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A critical step in the purification process is the removal of excess solvent to provide a pure product for chemical analysis and subsequent use. The rotary evaporator is a basic tool for removing excess solvent.
The economic status of developing countries like India is broadly determined by agriculture yield, and for the sustainable development of agriculture productivity as well to reduce the unnecessary consumption of water for irrigation, as the water resources depleting is a dangerous threat.
Efficient energy extraction from tides, estuaries, rivers, and other shallow water movement has not yet been feasible. Also, a system for this application should be fish friendly. The machine planned uses a 4 blade horizontal turbine impeller which has the flow entering from the side at any radial direction,
We are three undergraduate students at the School of Mechanics of Universidad Tecnológica Nacional located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In our opinion, computer data acquisition is a basic tool that we need to be used to use. That’
Hearing news about drownings at the Caspian Sea (north of Iran), we thought of finding a solution of saving human lives at sea. For solving the problem, as the first step, we developed a surface rescue robot at RTS Lab. After manufacturing and testing it successfully,
The USA currently imports approximately four million boxes of green bananas per week from the growing areas in Central and South America. These bananas require specialized ripening rooms to convert them from the green, hard starchy fruit to the sweet tasting yellow fruit.
By engineering the fire extinguisher into an oval form, three common construction problems and code violations now have a solution.
1. With the OVAL fire extinguisher, walls can now remain at their standard depth if a storage cabinet with a flush door is desired.
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The need to belong and be socially connected is an important part of human well being. But often, when in social events, it can be difficult to start a conversation with a stranger even if we want to.
During the operation of nuclear power plants (NPP) mechanical properties of the structural materials can change due to several factors such as irradiation, temperature, load level and fatigue loading, corrosion, etc. Such changes in material properties influence the lifetime of the equipment (aging).
Geothermal energy* and over 60% of man made energy is wasted as low heat.
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