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.

Taguchi's technique in machining of metal matrix composites

Abstract: This paper presents the study on Taguchi's optimization methodology, which is applied to optimize cutting parameters in turning of age hardened Al6061-15% vol. SiC 25 µm particle size metal matrix composites with Cubic boron nitride inserts (CBN) KB-90 grade using steam as cutting fluid. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to study the effect of process parameters on the machining process. This procedure eliminates the need for repeated experiments, time and conserves the material by the conventional procedure. The turning parameters evaluated are speed, feed, depth of cut, nozzle diameter and steam pressure. A series of experiments are conducted using PSG A141 lathe (2.2 KW) to relate the cutting parameters on surface roughness, tool wear, cutting force, feed force, and thrust force. The measured results were collected and analyzed with the help of the commercial software package MINITAB15. As well, an orthogonal array, signal-to-noise ratio is employed to analyze the influence of these parameters. The method could be useful in predicting surface roughness, tool wear, cutting force, feed force and thrust force as a function of cutting parameters. From the analysis using Taguchi's method, results indicate that among the all-significant parameters, steam pressure is the most significant parameter.

Design and development of advanced smart energy management system integrated with IoT framework in smart grid environment

Abstract: The day-to-day increased usage of power appliance by consumers is a growing concern in the energy sector, which creates an imbalance in the ratio of demand and supply. Demand-side energy management is an imperative tool to avoid significant deficiency from the supply end and improve energy efficiency. The trend in energy management lays focus on reducing the overall cost of electricity without limiting the consumption counterpart by instead choosing to reduce the power consumption during peak hours. The above issue seeks for design and development of a flexible and portable system to cover a wide variety of consumers for balancing the overall system. The design of smart energy management system is intended to replace the scenario of a complete power outage in a region with partial load shedding in a controlled manner as per the consumer’s preference. Demonstration of experimental work is carried out assuming demand response event and also, considering the maximum demand limit constraint with different cases and changing the order of priority assigned to an appliance. Cost optimization algorithms based on time of usage and user comfort level with sensory information features are embedded within SEMS. Reliable ZigBee communication for home area network is established and also, an IoT environment is developed for data storage and analytics.