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Tuning Of A Pid Controller By Bacterial Foraging Algorithm For Position Control Of Dc Servo Motor, Manal Jasim
Tuning Of A Pid Controller By Bacterial Foraging Algorithm For Position Control Of Dc Servo Motor, Manal Jasim
Engineering and Technology Journal
Controlling the position of Direct Current servo motor is the first aim of this paper, by Bacterial Foraging Algorithm (BFA), the best Proportional – Integral - Derivative (PID) controller parameters were obtained through Mat-Lab application, including the simulation and modeling of Direct Current servo motor, BFA controller and conventional PID Controller as benchmark to the performance of BFA. Proportional – Integral - Derivative controller is a closed loop system, the error made by the Direct Current motor was corrected and determine the correct position to the desired point were controlled By integrating the Proportional – Integral - Derivative controller. Kp, …
Investigation The Effect Of Nano–Particles And Recycling Mortar Additives On Physical And Mechanical Properties Of Concrete, Alaa Abdul-Hamead, Farhad Othman, Raeid Mohammed
Investigation The Effect Of Nano–Particles And Recycling Mortar Additives On Physical And Mechanical Properties Of Concrete, Alaa Abdul-Hamead, Farhad Othman, Raeid Mohammed
Engineering and Technology Journal
In this paper a lower ratio of nano powder were used from (Al2O3 and ZrO2) (0.5, 1.5and 2. 5 wt %) from cement weight, the average particle size of nano-powder were (20nm). These powders were used in fabrication of Concrete with recycle fine aggregate was replaced Natural fine aggregate(sand) in order to be used in construction application and studies the effect on the concrete. Investigation were done on the concrete including dry density, water absorption%, porosity%, compression strength, and wear rate. The results shows that The nano-Al2O3, nano-ZrO2, and recycle aggregate were adding causes difference effect in the physical and …
Study The Characteristics Thermal And Mechanical For Unsaturated Polyester Resin Forced By Asbestos Fiber, Zainab Mohsein
Study The Characteristics Thermal And Mechanical For Unsaturated Polyester Resin Forced By Asbestos Fiber, Zainab Mohsein
Engineering and Technology Journal
In this work prepared and study a polymer composite, where use polyester resin with asbestos fiber ratio (5%, 10% and 15%). First study effect of changing reinforcement percentage by asbestos fiber on coefficient thermal conductivity (k) of polymer composite. Result show decrease in the coefficient thermal conductivity (k) of composite materials with increase of weight percentage of asbestos fiber. Second, study effect of it above reinforcement ratio on the some of mechanical properties (Impact, tensile, fracture and hardness) for polymer composite. The result indicate increase value of mechanical properties with increase weight percentage of asbestos fiber. The impact strength was …
Effect Of Impact Hot- Dry Weather Conditions On The Properties Of High Performance Lightweight Concrete, Hisham Ahmed, Wasan Khalil, Nada Jumaa
Effect Of Impact Hot- Dry Weather Conditions On The Properties Of High Performance Lightweight Concrete, Hisham Ahmed, Wasan Khalil, Nada Jumaa
Engineering and Technology Journal
The aim of this investigation is to produce high performance lightweight aggregate concrete in actual hot- dry weather conditions, and then study the combined effect of hot-dry weather conditions on the fresh properties of high performance lightweight aggregate concrete such as workability, initial and final setting time, measuring concrete temperature, and hardened concrete properties (compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength, modulus of elasticity). The experimental program including the use of fixed mix proportions and was carried out in a typical Iraqi summer days (under actual conditions) of different times during the day, where the mean maximum temperature in …
Experimental Investigation Of A New Modified Catalysts (Wo3/Si-Zr) And (Si-Zr) For The Process Of Aerosol Nanocatalysts By Fcc Of Residual Vacuum Distillation, Hashim Mahdi, Sregey Kudryavtsev
Experimental Investigation Of A New Modified Catalysts (Wo3/Si-Zr) And (Si-Zr) For The Process Of Aerosol Nanocatalysts By Fcc Of Residual Vacuum Distillation, Hashim Mahdi, Sregey Kudryavtsev
Engineering and Technology Journal
This work aims at comparing between the a new modified catalyst WO3/Si-Zr and catalyst Si-Zr to obtain gasoline and diesel fraction , The new theory of aerosol nanocatalysts technology was used in the cracking of gas oil by vacuum accompanied by the vibration of the layer of the catalyst system . The one of aim of the present work is to reduce the emissions of atmosphere polluting gases such as (H2S and CO) .It is observed that this process is achieved at lower temperature compared to that conducted by industrial cracking process at 250 Co , and lower amount of …
Investigate Wedm Process Parameters On Wire Wear Ratio, Material Removal Rate And Surface Roughness Of Steel 1012 Aisi, Saad Shather, Mohammed Mohammed
Investigate Wedm Process Parameters On Wire Wear Ratio, Material Removal Rate And Surface Roughness Of Steel 1012 Aisi, Saad Shather, Mohammed Mohammed
Engineering and Technology Journal
This work is focused on some affecting parameters in Wire electrical discharge machining process for AISI 1012 steel by using brass wire and zinc coated brass wire with 0.25mm diameter. Pulse on time, pulse off time, spark gap voltage and servo feed had been studied as input parameters while wire wear ratio, metal removal rate and surface roughness were the outputs. The experiments showed that increasing pulse on time would increase wire wear ratio, metal removal rate and surface roughness. While, increasing pulse off time, spark gap voltage and servo feed will cause a little increase in wire wear ratio, …
Study The Effect Of Traditional Iraqi Stabilizers (Cement And Lime) On Some Properties Of Iraqi Clay Soils, Husam Baqir, Aqeel Al-Adili, Ali Shareef
Study The Effect Of Traditional Iraqi Stabilizers (Cement And Lime) On Some Properties Of Iraqi Clay Soils, Husam Baqir, Aqeel Al-Adili, Ali Shareef
Engineering and Technology Journal
This study provides practical results in the use of the composite from sulfate resistance Portland cement (PC) and Quicklime (LQ) to improve and stabilize of soils in Al - Zaafaraniya site in Baghdad governorate and the Garma Ali site in Al Basra governorate, Iraq. PC and LQ were added in percentages of 2,4,6,8 and 10% and 2 and 4%, by dry weight, respectively. Laboratory tests to determine Atterberg,s limits, standard proctor test, USC test and UUU test (unconsolidation, undrained and unsaturated) were conducted. The results achieved a significant improvement in workability, unconfined compressive strength and shear strength. The results of …
Using Rsm Technique For Modeling And Optimization The Influence Of Cutting Parameters On Tool Wear And Cutting Forces In Turning Operation, Shaker Hassan, Samir Amin, Asaad Dabish
Using Rsm Technique For Modeling And Optimization The Influence Of Cutting Parameters On Tool Wear And Cutting Forces In Turning Operation, Shaker Hassan, Samir Amin, Asaad Dabish
Engineering and Technology Journal
This study is an attempt to investigate the effect of cutting parameters on the cutting force and tool wear during turning of AISI 304 steel using tungsten carbide tool (WC). The first aim of present work was to employ the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) technique to obtain the influence of input machining parameters, such as cutting feed, cutting speed and cutting depth on the cutting force and wear of tool. Experiments were carried out in a 20 runs experimental matrix by a CNC machine according to the design matrices established by Design of Experiment (DOE) software 'version 8' with RSM …
Influence Of Spirals On The Behavior Of Short Rc Columns Strengthened By External Cfrp, Kaiss Sarsam, Raid Khalel, Mohammed Hadi
Influence Of Spirals On The Behavior Of Short Rc Columns Strengthened By External Cfrp, Kaiss Sarsam, Raid Khalel, Mohammed Hadi
Engineering and Technology Journal
An experimental study was carried out to investigate the behavior of normal strength reinforced concrete (RC) circular short columns strengthened by carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets. Three series comprising total of (15) specimens were loaded to failure under axial concentric compression load. Strengthening was varied by changing CFRP strips number, spacing and wrapping methods. The finding of this research can be summarized as follows; for the columns without CFRP, the influence of the spiral pitch was significant: compared with 100 mm spiral pitch, dropping the spacing to 65 mm and 30 mm increased the load carrying capacity by 25% …
Corrosion Inhibition Of Mild Steel In Hydrochloric Acid Solution By An Isatin-Aniline Compound, Khalida Al-Azawi
Corrosion Inhibition Of Mild Steel In Hydrochloric Acid Solution By An Isatin-Aniline Compound, Khalida Al-Azawi
Engineering and Technology Journal
Recently the researchers go to the eco-friendly corrosion inhibitors.In the present investigation, isatin which found in many plants, Isatis tinctoria,Calanthe discolor and Couroupita guianensis has been used as corrosioninhibitor. An isatin-aniline compound, namely ethyl 4-amino-N-(3-isatinyl)benzoate (AIB), was successfully synthesized in high yield and its inhibitionimpact on corrosion of MS (mild steel) in hydrochloric acid as corrosivesolution was examined via weight loss and Scanning electron microscopetechniques. The results acquired appeared that AIB has employ perfect as acorrosion inhibitor at low concentrations towards mild steel in HCl bath. Theimpact of temperature on the corrosion behavior of MS in corrosive bath withpresence of …
Sensor Network Based Animals Feeding And Milk Production Management System, Zena Faris, Muayad Croock
Sensor Network Based Animals Feeding And Milk Production Management System, Zena Faris, Muayad Croock
Engineering and Technology Journal
In general, the animals’ feeding requires a lot of time and efforts spent by the cattlemen. Part of the feeding amount is consumed by the animal to save its life and the other part is considered for instrumental milk production. The type of food in addition to the number of feeding frequents are important factors in changing the amount of produced milk as well as the weight of an animal. In this paper, we propose a control system that manage the forage process and the amount of produced milk by determining the quantity and number of feeding animals using sensor …
Entropy Generation Minimization Theoretical Analysis For External Flow Around Horizontal Cylinder At Low Reynold Number, Louay Mahdi
Engineering and Technology Journal
The minimization of entropy generation is a helpful method to design optimum thermal system, and find an expression for entropy generation at several ranges of Reynolds number for heat transfer and friction flow irreversibility is a good way to achieve this goal. This study deal with several ranges of Reynolds number that cover 0.1< Re< 40000 divided into four groups. A relation between optimum Reynolds number, entropy generation number, irreversibility distribution ratio, and Began number was obtained. In addition, a relation between the optimum Reynolds number and the duty parameter was obtained for all Reynolds number ranges.
New Strategies For Associative Memories, Azad Kareem, Saja Talib
New Strategies For Associative Memories, Azad Kareem, Saja Talib
Engineering and Technology Journal
Associative memory is a neural network used to save collection of input and output data at its layers. Each output data is produced coincide with a given input. It can be useful as an artificial memory in many applications like (military, medical, data security systems, error detection and correction systems …etc.). There are two matters which limit the uses of associative memory; the limited storage capacity, and the error occurred in the reading of output data. A modified strategy is suggested to overcome these limitations by introducing a new algorithm to the design of the associative memory. This method provides …
Stress Intensity Factor In Hollow Square Sections Using Extended Finite Element Method, Qusai Abdulwaha
Stress Intensity Factor In Hollow Square Sections Using Extended Finite Element Method, Qusai Abdulwaha
Engineering and Technology Journal
Hollow sections are extensively used in structural applications due to its good mechanical properties relative to weight. The presence of cracks in structural member may lead to catastrophic failure under different loading conditions. The presence of central crack in one side under tensile load is studied for different crack sizes (a/w) ranging from 0.1 to 0.8. The section is then investigated under bending moment for same crack size and geometry. The values of stress intensity factor (KI) were evaluated using Extended Finite Element Method (XFEM) and found very close between tensile and bending for same crack sizes but there was …
Experimental Study For The Effects Of Crystalline Agents On Properties Of Glass-Ceramic Coating, Ibtihal Mhmood, Ahmed Zainulabdeen, Jabbar Mohmmed
Experimental Study For The Effects Of Crystalline Agents On Properties Of Glass-Ceramic Coating, Ibtihal Mhmood, Ahmed Zainulabdeen, Jabbar Mohmmed
Engineering and Technology Journal
In this work, four series of glass-ceramic coatings were developed and applied by using the dipping technique to cast iron sheets. The influence of different types of crystallization agents (Li2O, TiO2, ZrSiO4, and CaO.Al2O3.2SiO2) was investigated in relation to the mechanical features of the coatings. The resultant coating is characterized using X-ray diffraction analysis. The properties of micro-hardness and adhesion strength are evaluated using suitable standard tests. The X-ray analysis of resultant coatings showed the existence of some of crystalline phases formed depending on the type of the crystallization agent. The results also indicated that the coating properties were strongly …
Frequency Reconfigurable Monopole Antenna Using Switchable Slotted Triangular Radiators, Fayyadh Ahmed, Bayez Al-Sulaifanie
Frequency Reconfigurable Monopole Antenna Using Switchable Slotted Triangular Radiators, Fayyadh Ahmed, Bayez Al-Sulaifanie
Engineering and Technology Journal
A new configuration of multi-state switchable wideband /multi-narrowband is demonstrated. The proposed antenna is based on a printed rectangular monopole antenna (PRMA) that covers wideband 3.3 GHz WiMAX frequency range. To generate a multi-state switchable antenna, center part of PRMA has been removed without distorting the PRMA behavior. Three PIN diode switches are used to control different operating modes. Eight-operating modes, 2n modes (n is number of switches) are achieved by setting the switches ON or OFF. Initial results were obtained by using short and open circuits instead of implanting PIN diode. The merit of the antenna design is that …
Design And Analysis Of American Sign Language Classifier Based On N-Tuple Technique, Mahmuod Al-Muifraje, Thamir Saeed, Mosab Hassan
Design And Analysis Of American Sign Language Classifier Based On N-Tuple Technique, Mahmuod Al-Muifraje, Thamir Saeed, Mosab Hassan
Engineering and Technology Journal
This work consists of three stages: the first stage is the collection of data (images) for 26 letters alphabet, which is 1040 images, 40 for each class (letter). The second stage is the Preprocessing (segmentation, filtering, crop, convert to a binary image and feature extraction) and the last stage is the classy one. Two filters have been used median and wiener2 to treatment two types of noise; the salt and pepper and Gaussian noise respectively. The classification has been satisfied by using an n-tuple classifier algorithm is 93.8462%, while it is 93.2692% with salt and pepper noise. In this context, …
Experimental Behavior Of Hybrid Steel And Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete Deep Beam Containing Openings, Nabeel Al-Bayati, Noor Hadi
Experimental Behavior Of Hybrid Steel And Polypropylene Fiber Reinforced Concrete Deep Beam Containing Openings, Nabeel Al-Bayati, Noor Hadi
Engineering and Technology Journal
Twelve simple span reinforced concrete deep beams were tested under symmetrically two points top load to examine the effect of steel fiber and polypropylene fiber and influence of the transverse circular openings on their behavior. The variables investigated involve beams with and without openings, the volume fraction of fibers, shear span to effective ratio a/d, and inclined reinforcement around the openings. All the beams had the same overall dimensions, flexural reinforcement and opening size. Many mixes have been used by combination between steel fibers and polypropylene fibers with different percentages of (1%SF-0%PPF), (0.75%SF-0.25%PPF), (0.5%SF-0.5%PPF), (0.25%SF-0.75%PPF), (0%SF-1%PPF) in addition to mix …
Experimental Behavior Of Self Compacting Concrete Corbels Strengthened With External Cfrp, Sarmad Abdulqader, Basil Al-Shathr, Ali Hasan
Experimental Behavior Of Self Compacting Concrete Corbels Strengthened With External Cfrp, Sarmad Abdulqader, Basil Al-Shathr, Ali Hasan
Engineering and Technology Journal
This research aims to study the influence of using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) strips as an external strengthened and repairing material on the behavior of self-compacting concrete (SCC) Corbels. The experimental work involved testing twenty self-compacting concrete corbels specimens. The experimental work is divided into two parts; the first part consists of three groups to investigate the most effective direction, position, bonding type and amount of CFRP strips on the behavior of corbels and utilized it in practice, also to strengthen new variables that are investigated in the second part. Two groups in part one are strengthened with different …
Shear Strength Of Concrete Deep Beam Subjected To Uniformly Distributed Load, Eyal Sayhood, Ali Resheq, Ayad Habeeb
Shear Strength Of Concrete Deep Beam Subjected To Uniformly Distributed Load, Eyal Sayhood, Ali Resheq, Ayad Habeeb
Engineering and Technology Journal
In this paper, result of tests on 20 simply supported concrete deep beams are presented. All tested beams have dimensions of (150 x 400 x 1100) mm and tested under (1, 2, 4 and 8) point loads. The considered parameters are shear span to effective depth ratio (a/d), concrete compressive strength (fʹc) and longitudinal reinforcement ratio (ρw).The influence of these parameters on cracking and ultimate load, load versus deflection response and concrete strain are investigated.The results showed that the decrease in the (a/d) ratio from 1.373 to 0.412 leads to a decrease in cracking and ultimate shear strengths by average …
Robust Visual Lips Feature Extraction Method For Improved Visual Speech Recognition System, Mahmuod Mahmmed, Thamir Saeed, Wissam Ali
Robust Visual Lips Feature Extraction Method For Improved Visual Speech Recognition System, Mahmuod Mahmmed, Thamir Saeed, Wissam Ali
Engineering and Technology Journal
Recently, automatic lips reading ALR acquired a significant interest among many researchers due to its adoption in many applications. One such application is in speech recognition system in noisy environment, where visual cue that contain some integral information added to the audio signal, as well as the way that person merges audio-visual stimulus to identify utterance. The unsolved part of this problem is the utterance classification using only the visual cues without the availability of acoustic signal of the talker's speech. By taking into considerations a set of frames from recorded video for a person uttering a word; a robust …
Relationships Between Actual Compressive Strength, Modulus Of Elasticity And Non-Destructive Tests Of High Strength Concrete, Jasim Abd
Engineering and Technology Journal
The present research investigate with Nondestructive testing (NDT) of high strength concrete (HSC). An experiential work was carried out including both destructive and nondestructive test methods utilized to various concrete mixes with compressive strength ranged from 44 to 84.4MPa.Correlation curves were derived as pulse velocity and modulus of elasticity vs. compressive strength for high strength concrete. Two empirical relations were proposed for foretelling the modulus of elasticity Ec = 0.4141f`c + 8.6077, and compressive strengths fcu = 320.85ln (V) – 467.73 with a good coefficient of determination R2 for these equations 0.94and 0.90 respectively. Obtained from cubic and cylinders using …
Workability Of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete, Tareq Al-Attar, Samer Daoud, Anmar Dhaher
Workability Of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Concrete, Tareq Al-Attar, Samer Daoud, Anmar Dhaher
Engineering and Technology Journal
The aim of this work is to evaluate the effect of adding different types of fibers on the fresh properties of the self-compacting concrete, SCC. The used types of fibers were steel (with volume ratios of 0.75, 1.0 and 1.25 %) and polypropylene fibers (0.10 and 0.15 %) and a hybrid system of these fibers (0.65 % steel and 0.10 % polypropylene). The conducted tests in the fresh state were slump flow, T500, V-funnel and L-box. It was noticed that increasing the volume fraction of fibers would lead to decrease in the workability of SCC. According to EFNARC requirements for …
Optimization Of Economic And Environmental Perspectives For Sustainable Product Design And Manufacturing, Luma Al-Kindi, Hala Al_Zuheri
Optimization Of Economic And Environmental Perspectives For Sustainable Product Design And Manufacturing, Luma Al-Kindi, Hala Al_Zuheri
Engineering and Technology Journal
Growing environmental concerns, coupled with public pressure and stricter regulations, are fundamentally impacting the way companies design and launch new products across markets. Companies are recognizing that implementing design and manufacturing for the environment in their product development process, provides opportunities for both improving the environmental aspects of a product and for enhancing the product competitiveness. Therefore, considering concurrently economic and environmental perspectives for decision-making during early stages of design and manufacturing are considered crucial to the product design process. In this paper, taking into account these perspectives, a framework in design and manufacturing of a new product is presented, …
Design A Gray Water Treatment System For A Virtual Building Working By Solar Energy, Kheria Essa, Hashim Mahdi, Mohammed Mohammed
Design A Gray Water Treatment System For A Virtual Building Working By Solar Energy, Kheria Essa, Hashim Mahdi, Mohammed Mohammed
Engineering and Technology Journal
This work has showed that gray water can be used in irrigation with great success. It includes the explanation of how water recycling will save water for irrigation and agriculture use, reduce the costs of constructing purification plants, and add natural filters to the environment. It also aspires to invite companies to reduce the proportion of phosphate and other harmful substances in the composition of soap. In addition, it is possible to reduce the amount of suspended solids in a gray water by installing filters on the washing machines themselves, so that the volume of problems in the plankton is …
Preparation, Characterization And Utilization Of Polyacrylamid-Kaolin Composite In The Removal Of Nickel Ions From Water, Mahmood Barbooti, Raghad Hilal, Balkees Al-Dabbagh
Preparation, Characterization And Utilization Of Polyacrylamid-Kaolin Composite In The Removal Of Nickel Ions From Water, Mahmood Barbooti, Raghad Hilal, Balkees Al-Dabbagh
Engineering and Technology Journal
A composite material of polymeric matrix Polyacrylamid (PAM) that is reinforced by a certified clay mineral of the Iraqi kaolinite at several weight ratios (10, 20, 30, 40 and 50%) was prepared by mixing the polymer water solution with the clay followed by hand molding method. Some of the mechanical properties of the prepared composite such as tensile strength, impact and hardness Shore A were studied to improve the mechanical capability to be as a sorbent for the removal of heavy metals from water.The results showed an improvement in the mechanical properties as the kaolin content was increased. The powdered …
Analytical Characterization And Antimicrobial Activity Of Bismuth Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Laser Ablation Technique, Abdul Hadi Judran
Analytical Characterization And Antimicrobial Activity Of Bismuth Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Laser Ablation Technique, Abdul Hadi Judran
Engineering and Technology Journal
Bismuth nanoparticles were synthesized using laser ablation technique by focusing solid bismuth target in distilled deionized water by 1064 nm and 532 nm laser radiations generated by Q-switched pulsed Nd:YAG laser, respectively. Synthesized nanoparticles were characterized using UV–Vis spectrophotometer, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The XRD pattern of the synthesized sample was indexed as. UV–Vis spectrophotometer indicated that the peak of absorption spectra of bismuth nanoparticles located in UV-region (230 nm) and increased towards IR region with increase laser energy and laser wavelength. SEM and TEM exhibited spherical shape …
Seasonal Variation Of Residual Aluminum Concentration In Drinking Water, Layla Alwan, Ayat Mahdi
Seasonal Variation Of Residual Aluminum Concentration In Drinking Water, Layla Alwan, Ayat Mahdi
Engineering and Technology Journal
Data for aluminum concentration in Baghdad raw and drinking water have been taken from Baghdad Mayoralty for the period of the year (2005-2006) and for six water treatment plants (Al-Karkh, East Tigris, Al-Wathba, Al-Karama, Al-Qadisia and Al-Dora). The available data were analyzed by using statistical programs like (spss, statistica, grapher and excel) .Relation with water quality parameters was obtained like relation with pH and temperature. From the study the pH value was found to be ranged between (7.45-7.85) in supplied water for minimum aluminum residual. From the contour plot results show that an equation has been concluded which connect concentration …
Ecological Risk Assessment Of Chromium Pollution In The Soil Of Industrial Area Within Baghdad City, Rawnaq Mahdi, Athmar Al-Mashhady
Ecological Risk Assessment Of Chromium Pollution In The Soil Of Industrial Area Within Baghdad City, Rawnaq Mahdi, Athmar Al-Mashhady
Engineering and Technology Journal
Thirty-five soil samples were collected from the Tanning Factory Industrial District within Baghdad city to investigate the soil pollution occur through four directions of the tanning plant. The soil samples exhibited high concentrations of Cr than the reported values of worldwide mean of unpolluted soils. The geoaccumulation index showed that the soil samples were moderately polluted by Cr at the north of the factory while the soil sample showed extremely polluted at the south and east of the factory. Moreover, the soil samples collected from west of the factory were strongly polluted. The result of the calculated enrichment factor (64.52-1075.22) …
Ultrasonic Technique In Treating Wastewater By Electrocoagulation, Najem Al-Rubaiey, Mohammed Al-Barazanjy
Ultrasonic Technique In Treating Wastewater By Electrocoagulation, Najem Al-Rubaiey, Mohammed Al-Barazanjy
Engineering and Technology Journal
Electrocoagulation Treatment can be considered as a favorable tool for the removal of many pollutants of various forms of wastewater. These pollutants may include the removal of colloidal, the breaking-up of emulsions and heavy metals. This process consists of the disintegration of the anodes (usually iron or aluminum), exciting the creation of coagulant mixtures in wastewater. That will aid to coagulate contaminants and generate bubbles in favor of mixing and elimination of solids suspension by flotation. Recently, the arrangement of using this technique with other treatment tools has turned out to be an interesting subject leading to an improvement in …