National Institute of Technology, Karnataka

About: National Institute of Technology, Karnataka is a education organization based out in Mangalore, Karnataka, India. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Corrosion & Cloud computing. The organization has 5017 authors who have published 7057 publications receiving 70367 citations.

Fog-Based Intelligent Machine Malfunction Monitoring System for Industry 4.0

Abstract: There is an exponential increase in the use of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices for controlling and monitoring the machines in an automated manufacturing industry. Different temperature sensors, pressure sensors, audio sensors, and camera devices are used as IIoT devices for pipeline monitoring and machine operation control in the industrial environment. But, monitoring and identifying the machine malfunction in an industrial environment is a challenging task. In this article, we consider machines fault diagnosis based on their operating sound using the fog computing architecture in the industrial environment. The different computing units, such as industrial controller units or micro data center are used as the fog server in the industrial environment to analyze and classify the machine sounds as normal and abnormal. The linear prediction coefficients and Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients are extracted from the machine sound to develop and deploy supervised machine learning (ML) models on the fog server to monitor and identify the malfunctioning machines based on the operating sound. The experimental results show the performance of ML models for the machines sound recorded with different signal-to-noise ratio levels for normal and abnormal operations.

Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium of Poly(ethylene glycol) 4000 + Diammonium Hydrogen Phosphate + Water at Different Temperatures

Abstract: Liquid−liquid equilibrium for an aqueous two-phase system containing poly(ethylene glycol) 4000 + diammonium hydrogen phosphate + water was studied at four different temperatures of (25, 30, 35, and 45) °C. The binodal curve was fitted to three different empirical equations relating the concentrations of PEG 4000 and diammonium hydrogen phosphate, and the coefficients were estimated for the respective temperatures for all three equations. The effective excluded volume values were obtained from the binodal model for the present system, and salting-out ability of the salt was discussed. Tie line compositions were correlated using the Othmer−Tobias and Bancroft equations, and the parameters are also reported. Further, the experimental binodal data of the poly(ethylene glycol) 4000 + diammonium hydrogen phosphate + water system were compared to poly(ethylene glycol) 6000 + diammonium hydrogen phosphate + water for (25, 35, and 45) °C.

Synthesis, and antitubercular and antimicrobial activity of 1′-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazole containing 3,5-disubstituted pyrazoline derivatives

Abstract: A new series of 1′-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(substituted aryl)-3′-(substituted aryl)-3,4-dihydro-2H,1′H-[3,4′]bipyrazolyl derivatives (6a–e, 8a–e, 10a–e) have been synthesized, characterized and screened for antimicrobial and antitubercular activity. Among the synthesized compounds, the minimum inhibition concentration of 10e was found to be as low as 1.56 μg ml−1 and that of 10c was 6.25 μg ml−1 as compared to the standard anti-tb drugs pyrazinamide and streptomycin.