Emerging technologies for sustainability proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Emerging Research Areas (AICERA 2019), July 18-20, 2019, Kottayam, Kerala

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright Page......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 4
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Tables......Page 24
Organizing Committee......Page 30
Acknowledgements......Page 34
Preface......Page 36
Foreword......Page 38
1: Water Purification Using Natural Filter Media......Page 40
2: Study on the Effect of Hydrogel on Plant Growth......Page 50
3: Experimental Analysis on the Characteristics of Geopolymer Brick Using Bentonite as Additive......Page 58
4: Influence of Steel Fiber with Polypropylene (PP) Geo-Fabric on the Performance of Concrete......Page 72
5: Automated Pothole Sealer......Page 82
6: Investigations on Compressive Strength, Internal Structure and Composition of Concrete Casted and Cured Using Marine Water......Page 92
7: Characteristics of Green Concrete with Perlite as a Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate......Page 98
8: Strength and Elastic Properties of Grouted Reinforced Hollow Concrete Block Masonry Prisms......Page 104
9: Effect of Micro Crystalline Cellulose on the Pervious Concrete Properties......Page 110
10: Combined Influence of Glass Powder and Palm Oil Fuel Ash on Properties of Concrete......Page 116
11: Sustainable Bricks Using Flood Plain Soil......Page 124
12: Experimental Study on Ggbs and Brick Aggregate in Concrete Using Packing Density Method......Page 132
13: the Effectiveness of Shrinkage Reducing Admixture and Fly Ash on Plastic Shrinkage of Concrete......Page 140
14: Pervious Concrete Water Filter......Page 148
15: Study on the Properties of Coir Fiber Reinforced Self Compacting Concrete Containing Silica Fume......Page 156
16: Recycled Ceramic Waste and Bottom Ash in Concrete: a Mechanical Behavior Study......Page 162
17: Problems in a Water Distribution Network - A Case Study......Page 170
18: Simulation of Flow for the Coastal Aquifer of Pavanje River Basin Using Msim Toolbox in MATLAB Environment......Page 178
19: Composting of Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Using Trichoderma as an Activator......Page 186
20: A Comparative Study on Scour Depth Analysis Around Bridge Piers on Different Soils......Page 190
21: Identifying the Waste Profile and Reducing the Construction Waste Generation in a High-Rise Residential Building......Page 198
22: Barriers Affecting Adoption of Green Building......Page 204
23: Sensors to Ensure the Sustainability of Structures......Page 212
24: Application of QFD for Disposal of WEEE......Page 222
25: Piezoelectric Performance of Lead-Free BNGN Ceramics at MPB as a Green Material for Transduction Applications......Page 228
26: Smart Shopping Robot for Supermarkets Using Dijkstra’s Algorithm with User Interface......Page 232
27: Dual Band CPW Fed Antenna with Reduced SAR Rate by Embedding Comb Shaped EBG......Page 244
28: Performance Assessment of Patch Antenna Based on SAR......Page 252
29: Analysis of Mode Chart for the Calculation of Hakki-Coleman Parameter, a in Characteristic Equation for Dielectric Permittivity Measurement......Page 258
30: Speak Out: Turns Your Smartphone into a Microphone......Page 264
31: Development of an Inductive Wireless Charging Scheme for Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles......Page 270
32: Power Management Strategy to Enhance Drive Range of Electric Bicycle......Page 280
33: Human Health Monitoring System Using Internet of Wearable Things......Page 292
34: A Comparative Analysis on PNN and CNN Classifiers for Retinal Disease Detection Using Fundus Images......Page 300
35: Waveform Length Based Reliability Analysis for the Detection of Murmur from PCG Records......Page 306
36: Classification of De-noised ECG Signal to Monitor Stability of Heart......Page 314
37: Enhancing Power Quality with an Improved Dynamic Voltage Restorer......Page 320
38: Coordinated Control of PSS and SSSC Using PSO to Improve Power System Stability......Page 332
39: Cuckoo Search Optimization Algorithm Based Small Signal Stability Improvement of a Two-Area Power System Incorporated with AVR and PSS......Page 342
40: Fabrication of Supercapacitor Electrodes Using Reduced Graphene Oxide/polyaniline Composite......Page 352
41: Advanced SOC Estimation of Lead-acid Battery for Hem Application......Page 358
42: Digital Energy Meter with DSM Capabilities......Page 368
43: Energy Audit and Management of a College......Page 376
44: Non-isolated Three Port Converter with Single Stage Conversion for Stand-alone Pv System Using Fpga for ELVDC Applications......Page 386
45: Implementation of FGPA Based LVDC System Using Single Switch Converter with PWM and PPM Control......Page 400
46: Skin Cancer Detection Using Imagery Techniques......Page 412
47: High Security for Bank Locker Using Facial Recognition......Page 418
48: Automatic Detection of Brain Tumor Using NSR Filter and K-means Clustering......Page 426
49: Face Cybernetics......Page 434
50: Performance Evaluation of Single Layer and Multi Layer Graphene Sheet Transistors......Page 442
51: Traffic Sign Detection and Vehicle Monitoring......Page 450
52: Continuous Authentication of Smartphone by Swiping......Page 458
53: Cost-benefit Analysis of Sn-0.5cu-3Bi-1AG and Sn-1Cu-1Ni-1Ag Lead Free Solder Alloys Considering Elemental Cost, Hardness, Contact Angle and Melting Temperatures......Page 466
54: Bullwhip Effect Quantification in a Supply Chain Under Periodic Review Inventory Policies......Page 472
55: Feed Rate Based Classification of Machined Parts Using Convolutional Neural Network......Page 480
56: Quality Prediction of Friction Welded Joint by Machine Vision System Based Approach......Page 486
57: Trajectory Planning in Autonomous Vehicles Using GPS and Digital Compass......Page 492
58: Intra Coding of Plenoptic Images in HEVC......Page 498
59: Strengthening Effect of Sic and Al2O3 Particles Addition to AA 2900 and AA 2024 MMC’s Synthesized Through Microwave Sinterin......Page 506
60: Instability Analysis of Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Subjected to the In-Plane Loading......Page 512
61: Machinability Analysis and Optimization of A 17075 Based B4C, Graphene and CNT Hybrid Composites......Page 516
62: Effect of Equal Channel Angular Pressing (ECAP) on the Microstructure and Hardness of Aluminum 7075 Alloy......Page 526
63: State of the Art in the Die Sinking EDM Processes of Electrically Conductive Ceramics......Page 532
64: Fabrication and Experimentation of a Bio Inspired Armor Plate Subjected to High Velocity Ballistic Impact......Page 536
65: Vibration Investigation on Drilling GFRP Through Recurrence Quantification Analysis......Page 544
66: Investigation of 3D Printed Objects by Varying Process Timing......Page 550
67: Dissimilar Metal Inert Gas Welding Characterization of Aluminum and Copper Using Zinc Interlayer......Page 558
68: Optimization of TIG Welding Influenced by Nb+Ta Based Filler Wire for Ferritic Stainless Steel......Page 564
69: Gas Metal Arc Weld-Brazing of Aluminum to Copper Using Tin Interlayer......Page 572
70: Corrosion Inhibition in Maraging Steel: A Review......Page 578
71: A Review on Internally Cooled Smart Cutting Tools......Page 584
72: Mathematical Modeling of Cutting Force and Surface Roughness Analysis During Cutting Operation of Al 7075 Based Hybrid Compo......Page 596
73: a Review on Performance, Vibration, Wear and Effect on Soil of Tillage Implements......Page 600
74: Design and Development of Gender Friendly Pepper Plucker Cum Berry Separator......Page 608
75: Study on Mobility Pattern of Older People: a Case Study of Chennai......Page 612
76: Design and Fabrication of a Fully Automated Solar Panel Cleaning Module with Microfiber Brush......Page 618
77: Air Purifier for Hospital Wards......Page 626
78: an Experimental Investigation of Aquatic Propulsion Using Undulating Fins......Page 630
79: Design and Development of Rope & Net Assisted Papaya Plucker......Page 638
80: Design and Fabrication of Modified Black Soldier Fly Compost Bin......Page 644
81: Analysis of Speed, Yaw Angle and Angle of Attack on a Vehicle Using Wind Tunnel Testing......Page 652
82: Recent Developments in Flax Fiber Reinforced Composites and Its Applications......Page 662
83: Property Evaluation of Hybrid Metal Matrix Composite......Page 670
84: Recycled Hdpe Composites......Page 676
85: Development and Evaluation of Pulp Based Board from Water Hyacinth......Page 682
86: Investigations on Characteristics of Composites Reinforced with Plantain Fibers......Page 690
87: Investigation on the Effect of Flexural, Flammability and Acoustic Properties on Human Hair Reinforced Epoxy Composites......Page 696
88: Improving Efficiency of Solar Panel by Titanium Dioxide Coating......Page 702
89: Development and Validation of a Code for Heat Flux Estimation Using Inverse Heat Transfer Technique and Conjugate Gradient M......Page 710
90: Solar Peltier Refrigeration System......Page 716
Author Index......Page 722