ABSTRACT The production of cassava flour by the method of traditional processing method (sun drying) and modern processing method (oven drying) was carried out using cassava sliced cubes or peeled cassava. Indeed, the traditional Nigeria techniques of cassava flour production was studied with a view of achieving same product mechanically. Result... Continue Reading
CHAPTER ONE 1. 1 INTRODUCTION The word perfume derives from the latin ―per fumum‖ meaning through smoke, is fragrant liquid that is sprayed or rubbed on the skin or clothes to give a pleasant smell. Extraction of perfume from various plants resources is of ancient origin. Infact the natives from different tropical regions of the globe have... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT A vegetable oil is a triglyceride extracted from a plant. Such oils have been part of human culture for millennia. The term \'vegetable oil\' can be narrowly defined as referring only to substances that are liquid at room temperature, or broadly defined without regard to a substance\'s state of matter at a given temperature. For this... Continue Reading
This project envisages the establishment of a plant for the production of high fructose corn syrup with a capacity of 6,000 tons per annum. The country`s requirement of corn syrup is met through import. The present (2013) demand for syrup is estimated at 5,000 tons. The demand for the product is projected to reach 8,858 tones and 14,266 tons by... Continue Reading
CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL SHELF (BOOK SHELF) ABSTRACT The steel – shelf was constructed at the mechanical engineering workshop of the institute. It was done by first of all marking out the dimension with scribers, cutting, welding, filing, assembling and painting. The methodology involved the preliminary calculation of the total surface area of the... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Interface on petroleum product in multi-purpose pipeline system refers to as the zone of demarcation between two products where mixing occurs. Generally, interface is a boundary layer, so the boundary between two products when they are pumped in... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This project was Carrie lent using sub-bituminous coal and crude palm oil. The degree of bleaching of the palm oil was monitored with a spectorphoto meter. The coal was collected in a lump from the mine. It air-chiecl to removed the moisture content and thereafter, size reduced to a... Continue Reading
ABSTRACTS This project was aimed at producing a fine high quality toilet soap at a low cost which will be of used to home and commercial purposes. The toilet soap produced has its major components caustic potash, palm kernel oil... Continue Reading
CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL – SHELF ABSTRACT The steel-shelf was constructed at the mechanical Engineering workshop of the Institute. The first step taken in the fabrication of the shelf was the selection of the material suitable for the construction; mild steel was chosen. The construction has the following steps: drawing and dimensioning of the... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The table constructed has a horizontal top with vertical support or legs to raise it from the ground. The aim of the table constructed is for the preservation and storage of useful materials like books, files, computers, result booklets, electronics, office equipments and some vital home... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This research project studied on the kinetics of hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose. The steps employed to achieve this project involved extraction of cellulose from sawdust and subsequently, hydrolysis of starch to simple sugar. This was followed by glucose analysis. Different experiments were conducted during acid hydrolysis to study... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The potential advantage and application of the photocatalytic process using titanium dioxide as the photocatalyst to treat industrial waste water in UV irradiation has been reported. The aim of this work is to investigate the effectiveness of photocatalytic degradation using TiO 2 in treating pharmaceutical waste water. Wastewater was... Continue Reading
Team Oil from [the] Soil is comprised of a group of senior chemical engineers at Calvin College who are proposing an alternative method to producing biodiesel. This alternative entails converting the oil found in seeds from the Jatropha Curcas plant into biodiesel. Team Oil from [the] Soil plans to design and optimize a full scale plant that... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This research work was arrived as the formulation and production of ethanol (ethyl alcohol) from the fermentation of palm wine. A fresh palm wine was ated which was obtained from Emene in Enugu State. The characteristics that was tested before and after fermentation were; specific gravity, refractive index and PH value of the... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The candle mould has twenty four (24) holes which could produce twenty four (24) quality candle sticks Aluminum, a non ferrous metal was used as the construction material for the mould the type of casting technique used was green sand mould method. In the process of moulding the... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The production of the soap was carried out using all the necessary equipments like the reactor, mould, stirrer, hygrometer guage etc. and all the required reagents for soap production in correct proportion. In the production, palm kernel oil (P.K.O) was used instead of tallow or grease. This was... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The purpose of the construction is aimed at producing heat energy for commercial use by turning liquid fuel(kerosene).the construction was successful by appropriate selection of engineering material favourably mild steel(blacksheet) and steel iron for special p2rts. The technological properties... Continue Reading
Abstract The purpose of the construction is aimed at producing heat energy for commercial use by turning liquid fuel(kerosene).the construction was successful by appropriate selection of engineering material favourably mild steel(blacksheet) and steel iron for special p2rts. The technological properties... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This project research work was based on dehydration of ethanol water solution using activated starch. The extracted starch obtained was of whistler method. The starch obtained from potato was weighed with the use of a weighing balance, 0.1gram of activated starch weighted for... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The construction of this vertical fire tube boiler was carried out both at the industrial center and Mechanical Engineering workshop of the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu.The boiler contains 2 steam tubes at triangular pitch which are enclosed in a shell. Water is introduced... Continue Reading
REFINING OF VEGETABLE OIL WITH ENUGU COAL ABSTRACT This project was carried out using acid activated coal from Enugu coal and the production of ve4getablew oil was monitored using spectrophotometer to measure the absorbance. It was also perform to check the suitability of activated Enugu coal as a bleaching agent for palm oil. The Enugu coal... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The topic of this project is the “selection of lubricating oils for varied engines performance”. The aim is to specify the adequate lubricating oils for different engines. Using some equipment like hydrometer, flash point tester, and visometer, the proportion of lubricating... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT In this research project, the various nail were subjected to six environments so as to check the effect of the environments on corrosion of the nails. Two sets of nails were used; normal nail and concrete nail. Six of each type while the other not coated. The research was carried out in the physical... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This project “Extraction of oil from a local seed (groundnut oil) and Characterization” was carried out using ten cups of groundnut seeds that was purchased from a local market in Enugu metropolis. The oil these seeds were in Enugu using solvent extraction method. Two different solvents were used in the extraction namely: Ethane... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT A Juice extractor machine is a device that is used to extract liquid (Juice) from fruits and vegetables in a process called juicing. The machine is constructed manually with the use of local materials and tools. The material used for the construction of the machine is mild steel sheet. During the construction of the... Continue Reading