesses partial peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) agonist activity and increases circulating adip...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Modelling of Slag Foaming Coupled with Decarburisation
CFD models have been developed and numerical simulations have been carried out to predict the formation of foam in oxygen steelmaking. Foam was considered as a separate phase comprising a mixture of gas and li...
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Article
Integrated effects of organic, inorganic and biological amendments on methane emission, soil quality and rice productivity in irrigated paddy ecosystem of Bangladesh: field study of two consecutive rice growing seasons
Effects of different soil amendments were investigated on methane (CH4) emission, soil quality parameters and rice productivity in irrigated paddy field of Bangladesh.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Nonlinear Forced Convective Hydromagnetic Flow of Unsteady Biomagnetic Fluid Over a Wedge with Convective Surface Condition
Nonlinear forced convective hydromagnetic flow of an unsteady biomagnetic fluid over a wedge with convective surface has been analyzed numerically. The highly nonlinear coupled governing equations for the mome...
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Chapter
Rhizobial biofertilizers: the most promising BNF technology for increased grain legume production in Bangladesh
Grain legumes constitute an integral part of the daily diet of the people of Bangladesh. But the production per unit area is very low compared with other countries of the world. The major constraint to legume ...
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Article
Improving water use efficiency in rice irrigation through wet-seeding
Since the early-1960's, when modern rice production technologies became available, more than 90% of the total irrigation water developed in south and southeast Asia is used for rice culture. But currently rice...
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Article
Thermal performance of a solar heated wood seasoning skin
The paper deals with the experimental investigation of thermal analysis for a simple greenhouse type solar timber kiln. Four mixed charges of four hardwood species were dried in the kiln throughout the year. T...
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Economics of drying timber in a greenhouse type solar kiln
The economics of drying timber was assessed for a green-house type solar kiln along with the conventional drying techniques. Both the operating and capital costs of the solar kiln were much lower than those of...
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Article
Solar drying of timbe—a review
Available literature of the technology of solar timber drying during the last three decases is reveiwed. Various designs ranging from the simple tents to the automated solar kilns are reported. In almost all t...
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Article
Free and forced convection flow through a porous medium near the leading edge
Locally similar solutions of the combined free and forced convection flow in a semi-infinite vertical porous medium are obtained by a perturbation method. The solutions, obtained near the leading edge of the p...
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Article
Persistence of 4-chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid in soil