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National Institute of Technology, Karnataka
Education•Mangalore, Karnataka, India•
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: Computer science & Corrosion. The organization has 5017 authors who have published 7057 publications receiving 70367 citations.
Topics: Computer science, Corrosion, Cloud computing, Microstructure, Alloy
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the spatial and temporal variations in groundwater quality and to identify the sources in the western half of the Bengaluru city using multivariate statistical techniques, including Hierarchical Cluster Analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Discriminant Analysis (DA).
Abstract: Groundwater quality deterioration due to anthropogenic activities has become a subject of prime concern. The objective of the study was to assess the spatial and temporal variations in groundwater quality and to identify the sources in the western half of the Bengaluru city using multivariate statistical techniques. Water quality index rating was calculated for pre and post monsoon seasons to quantify overall water quality for human consumption. The post-monsoon samples show signs of poor quality in drinking purpose compared to pre-monsoon. Cluster analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA) and discriminant analysis (DA) were applied to the groundwater quality data measured on 14 parameters from 67 sites distributed across the city. Hierarchical cluster analysis (CA) grouped the 67 sampling stations into two groups, cluster 1 having high pollution and cluster 2 having lesser pollution. Discriminant analysis (DA) was applied to delineate the most meaningful parameters accounting for temporal and spatial variations in groundwater quality of the study area. Temporal DA identified pH as the most important parameter, which discriminates between water quality in the pre-monsoon and post-monsoon seasons and accounts for 72% seasonal assignation of cases. Spatial DA identified Mg, Cl and NO3 as the three most important parameters discriminating between two clusters and accounting for 89% spatial assignation of cases. Principal component analysis was applied to the dataset obtained from the two clusters, which evolved three factors in each cluster, explaining 85.4 and 84% of the total variance, respectively. Varifactors obtained from principal component analysis showed that groundwater quality variation is mainly explained by dissolution of minerals from rock water interactions in the aquifer, effect of anthropogenic activities and ion exchange processes in water.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of heat treatment on the microstructure, phase transformations, shape memory characteristics and corrosion behaviour of laser deposited equiatomic NiTi was studied, where the authors used laser-deposition NiTi as an example.
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TL;DR: In this article, the effect of higher alcohol blends on performance and emission parameters of CRDI CI engine with various EGR rate was investigated, and it was concluded that up to 30% of the 1-pentanol can be used as an alternative to the diesel with a slight cost of performance.
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TL;DR: This brief presents a novel seven-level (7L) inverter topology for grid-connected renewable applications that consists of ten active switches and one inner flying-capacitor unit forming a structure similar to conventional active neutral point clamped inverter.
Abstract: This brief presents a novel seven-level (7L) inverter topology for grid-connected renewable applications. It consists of ten active switches and one inner flying-capacitor unit forming a structure similar to conventional active neutral point clamped inverter. The proposed unique arrangement reduces the number of active, passive components and it does not require any sensor to balance the floating capacitor voltage, thereby reduces cost and complexity in the control system design. In addition, compared to major conventional 7L inverter topologies, the proposed topology is capable of boosting the input voltage by a factor of 1.5, thereby, eliminating the need for an intermediate boosting stage. In other words, it reduces the dc-link voltage requirement by 50%. To prove the advantage of the proposed topology over other recent topologies, a comparative study in terms of power components and cost is presented. The operation and performance of the proposed topology for various loading conditions are validated through experimental tests and measurements.
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TL;DR: In this paper, polysulfone nanofiltration membranes containing sulfated nano-titania (S-TiO2) were fabricated, with the aim of enhancing the membrane properties along with the possible rejection of Methylene Blue (MB) dye by membranes.
Abstract: Polysulfone nanofiltration membranes containing sulfated nano-titania (S-TiO2) were fabricated, with the aim to enhance the membrane properties along with the possible rejection of Methylene Blue (MB) dye by membranes. Initially S-TiO2 was synthesized from nano TiO2 by the action of sulfuric acid. The synthesized S-TiO2 was characterized by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Energy Dispersive Spectrophotometry (EDS) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) analysis. S-TiO2 was added in increasing concentrations into the membranes and its effect on the performance of the membranes was evaluated. The synthesized membranes were characterized by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). Polysulfone membranes containing S-TiO2 showed enhancement in properties in terms of hydrophilicity, water uptake, mechanical strength, improved pure water flux (PWF), antifouling nature and high Flux Recovery Ratio (FRR). The polysulfone membranes with S-TiO2 showed 99% rejection for BSA (Bovine Serum Albumin) protein molecules during BSA filtration. The prepared membranes were used for the removal of MB dye from aqueous solutions. A maximum of 90.4% rejection was obtained for MB for the membrane having 2.0 wt% of S-TiO2 under UV light radiation. This approach showed that polysulfone-S-TiO2 membranes displayed good efficiency for dye removal and can be effectively used for the removal of MB dye from aqueous solutions under suitable conditions.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Ajay Kumar | 53 | 809 | 12181 |
Bhiksha Raj | 51 | 359 | 13064 |
Alexander P. Lyubartsev | 49 | 184 | 9200 |
Vijay Nair | 47 | 425 | 10411 |
Sukumar Mishra | 44 | 405 | 7905 |
Arun M. Isloor | 38 | 261 | 6272 |
Vinay Kumaran | 36 | 262 | 4473 |
M. C. Ray | 30 | 115 | 2662 |
Airody Vasudeva Adhikari | 30 | 119 | 2832 |
Ian R. Lane | 27 | 129 | 2947 |
D. Krishna Bhat | 26 | 95 | 1715 |
Anurag Kumar | 26 | 126 | 2276 |
Soma Biswas | 25 | 127 | 2195 |
Chandan Kumar | 25 | 66 | 1806 |
H.S. Nagaraja | 23 | 90 | 1609 |