Two wastes from the tyre recycling industry -the fibres used as reinforcing material and tyre crumbswere pyrolyzed in two ovens of different configuration. Blends with a low rank coal and a bituminous waste were also prepared to modify the composition of the oils obtained from the pyrolysis of the tyre wastes. Elemental analysis, calorific value, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) a...

In the last five years or so, biofuels have been given notable consideration worldwide as an alternative to fossil fuels, due to their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by partial replacement of oil as a transport fuel. The production of biofuels using a sustainable approach, should consider local production of biofuels, obtained from local feedstocks and adapted to the socio-economi...

The production of fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs) from waste activated bleaching earth (ABE) discarded by the crude oil refining industry using lipase from Candida cylindracea was investigated in a 50-L pilot plant. Diesel oil or kerosene was used as an organic solvent for the transesterification of triglycerides embedded in the waste ABE. When 1% (w/w) lipase was added to waste ABE, the FAME ...

Modelica is an object-oriented language for modeling of large and heterogeneous physical systems. Typical applications include mechatronic models in automotive and aerospace applications involving mechanical, electrical and hydraulic subsystems as well as control systems. Modeling of an ideal diode and Coulomb friction is discussed to illustrate the unique hybrid features of Modelica. The langu...

Abstract–Planetary gearbox is widely used in many fields due to its robustness and high power-weight ratio, but implementation of fault diagnosis on it is challenging. This paper proposes a new fault diagnosis method for planetary gearbox based on empirical mode decomposition (EMD) and adaptive multi-scale morphological gradient filter (AMMGF). The proposed method has two dominant strengths: it...

According to the current application and maintenance situation of gearbox of wind turbine, this paper analyzed the remote fault diagnosis system used for monitoring fault occurrence and diagnosing fault, which is a combination of Expert System and Artificial Neural Networks. A practical fault instance of gearbox of wind turbine is analyzed to define the expert system’s knowledge base structure ...

ABSTRACT The main aim of this paper is to present the methodology and the experimental set-up used to determinate the causes of the gearbox crack of a mill used for powder slaked lime manufacturing. There are presented the equipment used, the methodology of equipment calibration and the realised measurements. At the end there are mentioned the main causes that can develop the gearbox frame coll...

The aim of this study is to investigate the utilization of silkworm cocoon waste, such as pierced or stained cocoons, as a sorbent material for the removal of motor and vegetable oils from water. The oil-sorption capacity, rate and reusability of the material were evaluated. The results show the high sorption capacity of the silkworm cocoon waste sorbent (42-52 g(oil)/g(sorbent) for motor oil a...

Plastics are a ubiquitous part of modern life. They can be modified to meet the demands of almost any conceivable application1. While plastic is extremely useful and has been very important in the development of society since the beginning of the 20th century, it also presents a problem. It is estimated that 25 Mt of plastic waste was generated in the European Union in 2008. As much as 49 % of ...