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As there is always high demand for food plants and the price for the good ground in some countries is too high there is always high demand for new food making technologies.
As the tropic regions and the deserts have very difficult ground conditions (temperature,
MASTER SWITCH -- the name itself refers that it's an advanced switch, when we compare to normal switches. In any switches do they provide fuse contact , NO ,the manufacturer of switch board always gives us common fuse ,but that type of fuse will be blown off when some surge current flows.
ELECTROMAGNETIC BRAKE:
Electro magnetic brake refers to when an ac supply is given to the ferromagnetic material/metal via coil. there will be production of artificial magnetic field, this type of brake is used in winch technology.
Why we need Electromagnetic brake??
When we compared with normal brake it takes time to make the vehicle to stop it,
IMMEDIATE NEED FOR AND EFFICIENT CLEAN ENERGY WIND ENERGY
World is looking for renewable energy as a clean source of electrical energy. Hence there is a need to find efficient ways to tap this source. It is understood currently windmills have efficiencies of the order of 15 to 20 % only.
The problem:
Satellites in Earth orbit are increasingly in danger of being damaged and disabled by collisions with orbiting pieces of debris that are generated by explosions of fuel tanks or other mishaps, etc. These collisions generate more debris, which will eventually - over thousands of years - burn up in the atmosphere. In the meantime,
This is just a simple sketch of a car (SUV segment) for easy transport of people and their necessities! The car I've designed is totally virtual design but, imagination has its no limits.
Body:
Made of aluminum alloy to reduce weight.
Mostly the parts are not curved which saves the manufacturing process.
Introduction:
Electrical energy production is less in our country, we are wasting some amount of electricity for charging your mobiles, torch lights, etc. The shoe energy which is much more compact for the range of voltage is 3 to 6v, but it is useful for safety purpose when there is no current.
Synopsis:
Car safety is the main feature in car manufacturing procedure. Electrical monitoring and controlling devices have being used to detect the crash condition and reduce its damages while the platforms are designed to absorb the impact force by sacrificing themselves.
Our invention:
When you are falling onto the ground,
Synopsis:
Only about 30% of the fuel energy changes to useful work in Internal Combustion Engines (ICE`s). The exhaust exergy of the engine has approximately the same amount as the output work. So the exhaust flow shows great potential of useful work in which could be achieved by improving efficiency and applying new cycles to the engine.
ABSTRACT
In this Project the basic mechanics and engineering principles are applied to find out possible Solution for Preventing Emission. By using adsorption principle the hazardous gases in exhaust are reduced or cleaned.The emission level of CO is decreased up to 24.39% and HC is decreased up to 64.44%.
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