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Preparation And Performance Of Pu/Cpsf Blend Ultrafiltration Membranes For Removal Of Heavy Metal Ion Rejection Studies, Latha S., Shanthana Lakshmid, Maheswari P., Mohan D Mar 2026

Preparation And Performance Of Pu/Cpsf Blend Ultrafiltration Membranes For Removal Of Heavy Metal Ion Rejection Studies, Latha S., Shanthana Lakshmid, Maheswari P., Mohan D

Engineering and Technology Journal

The performance of membranes for a specific application can be determined with the help of structural properties such as molecular weight cut-off (MWCO), morphology, and pore statistics. Heavy metal ions from aqueous streams can be separated with the help of ultrafiltration membranes. In the presence and absence of the various components of the additive poly (ethylene glycol) 600, MWCOs and pore statistics of polyurethane (PU) and carboxylated polysulfone (CPSf) blend ultrafiltration (Total Polymer Concentration = 17.5 wt %) were studied with the help of dextran of different molecular weights ranging from 19 kDa to 150 kDa. The derived pore size, …

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Remove Liquid Radioactive Wastes Utilizing Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, And Microfiltration Membranes, Alanood Alsarayreh, Taisir Abbas, Saleh Alaswad, Sabad E-Gul, A Bajoga Mar 2026

Remove Liquid Radioactive Wastes Utilizing Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration, And Microfiltration Membranes, Alanood Alsarayreh, Taisir Abbas, Saleh Alaswad, Sabad E-Gul, A Bajoga

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Radioactive waste is generated from fuel cycle processes in nuclear reactors and nuclear power plants (NPPs) in electrical power production, radioisotope manufacturing in nuclear research centers, and medical, industrial, and agricultural applications. Also, natural chain-linked radioisotopes (NORM) are generated from processing and burning fossil fuels and producing oil and natural gas. Therefore, a planned and integrated radioactive waste management strategy must be adopted to protect human health and the environment from the dangers of this waste through published research on a comprehensive radioactive waste management strategy and the testing and dissemination of several treatment options. The main objective is to …

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Hydrodynamic Properties Investigation Of Ebullated Bed Reactor Using Non-Newtonian Liquid, Zahraa Hassan, Asawer Al Wasiti, Zainb Shnain, Peter Philib Mar 2026

Hydrodynamic Properties Investigation Of Ebullated Bed Reactor Using Non-Newtonian Liquid, Zahraa Hassan, Asawer Al Wasiti, Zainb Shnain, Peter Philib

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The importance of using EBR has been renewed recently due to the sharp increase in heavy feedstocks sent to refineries and the hydrocracking process. Most of these feedstocks have a non-Newtonian behavior. The performance of this type of reactor using non-Newtonian liquid is complicated and has not been covered well yet. Hence, the present work is devoted to elucidating the effect of the non-Newtonian behavior of fluid on the hydrodynamic properties of a three-phase (gas-liquid-solid) reactor under operating conditions of different values ​​of gas velocity (2, 4, 6) cm/sec, liquid velocity (0.9, 1.39, 1.8, 2.3) cm/sec, and recycle ratio (1.5, …

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Bio-Treatment Technologies Of Produced Water: A Review, Rana Azeez, Firas Al-Zuhairi Mar 2026

Bio-Treatment Technologies Of Produced Water: A Review, Rana Azeez, Firas Al-Zuhairi

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Petroleum is a vital source of energy for most human activities. The growth of the oil and gas sector is associated with releasing a significant amount of produced water (PW) from onshore and offshore fields. Thus, undesirable toxic pollutants in produced water have become a major concern for those concerned with environmental issues. Therefore, interest in recycling and beneficial reuse of pollutants has increased due to large amounts of PW. In general, various physical and chemical technologies and bio-treatments for PW or combined between them are applied. Bio-treatment is preferred due to its efficiency and eco-friendly compared with other PW …

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Recent Development In Hydrodynamic And Heat Transfer Characteristics In The Three-Phase Fluidized-Bed System, Omar Mahdy, Amer Abdulrahmn, Jamal Ali Mar 2026

Recent Development In Hydrodynamic And Heat Transfer Characteristics In The Three-Phase Fluidized-Bed System, Omar Mahdy, Amer Abdulrahmn, Jamal Ali

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Gas–liquid-solid fluidized beds are broadly utilized in the petrochemical, pharmaceutical, refining, food, biotechnology, and environmental industries. Due to complex phenomena, such as the particle-particle, liquid-particle, particle-bubble interactions, complex hydrodynamics, and heat transfer of three-phase (gas-liquid-solid) fluidized beds, they are incompletely understood. The ability to accurately predict the essential characteristics of the fluidized-bed system, such as hydrodynamics, individual phase mixing, and heat transfer parameters, is necessary for its successful design and operation. This paper investigates the pressure drop, minimum fluidization velocity, phase holdup, heat-transfer coefficient of a fluidized bed reactor, heat transfer studies, CFD simulation, and the effect of these parameters …

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Improved Water-Based Mud Rheological Properties And Shale-Inhibition Behavior By Using Aluminum Oxide And Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Hasan Abbood, Ibtehal Shakir Mar 2026

Improved Water-Based Mud Rheological Properties And Shale-Inhibition Behavior By Using Aluminum Oxide And Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Hasan Abbood, Ibtehal Shakir

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Nanotechnology can be used to develop drilling fluid additives that can improve the drilling fluid's properties. Using two types of nanoparticle (NP) additives in water-based drilling fluids have been studied in this paper. Three major drilling mud systems, namely potassium chloride (KCl) as a basic mud, KCl/aluminum oxide (Al2O3) NPs, and KCl/iron (Fe2O3) NPs, were prepared and studied for enhancement of rheological properties and shale inhibition. It was found that the drilling mud contained NPs in concentrations of 0.25, 0. 5, 0.75, and 1 g. Al2O3 and Fe2O3 NPs added to KCl/polymer mud systems resulted in a 50% and 30% …

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Hydroisomerization Of N-Heptane In A Fixed-Bed Reactor Using A Synthesized Bimetallic Type-Hy Zeolite Catalyst, Younus Khalaf, Bashir Sherhan, Zaidoon Shakour Mar 2026

Hydroisomerization Of N-Heptane In A Fixed-Bed Reactor Using A Synthesized Bimetallic Type-Hy Zeolite Catalyst, Younus Khalaf, Bashir Sherhan, Zaidoon Shakour

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The synthesis of NaY-zeolite was performed hydrothermally. The preparation of the bifunctional catalysts was achieved by loading NH4Y-zeolite with a cheap Zr metal, as a second loading metal, with tiny amounts of Pt to compose a Pt-Zr/Y-zeolite catalyst. Different characterization methods (i.e., XRD, SEM, EDX, BET, and AFM) were used to investigate the catalyst properties. The catalytic performance was studied by performing the hydroisomerization of n-heptane in a gas phase at a temperature of 275°C and atmospheric pressure in a fixed-bed reactor. The GC-FID results of the products confirmed the positive role of Zr in enhancing the catalytic features, as …

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Use Of Tio2 In Photocatalysis For Air Purification And Wastewater Treatment: A Review, Seba Mohammed, Zainab Shnain, Mohammad Abid Mar 2026

Use Of Tio2 In Photocatalysis For Air Purification And Wastewater Treatment: A Review, Seba Mohammed, Zainab Shnain, Mohammad Abid

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This study reviews recent research on the synthesis and application of titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based photocatalysts for environmental applications. The principles of non-homogenous photo-catalysis include utilizing a solid semiconductor, such as titanium dioxide Nano or macro, to form a stable suspension (heterogeneous phase) at the impact of irradiation to elevate a reaction at the surface interface of the different phases in the system. Recently, titanium dioxide has been considered the better semiconductor in non-homogenous photoinduced treatment. TiO2-based photocatalysts have broad applications for industrial processes because of their exceptional physicochemical properties. Nevertheless, having a narrow band near the ultraviolet region limits its …

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High Gain Transformer-Less Inverter Based-On Capacitor Clamping Multi-Phase Boost Converter, Oday Saad, Jasim Hussain Mar 2026

High Gain Transformer-Less Inverter Based-On Capacitor Clamping Multi-Phase Boost Converter, Oday Saad, Jasim Hussain

Engineering and Technology Journal

ABSTRACTThe boosting converters integrated with inverters are widespread use in many applications under transformerless inverter titles, including powered vehicles, PV systems, fuel cells systems and so on. Reliability, quality, maintainability, and reduction in size are important requirements in the energy conversion process. The multi-phase boost converter can be adopted as a good solution with high power applications. The multi-phase boost enhanced by clamping capacitor structure is providing low ripple, high gain and evident improvement in the efficiency when compared to the conventional converters. This paper investigates the transformerless inverter based on a capacitor clamping multi-phase boost converter. High gain proposed …

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A Compact High Isolation Four Elements Mimo Antenna System For 5g Mobile Devices, Muhannad Muhsin, Jawad Ali, Ali Salim Mar 2026

A Compact High Isolation Four Elements Mimo Antenna System For 5g Mobile Devices, Muhannad Muhsin, Jawad Ali, Ali Salim

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A Compact high isolation Multi Input Multi Output Antenna system working on 3.5 GHz (3400 - 3600) MHz is presented for the 5G mobile terminals. Four-antenna elements are employed to construct the proposed MIMO antenna system. These antennas are located over two slim side-edges frame of a mobile device to meet the present trend requirements of slim and full-screen smartphone devices. A modified Hilbert fractal monopole antenna and an I-shaped feeding line construct the antenna element’s front part, while an L-shaped shorted to the system’s ground plane are used to the antenna element’s back part. The overall monopole antenna element’s …

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Build And Implement Radiation Control Using Iot In Parabolic Trough Solar Collector (Ptsc), Sarah Bassem, Samer Ismael, Jalal Jalil Mar 2026

Build And Implement Radiation Control Using Iot In Parabolic Trough Solar Collector (Ptsc), Sarah Bassem, Samer Ismael, Jalal Jalil

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Connecting the devices to the internet based on the internet of things IoT increases the capability of monitoring and measuring, and controlling essential variables. In this study, the radiation intensity was controlled via the internet of things IoT for PTSC to study the collector's behavior.  The light control circuit was designed, built, and implemented. The circuit mainly consists of a power supply, Arduino, relay, and potentiometer. Radiation was successfully monitored using a sensor and displayed through a smartphone via Wi-Fi, and the intensity of radiation light controls the PCM status. A data logging system was applied using a micro SD …

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The Evaluation Of Time-Dependent Initialization Vector Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm For Image Encryption, Hayder Assafli, Ivan Hashim, Ahmed Naser Mar 2026

The Evaluation Of Time-Dependent Initialization Vector Advanced Encryption Standard Algorithm For Image Encryption, Hayder Assafli, Ivan Hashim, Ahmed Naser

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The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) has become an attractive encryption method for its high security and fast implementation. The encryption algorithm is approved as a standard to be used in widely used communication and data processing units However, the advance in technology and the introduction of quantum computers made the encryption scheme vulnerable to attack. Different attack procedures are continuously being developed for attacking end decrypted important and sensitive data. This paper evaluated an enhanced Advanced Encryption System operating in Cipher Block Chaining mode that suggests a promising solution for resisting future attacks. The approach depends on a time-dependent initialization …

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A Review Of Control Technique Applied In Shunt Active Power Filter (Sapf), Ayad Hadi, Ekhlas Thjeel, Ali Nahar Mar 2026

A Review Of Control Technique Applied In Shunt Active Power Filter (Sapf), Ayad Hadi, Ekhlas Thjeel, Ali Nahar

Engineering and Technology Journal

In recent years, electronic transformers and electronic devices (nonlinear loads) have increased. These loads are the source of harmonics (non-sinusoidal and distorted waves) and the interactive force that affects the performance of the power system network. Also, it badly affects the power factor and electrical energy on the scales of efficiency and quality. For this reason, a system called “Active Power Filters” has been adopted. It provides an effective alternative to traditional LC passive power filters. It can improve network performance by treating and reducing harmonics, improving power factor and quality, avoiding resonance between the filter and the network, and …

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The Fundamental Of Reduced Graphene Oxide With Nanosilver Composite Films Using The Spin Coating Technique, Hamsa Alaloosi, Farah Noori, Abdulhadi Jidran Mar 2026

The Fundamental Of Reduced Graphene Oxide With Nanosilver Composite Films Using The Spin Coating Technique, Hamsa Alaloosi, Farah Noori, Abdulhadi Jidran

Engineering and Technology Journal

Graphene oxide synthesis by hummers method and reduction by the green chemical method using green tea. Preparation films with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) and Silver Nanoparticles (AgNPs) by a spin coating method. The preparation films and Nanomaterial characteristics with X-Ray diffraction (XRD) GO has a peak at (2θ = 11.22̊ ). While rGO has a wider peak at (2θ = 26.2̊ ). The (rGO +AgNPs) films have five obvious diffraction angles. In Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), flaky sheet (rGO), and spherical (AgNPs) with Nanosize about ~20 nm, the peaks of EDX indicated the presence of …

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The Visual Quality Of Healthy Eye Lens For Different Tilt Effects, Laith Tawfeeq, Ali Al-Hamdani Mar 2026

The Visual Quality Of Healthy Eye Lens For Different Tilt Effects, Laith Tawfeeq, Ali Al-Hamdani

Engineering and Technology Journal

The importance and accuracy of the human visual system have led scientists and researchers to do their best to study it, know its problems, and how to treat them.The eye lens tilt is possibly due to a specific accident such as a blow or the like. So, this manuscript was submitted to study the human eye lens tilting effect on visual performance and determine the tolerance tilt values. Using (ZEMAX-EE) software program and relying on the Liou and Brennan model Eye (LBME), one of the most accurate models for studying the eye, and some basic criteria used to describe the …

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Power Quality Examination For (250kw) Pv Grid-Tied Connected At Various Irradiance Levels, Ahmed Jasim, Dahri Mahmood, Oday Ahmed Mar 2026

Power Quality Examination For (250kw) Pv Grid-Tied Connected At Various Irradiance Levels, Ahmed Jasim, Dahri Mahmood, Oday Ahmed

Engineering and Technology Journal

Although using a PV grid-tide system has many advantages, connecting the PV to the grid creates a new challenge at the power quality level. The PV grid-tide plant (250 kW), implemented at the Iraqi ministry of electricity building, was taken as a case steady to examine the power quality issue at various irradiance levels. The plant was described in detail and built using MATLAB2018b/Simulink. The developed system was examined at various irradiance levels. The results showed that an increased irradiance level leads to an enhancement in the power quality. The total harmonic distortion (THD) decreases with the increase of irradiance. …

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An Enhanced Interface Selectivity Technique To Improve The Qos For The Multi-Homed Node, Haider Oleiwi, Nagham Saeed, Heba Al-Taie, Doaa Mhawi Mar 2026

An Enhanced Interface Selectivity Technique To Improve The Qos For The Multi-Homed Node, Haider Oleiwi, Nagham Saeed, Heba Al-Taie, Doaa Mhawi

Engineering and Technology Journal

The user’s handoff is still an arguable issue that many mobile communication systems face, especially with the exploded growth of users and internet-based applications. There is a critical need for adequate quality of service (QoS) to meet the stringent requirements. This paper aims to study the overall performance and feasibility of several QoS mechanisms with the single-homed and multi-homed networks/nodes fluctuating resource availability. It investigates the adaptability of multi-interfaced multi-homed techniques to enhance the essential governing parameters, i.e., throughput, end-to-end latency, processing time, and jitter. Moreover, the paper introduces an interface selectivity technique for the multi-homed node to adopt the …

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Numerical And Theoretical Analysis Of A Spur Gear Using Composite And Conventional Materials, Jwan Mohammed, Dlair Ramadan Mar 2026

Numerical And Theoretical Analysis Of A Spur Gear Using Composite And Conventional Materials, Jwan Mohammed, Dlair Ramadan

Engineering and Technology Journal

A spur gear is one of the most common forms of precision cylindrical gear. In the industry, reducing the weight of gears while keeping their useful properties has become an even more pressing challenge. As a result, the investigators have made many attempts to reduce the weight of the gears. Despite these efforts, the problem still requires more research. This study presented a spur gear's modeling and finite element analysis using different materials. A three-dimensional spur gear was designed, modeled, and simulated using ANSYS software. Five different materials, including two conventional materials (stainless steel and copper alloy) and three different …

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Experimental Study On The Effect Of Aspect Ratio On Flexural Behavior Of Aluminum Sandwich Composite, Ganesh Radhakrishnan, Al Haitham Al Hattali, Al Muntasser Al Yahyai, Al Muntasser Al Riyami, Al Muatasim Al Hadhrami Mar 2026

Experimental Study On The Effect Of Aspect Ratio On Flexural Behavior Of Aluminum Sandwich Composite, Ganesh Radhakrishnan, Al Haitham Al Hattali, Al Muntasser Al Yahyai, Al Muntasser Al Riyami, Al Muatasim Al Hadhrami

Engineering and Technology Journal

Sandwich composites are one such kind of light-weight composites developed for structural and vehicle body buildings etc. Due to their remarkable features such as high specific strength, high toughness and resistance to inter laminar shear strength. In this study, commercially available aluminium sandwich composite (ASC) laminate was considered for investigating its flexural behavior and buckling behavior as it was mostly used for various structural applications. Flexural analysis was done for different aspect ratios in order to analyze the influence of cross section of the specimen and support span on the flexural capability of the sandwich beam. The composite specimens prepared …

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Study Effect Of Exhaust Gas Recirculation Upon Emissions And Performance By Using European Diesel And Iraqi Diesel, Lina Jamal, Adel Saleh Mar 2026

Study Effect Of Exhaust Gas Recirculation Upon Emissions And Performance By Using European Diesel And Iraqi Diesel, Lina Jamal, Adel Saleh

Engineering and Technology Journal

This study investigated the effect of exhaust gas re-circulation (EGR) on performance and exhaust emissions in a single-cylinder, air-cooled, and direct-injection diesel engine. The Iraqi diesel fuel (D100) and European diesel fuel (ED100) were utilized at different speeds from (2100 to 3300 in intervals of 300) using the recycling of exhaust gas by a ratio (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%. The study showed that European diesel fuel positively impacts engine performance and emissions. Compared to Iraqi diesel fuel, European decreased diesel fuel the brake-specific fuel consumption by (10.96%), increased brake thermal efficiency by (8.67%), decreased exhaust gas temperature by …

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Economic Operation Of Low Voltage Smart Micro-Grid With Integration Of Renewable Energy, Kadhim Jabber, Mohammed Al-Saadi, Ameer Jaddoa Mar 2026

Economic Operation Of Low Voltage Smart Micro-Grid With Integration Of Renewable Energy, Kadhim Jabber, Mohammed Al-Saadi, Ameer Jaddoa

Engineering and Technology Journal

This paper develops a unit commitment multi-period energy management system to minimize a low voltage microgrid's total operation and emission cost. The optimization problem is formulated in the mixed-integer quadratic program. The environment cost and battery degradation cost are taken into consideration in the proposed optimization approach. The unit commitment strategy is employed to minimize the total cost. A set of constraints are considered in the proposed optimization approach. The proposed energy management system is applied to the low voltage distribution grid, including different distributed generators, such as diesel engines, fuel cells, and microturbines. The microgrid also contains storage batteries, …

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Numerical Investigation Of A Window Solar Air Collector With Moveable Absorber Plates, Norhan Dawood, Jalal Jalil, Majida Ahmed Mar 2026

Numerical Investigation Of A Window Solar Air Collector With Moveable Absorber Plates, Norhan Dawood, Jalal Jalil, Majida Ahmed

Engineering and Technology Journal

Window solar air collector is an imperative instrument for heating residential buildings in cold regions. This paper presents a numerical investigation of the thermal performance of a window solar air collector with seven moveable absorber plates. With glass on the front and back sides of the collector. By the use of FORTRAN 90; The three-dimensional steady-state turbulent forced convection method was used to solve the Navier-Stokes equations. The seven plates opened and closed at different angles in unison manually by a specific mechanical mechanism. The effect of changing the plate angles has been tested, alongside the effect of airflow rates …

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Electrostatic Deposition Of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)/Titanium Carbide Coatings On Austenitic 316l Stainless Steel Implant, Ghofran Dhafer, Mohanad Al-Shroofy, Hanaa Al-Kaisy Mar 2026

Electrostatic Deposition Of Poly(Methyl Methacrylate)/Titanium Carbide Coatings On Austenitic 316l Stainless Steel Implant, Ghofran Dhafer, Mohanad Al-Shroofy, Hanaa Al-Kaisy

Engineering and Technology Journal

316L stainless steel alloys are extensively used in orthopedic applications for the fixations and substitutions of defective bone tissues in the human body because of their excellent combination of mechanical and biological behavior. However, just like other metallic implants, they tend to release some toxic ions that may lead to serious health issues. Therefore, this study attempts to increase the alloy's resistance against corrosion while maintaining its good mechanical properties by applying a modified coating layer of PMMA-based composites titanium carbide as reinforcement material using dry electrostatic spray deposition (ESD) under constant conditions (25 kV, 15-20 cm distance, compressed air …

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Studying The Effect Of Un Coated And Multilayer Coated Tools On Cutting Temperature In Turning Operation, Farhan Challab, Maan Tawfiq, Salah Jawad Mar 2026

Studying The Effect Of Un Coated And Multilayer Coated Tools On Cutting Temperature In Turning Operation, Farhan Challab, Maan Tawfiq, Salah Jawad

Engineering and Technology Journal

The present work studies three variables (cutting velocity, feed rate, and cut depth) on hard turning cutting temperature of uncoated and multilayer-coated carbide (TiN, TiN/TiCN, TiN /Al2O3/ TiCN) inserts are used in AISI 1045 alloy steel. The tool's temperature was measured simultaneously, measuring the temperature of the tool-chip interface using infrared radiation (IR) pyrometer in this investigation.  This study investigated the performance of four distinct coated and uncoated PVD and CVD tools during turning operations. Four cutting speeds (56, 88, 112, 141) m/min, four feed rates (0.065, 0.08, 0.16, 0.228) mm/rev.,  in the experiments, a constant cutting depth of (1) …

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Study The Growth Of Apatite Layer On Biodegradable Glass As Bioactive Scaffolds, Zainab Dhary, Alaa Atiyah, Saad Farid Mar 2026

Study The Growth Of Apatite Layer On Biodegradable Glass As Bioactive Scaffolds, Zainab Dhary, Alaa Atiyah, Saad Farid

Engineering and Technology Journal

Bioglass offers a variety of uses for tissue engineering due to its good biocompatibility and chemical composition, similar to a mineral portion of the body. The synthesis of bioglass 13-93 scaffold was achieved by salt leaching technique, and potassium chloride (KCl) was used as porogen with particle sizes of (200-250) μm. Then, sintering to 750 ◦C for around 1 hour was performed. The resultant materials were examined by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). They were immersed in a solution of simulated body fluids (SBF) for 7 and 14 days, respectively. Initially, calcium …

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Synthesis Zno Heterostructured Nanophotocatalyst Simulated Solar Light Irradiation For Removal Contaminate Carbamazepine In Aqueous Solution, Eman Rdewi, Ahmed Abdulkadhim Al-Ghaban, Khalid Abbas Mar 2026

Synthesis Zno Heterostructured Nanophotocatalyst Simulated Solar Light Irradiation For Removal Contaminate Carbamazepine In Aqueous Solution, Eman Rdewi, Ahmed Abdulkadhim Al-Ghaban, Khalid Abbas

Engineering and Technology Journal

In this study, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO) were produced in aqueous media to photodegrade harmful carbamazepine compounds (CBZ) in aqueous solution under simulated solar-light using the sol-gel technique with zinc chloride and NaOH as precursors. X-ray diffraction (XRD), FTIR analysis, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), and UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectra (UV-vis DRS) were used to analyze the ZnO NPs powder. According to the XRD results, ZnO nanoparticles showed a hexagonal symmetry shape with 13 nm particle size value. The absorption bands of ZnO nanoparticles were identified using FT-IR spectra peaking. The ZnO nanoparticles produced in this work are spherical, …

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Effect Of Abrasive Water Jet (Awj) Parameters On Materials Removal Rate For Low Carbon Steel, Ameer Nader, Saad Shather Mar 2026

Effect Of Abrasive Water Jet (Awj) Parameters On Materials Removal Rate For Low Carbon Steel, Ameer Nader, Saad Shather

Engineering and Technology Journal

Abrasive water jet (AWJ) is one of the most advanced and valuable non-traditional machining processes because of its massive advantages of removing metal from hard and soft metals. This paper has studied the effect of jet pressure, feed rate, and standoff distance on material removal rate throughout abrasive water jet cutting of carbon steel metal workpieces. The material removal rate was assessed using a precision balance device by performing sixteen experiments to identify the ratio of weight loss to total cutting time. The Taguchi method was introduced to implement the experiments and indicate the most influential process parameters on material …

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Improvement Of Metal Forging Processes By Stresses And Temperatures Analysis, Adnan Mohammeda, Ibrahim Ahmed, Munir Allow Mar 2026

Improvement Of Metal Forging Processes By Stresses And Temperatures Analysis, Adnan Mohammeda, Ibrahim Ahmed, Munir Allow

Engineering and Technology Journal

The mechanical components are produced by various fabrication methods, although forged products have excellent mechanical characteristics at a minimal cost. The stress and temperature analysis process in the closed die hot forging contributed to finding failure regions in these dies through simulations in the FE program. This enables the process to be improved and reduced time and mineral losses. A simplified model was used to represent the forming process, with a temperature of (1150-950 °C) was simulated using MSC Simufact software. The forge fastener head product is formed with a horizontal mechanical press of 800 tones. In this research, the …

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Influence Of Machining Parameters On Surface Roughness In Chemical Machining Of Silicon Carbide (Sic), Naeem Abdulhusein, Abbas Ibrahim, Abdullah Huayier Mar 2026

Influence Of Machining Parameters On Surface Roughness In Chemical Machining Of Silicon Carbide (Sic), Naeem Abdulhusein, Abbas Ibrahim, Abdullah Huayier

Engineering and Technology Journal

This study discussed the influence of chemical machining parameters such as (machining time, type of etchant, etching temperature, and concentration of the solution) on the surface roughness of ceramic material (silicon carbide) as a workpiece in the chemical machining (CHM) process. To achieve the best value for surface roughness. In this research, four levels of factors affecting the chemical etching process were used, the values of etching temperature (60, 80, 100, and 120) °C, the etchant concentration (50, 60, 70, and 80) %, and machining time (30, 50, 70, and 90) min, and two etchant type (HBr, HCl). Experiments proved …

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Preparation Of Cuo/Zno Nano-Particles Using Sol-Gel Technique And Studying The Characterization, Doaa Yassen, Farhad Othman, Alaa Abdul Hamead Mar 2026

Preparation Of Cuo/Zno Nano-Particles Using Sol-Gel Technique And Studying The Characterization, Doaa Yassen, Farhad Othman, Alaa Abdul Hamead

Engineering and Technology Journal

Copper oxide (CuO) and zinc oxide (ZnO) are two of the most promising oxides under development right now. The sol-gel technique was used to make Nano composite particles NCPs of ZnO-CuO. The copper (II) nitrate rehydrate 0.1M and zinc nitrate hex hydrate 0.1M liquids were mixed in a 1:1 ratio, and the gel was formed at 80 °C, then dried and calcined for various times 500 °C (3, 5, and 7 hours). Particle size analyzer (PZA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), and apparent density were used to characterize the CuO/MgO particles. The x-ray diffraction results showed …

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