Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 Brain Waves Department of Mechanical Engineering JEPPIAAR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Chennai www.jeppiaarinstitute.org Release of Brain Wave (First Issue) Mech’o Facts: 1. As a Mechanical Engineer you can work in an office using tiny measuring instruments to enormous air craft hangers and power plants using giant machines. 2. There are hundreds and thousands of jobs for Mechanical Engineers all over the world, as a Mechanical Engineer, you will be unharmed by the worsening economy. 3. As always with an Engineering job, there is money, An average income for Mechanical Engineers in 2012 was $78,130 and now in 2014 it is $82,560. 4. Mechanical Engineers develop and use new materials and technologies. They design using the most advanced computer systems and software. 5. As a Mechanical Engineer your areas of expertise will be enormous. There are so many options to choose from to be a Mechanical Engineer. Inside this issue: ASME Activities in JIT 1 Article’s corner 4 Greeting to one and all! The ASME pandits of JIT are back with a bang with our power packed second edition newsletter. The pacesetter of our vibrant institution Dr.N.Marie Wilson has always been a boon to us. We sincerely thank our honourable principal Dr.V.Kannan for motivating and supporting us all along. Germany, The World Leader 10 in innovation The student’s body of ASME in our collage still acts as an eye opener to many aspiring mechanical engineers to lay proper path to their dreams. We also keep them excited and enchanted by conducting various events. Now our fellow members are striving for more knowledge and update in their very own mechanical stream. Building a Giant 12 Pain feeling Robot 13 A newsletter is a regularly distributed publication that is generally about one main topic of interest to its subscribers. Here is the first Newsletter of our college by Department of Mechanical Engineering & ASME student chapter jointly presenting “Brain Waves-The Mechanical Newsletter” was launched on 23rd July 2014 by our beloved Director Dr.N.Marie Wilson in presence of our principal Dr.V.Kannan and Head of the department Dr.T.Venkatamuni. Ivanpah – The World largest 14 Solar power plant Editorial Board 16 Brain Waves– The Mechanical Newsletter Page 2 EVENTS: Design Competition “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” -STEVE JOBS The Product design competition held in our collage by ASME student chapter on 6 th August 2014 has really checked the ability of our young designers and it sure did motivate many others to take and consider the design field as their own area of interest. The designers who shook the dais are: First Place Second Place Third Place : : : Satyanarayen R (Final Year) Prithivi M (Pre-Final Year) Praveen Kumar A (Second Year) Paper presentation: “The written words can be a massive weapon to destruct a country as well as to defend it” -MUSSOLINI Thoughts of our members were out of the world. Their words show the urge of innovations in mechanical engineering. A grand paper presentation event “MECH PRESENTO” was conducted on 20th August 2014 Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 Page 3 The nerds who won the paper presentation are: First Place : HYDRO-OXY FUEL ADDITIVES Praveen Kumar A (Second Year) Second Place : 1. MODERN MANUFACTURING Caleb Eugene E & Prabhu S (Final Year) 2. iv-Tech ENGINE Anish V & Deepak Melwani (Pre-Final Year) Third Place : COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING Dominic Roystan B & Abdul Basith S (Final Year) Quiz Competition “Agility means that you are faster than your competition. Agile time frames are measured in weeks and months , not in years.” -MICHEAL HUGOS Quiz is the most fascinating event in our ASME chapter which test the technical knowledge of students. In order to hunt the best technically equipped person, ASME Student chapter conducted a technical quiz event named “INTERROGATE” on 3rd September 2014. WINNERS!!! First Place : Velmurugan S & Prithivi (Pre-Final Year) Second Place : Gowthaman S & Abimanyou M (Pre-Final Year) Third Place : Infant Tharic C & Dinesh Kumar R (Second Year) Brain Waves– The Mechanical Newsletter Page 4 Article’s Corner Article Name : Upcoming Mechanical Events Article by : Niranjan Kumar R (Pre Final Year) Date Fest Name Fest Type College Name City State 16th-Oct-2014 Thrissur Motor Show Mechanical Engineering Symposium Government Engineering College Thrissur Thrissur Kerala 17th-Oct-2014 YANTRA 14 Mechanical Engineering Symposium JNTUA College of Engineering Pulivendula Pulivendula Andhra Pradesh 17th-Oct-2014 TechXetra 2014 Technical Festival Tezpur Central University Tezpur Assam 17th-Oct-2014 KIIT International Model United Conference Nations 2014 KIIT University Bhubaneswar Orissa 17th-Oct-2014 National Go Kart Championship 2014 Technical Festival Indian Society of New Era Engineers ISNEE Meerut Uttar Pradesh 18th-Oct-2014 Colossus v4.0 Technical Fest Amity School of Engineering and Technology Delhi Delhi 26th-Oct-2014 SOA QUIZ WIZ 2k14 Quiz Competition ITER SOA University Bhubaneswar Odisha 27th-Oct-2014 Electric Solar Vehicle Champi- Electric Solar Vehicle Cham- Imperial Society of innovative pionship Engineers onship Jalandhar Punjab 1st-Nov-2014 Energiacon 2014 Technical Symposium Tripura Institute of Technology Agartala Tripura 7th-Nov-2014 Ekatva 2014 Technical Festival Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore Karnataka 7th-Nov-2014 National Conference on Mechanical Engineering Conference Panjab University SSG Regional Centre Hoshiarpur Punjab 8th-Nov-2014 Tesseract 2014 Technical Fest Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Gandhinagar Gujarat 11th-Nov-2014 Youth Vibe 2014 Youth Festival Lovely Professional University Jalandhar Punjab 13th-Nov-2014 Titiksha 2014 Technical Fest Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University Jammu Jammu and Kashmir 27th-Nov-2014 International Conference on Science, Engineering and Management Research ICSEMR 2014 International Conference Vel Tech Multi Tech Multitech Dr RR Dr SR Engineering College Tamil Nadu Chennai Page 5 Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 27th-Nov-2014 International Conference on Science, Engineering and Management Research ICSEMR 2014 International Conference Vel Tech Multi Tech Multitech Dr RR Dr SR Engineering College Chennai Tamil Nadu 27th-Nov-2014 Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineering: Advancements and Current Trends International Conference MANIT Bhopal Bhopal Madhya Pradesh 28th-Nov-2014 Confluence V2.0 Conference GIAP Journals Mumbai Maharashtra 30th-Nov-2014 International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research & Practice (ICMRP-2014) International Conference Research and Scientific Innovation Society Ahmedabad Gujarat 5th-Dec-2014 International Conference on Advances in Design & Manufacturing International Conference National Institute of Technology Trichy Tamil Nadu 3rd-Jan-2015 Shaastra 2015 International Symposium IIT Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu 16th-Jan-2015 ASME Human Powered Vehicle Technical Contest Challenge Delhi Technological University Delhi Delhi 27th-Jan-2015 ISIE- Indian Karting Race Technical Contest Imperial Society of Innovative Engineers Jalandhar Punjab 30th-Jan-2015 Pravega 2015 Science, Tech & Cultural Fest Indian Institute of Science BangaBangalore lore Karnataka 13th-Feb-2015 International Conference on Recent Innovations in Engineering and Technology International Conference Mahabharathi Engineering College Villupuram Tamil Nadu 19th-Feb-2015 IGNUS 2015 Techno Cultural Festival IIT Jodhpur Jodhpur Rajasthan 26th-Feb-2015 SYNAPSE Techno Cultural Festival Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology DAIICT Gandhinagar Gujarat 26th-Mar-2015 International Go-kart ChampiGlobal Student Challenge onship Lovely Professional University Jalandhar Punjab 30th-Mar-2015 Indo-Asian Solar Challenge Lovely Professional University Jalandhar Punjab Technical Challenge Brain Waves– The Mechanical Newsletter Page 6 Article Name : Hydromax and fuel Additive System Article by : Praveen Kumar A (Second Year) I t is relatively simple from of a mechanical standpoint .Once the engine is started the system uses electricity to separate the hydrogen and oxygen molecules in the water into HHO gas. The gas is transferred via a line into the air intake system of the engine. During operation of the engine, the hydrogen and oxygen enter the combustion chamber and fill the chamber evenly as the HHO is a gas. When diesel is injected, compressed air with increased proportions of Hydrogen and Oxygen mix in the combustion chamber to create a much more complete burn of the diesel fuel in the combustion chamber. Since the HHO burns hotter than diesel. The almost complete burn of the diesel fuel allows the engines fuel injection system to be leaned back, reducing the amount of diesel needed to generate the same horsepower and torque while creating cleaner emissions as much less UNBURNED diesel exits the engine via the exhaust system. This technology can be used in every diesel engine automobiles for higher efficiency and low emission. Since burning hydrogen and oxygen produces water droplets of water formed inside combustion chamber is quickly converted to steam due to heat generated while combustion of diesel. This pressurized steam leaves engine in exhaust stroke and runs a turbine to generate electricity for HHO reformer and water is recirculate. This method aims at utilizing heat energy liberated while burning of fuel to convert into electricity. Article Name : Little invention Article by : Bala Guru M S (Final Year) 1) Bladeless Windmill: Wind power without spinning blades? Impossible, you might say -- but you’d be wrong. The Dutch architecture firm Mecanoo installed this powerful, curious-looking contraption at the Delft University of Technology in March. Instead of translating the mechanical energy derived from the movement of large blades rotated by the wind, the bladeless turbine lets wind move electrically charged water droplets against the direction of an electric field, increasing the potential energy of the particle. A collecting system then harvests that excess energy. The lack of large moving parts means the turbine is quieter and creates much less vibration, making it much better-suited to urban environments. 2) A Plane For Every Garage: Synergy Aircraft’s John McGinnis is working on a five-seater family plane with unusual box-shaped wings that make it easier for the tiny flier to stay stable and glide longer. The plane has been in the works for several years and has won laurels from Popular Science, even though it’s only been flown as a quarter-scale model. But the company has been working on a full-sized prototype in 2013, with the help of more than $95,000 raised through a Kickstarter campaign. Page 7 Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 3) Charged In 30 Seconds: High school student Eesha Khare created a new kind of super-capacitor energy-storing device that could eventually lead to superfast battery charging for phones and other devices (including car batteries). Khare’s device (which netted her a $50,000 scholarship from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair) has a special nanostructure that makes it last longer than the average battery and charge up quicker -- though at present, it stores less energy than a comparable battery. But the Harvard -bound teen will have plenty of time to perfect her invention in the years ahead. 4) Lion Lights: A 13-year-old Kenyan boy came up with an ingenious solution to keep lions from feasting on his family’s cattle. Young Richard Turere, who lives near Nairobi National Park, noticed that the lions shied away from the family farm if someone was walking around with a flashlight. So he rigged up a system of flashing LED bulbs on poles. Turere came up with his “Lion Lights” despite lacking any formal electronics or engineering training. Article Name : List of Measuring Instruments Article by : Dominic Roystan B (Final Year) Devices Quantity measured accelerometer actinometer alcoholmeter altimeter ammeter anemometer audiometer physical, accelerations heating power of sunlight alcoholic strength of liquids altitude electric current windspeed hearing barkometer tanning liquors used in tanning leather barometer air pressure bettsometer integrity of fabric coverings on aircraft bevameter mechanical properties of soil bolometer electromagnetic radiation breathalyzer caliper calorimeter cathetometer ceilometer chronometer or clock clap-o-meter colorimeter creepmeter declinometer breath alcohol content distance heat of chemical reactions vertical distances height of a cloud base time volume of applause colour slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth magnetic declination densitometer diffractometer dilatometer disdrometer dosimeter dumpy level dynamometer elaeometer electricity meter electrometer electronic tuner eudiometer evaporimeter fathometer framing square fuel gauge galvanometer gas pycnometer graphometer heliometer degree of darkness in photographic or semitransparent material structure of crystals volume changes caused by a physical or chemical process size, speed, and velocity of raindrops exposure to hazards, especially radiation horizontal levels force,torque or power specific gravity of oils electrical energy used electric charge pitch of musical notes change in volume of a gas mixture following combustion rate of evaporation ocean depth right angles in construction fuel level electricity volume and density of solids angles variation of the sun's diameter hydrometer specific gravity of liquids (density of liquids) hygrometer humidity inclinometer angle of a slope Brain Waves– The Mechanical Newsletter Page 8 Article Name : Combustion Diagnostic Article by : S.Boopathi (Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering) A dvanced laser-based measurement techniques provide new insights into physicochemical combustion processes. These techniques can visualize flame structures, detect flow relations in the combustion chamber, and can measure how the concentrations of combustion-relevant species are distributed and what temperatures are present. This requires a variety of diagnostic methods which mutually complement each other and are based on different physical processes. Unlike physical probes, these optical techniques permit the analysis of flames without influencing either the flow field in the combustion chamber or the complex chemical reactions that occur. Laser-based measurement techniques operate non-intrusively, with a high spatial and temporal resolution, and as light sheet techniques can also measure two-dimensional distributions. These techniques are mainly applied as single-pulse techniques, i.e. a full measurement is performed with each single, extremely short laser pulse. These are essential requirements for resolving the turbulent structures in the combustion zones and for obtaining precise and accurate information about the combustion process. Quantitative measurement data provide the experimental basis for testing and improving numerical simulation models, which nowadays are indispensable for improving the assessment of newly-designed combustion processes with respect to pollutant emissions and stability of the combustion process. The workgroup mainly focuses on developing laser measurement techniques to address a wide range of combustion research issues. Advancing laser-based measurement methods The laser-based measurement methods detailed below are continuously being developed in order to adapt them to measurement requirements under special boundary conditions, including technical conditions, such as high pressure and real fuels. Page 9 Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 (1) Rayleigh scattering (density and temperature fields) (2) Raman scattering (temperatures, concentrations, mixtures) (3) Coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) (temperature measurement in technical combustion systems, mean values and fluctuations using single -pulse technique) (4) Absorption spectroscopy (Measurement of species concentrations and temperatures) (5) Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) (visualization of flame structures, position of flame front, 2D temperature fields) (6) Laser-induced incandescence (LII) (2D soot distributions) (7) Particle image Velocimetry (PIV) (2D velocity distribution) (8) Simultaneous use of different measurement techniques (9) High-speed imaging (LIF and PIV) (10) Laser-induced plasma spectroscopy (LIPS) (Measurement of elementary composition or minority species) (11) Phosphor thermometry (Determination of surface temperatures) (12) Mobile laser-based measurement systems (Raman, CARS, LIF, LII) Applications to technical systems Outside the laboratory, the various measurement techniques are used in applicationsbased technical systems, and specifically to gas turbine combustion chambers. Experiments on such measurement objects are carried out on the Institute’s high-pressure test rigs or on site for customers. The mobile measurement systems mentioned above are available for this purpose. Successful measurements have been carried out on (1) segments of gas turbine combustion chambers (2) industrial gas turbine burners (3) model combustors for rocket propulsion units (4) industrial combustion systems (5) close-to-production engines (6) Gasifiers Priority research areas In addition to improving methods and applying them to technical objects, the workgroup also addresses a number of issues in basic research. This work centers on improving our basic understanding of the combustion process being studied, such as soot formation in high-pressure combustion chambers, combustion behavior of alternative fuels, ignition processes or combustion instabilities under special operating conditions such as lean premix combustion. Work is also being done to provide an extensive data basis for validation and improvement of numerical simulation models. To this end, standard flames are defined that are then studied using laser-based diagnostic methods. Additional information about these standard flames can be found in the data archive of the Institute of Combustion Technology. Page 10 Brain Waves– The Mechanical Newsletter Germany, a world leader in Technology, Engineering & Innovation F ew countries have contributed so much to science and technology as Germany. From physics and chemistry to cars and consumer products, Germany is a world leader in innovation, boasting leading universities and research institutes alongside major engineering, IT and manufacturing industries. A range of EU-funded projects, coordinated by German companies, universities and research institutes, highlight the diversity of German science and technology innovation even within the field of 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT). German companies spends one third of their money in research and development sector. The peoples of Germany used to work for about 18 hours a day in research and development, even government of Germany provides lots of offers and allowances for the peoples who gives the best projects. For most of the 20th century, Germany had more Nobel Prizes in the sciences than any other nation, and today the raw output of German scientific research consistently ranks among the world's best. A range of EU-funded projects, coordinated by German companies, universities and research institutes, highlight the diversity of German science and technology innovation even within the field of 'Information and communication technologies' (ICT). The latest projects featured in this article have been supported by the Seventh Framework Program (FP7) for research. (1) Flex net: NoE Flex Net - Network of Excellence for building up Knowledge for improved Systems Integration for Flexible Organic and Large Area Electronics (FOLAE) and its exploitation (2) SME robotics: The European Robotics Initiative for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in Manufacturing by integrating aspects of cognitive systems (3) e-Brains: Best-Reliable Ambient Intelligent Nano Sensor Systems (4) Diamant: Diamond based atomic nanotechnologies (5) SSL4EU: Solid State Lighting for Europe (6) Smart code: Smart Control of Demand for Consumption and Supply to enable balanced, energy-positive buildings and neighborhoods (7) Cascade: ICT for Energy Efficient Airports (8) Life + Gov.: Reality Sensing, Mining and Augmentation for Mobile Citizen Government Dialogue (9) M-ECO: Medical Eco System GREAT JOB!!!! Page 11 Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 67-year-old man singlehandedly builds a giant robot S ometimes when hiking in Japan, It surprises by the large number of senior citizens it is running into. Nothing makes you feel lazy quite like huffing and puffing your way to the top of a mountain trail, only to find there’s already a relaxed silver -haired gentleman sedately snapping pictures at the top. Of course, even these elderly outdoorsmen have nothing on Hitoshi Takahashi, who decided that once he turned 50 he was old enough to do whatever he wanted, and took steps to realize his dream… of building a giant robot. Takahashi is the owner of a machine shop in Ibaraki Prefecture. One of the prefecture’s largest cities is Tsukuba, a planned city built in the 1960s and home to numerous engineering colleges and scientific research centers. Perhaps inspired by all the science in the air around him, Takahashi came up with the idea of creating the KABUTOM RX-03. Taking its name from kabuto, a kind of Japanese beetle, the KABUTOM RX-03 is 11 meters (36 feet) tall and 3.6 meters long. The 17-ton machine is powered by a pair of diesel burning engines. Page 12 Brain Waves– The Mechanical Newsletter Starting in 1997, when Takahashi was 50, the robot took 11 years to go from concept to completion. Even more impressive is the fact that Takahashi did the entire project by himself. “I did it as a hobby, while still maintaining my regular work schedule,” he explains. The machine contains over 30 moving parts, including its signature horn and wings that open from its back, both in keeping with its beetle motif. It can also shoot smoke from its head, which, as something real beetles can’t do, seems to be a feature added solely for the purpose of making the KABUTOM RX-03 even more awesome than a giant bug mecha already is. Although the robot is incapable of flight, it can shuffle its six legs at speeds up to 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) per hour, thankfully slow enough that we’ll all be able to escape on foot if (when?) the KABUTOM RX-03 goes berserk. In the meantime, the robot can transport up to seven people, with one driver riding on top and manipulating it with a control panel, and six occupants in an internal compartment. Since finishing the KABUTOM RX-03, Takahashi has displayed the robot at a number of events. At the Matsuri Tsukuba, visitors could even ride the robot for 200 yen (US$2), thus ensuring parents that their kids will never be satisfied with pony or piggyback rides ever again. TERIFFIC!!! Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 Page 13 Robots Designed Only To Feel Pain T his robot dental patient screams "Ouch!" when a trainee dentist screws up. The Simroid dental therapy simulator has sensors in its mouth and an optional gag reflex, in case the dentist goes too far. Forget robots that selflessly care only about your pain the cutting edge is robots that feel pain, and model it for humans. New robots are designed to sense your moods or to freak out when you grope them. And then there's the Korean robot called Haemi (Korean for "Hamster") which senses your emotional state and tries to mirror it with body language and expression. Korean Ph.D student Kwak So-Na won first prize in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' 2006 Robot Companion Design Contest for Students. She says future versions of Haemi could change colour depending on your feelings, like mood rings. Who wants a robot dog that doesn't like being petted? The Mio, which comes out soon, shows its pleasure when you stroke it. The robot has touch sensors behind its ears, under its chin, on its back. What happens if you try to hurt it? Probably nothing, but we'll find out in October. You know there has to be a market for pets that you can torture without guilt. Robots won't really be able to interact with their environment unless they have some sense of "bad touch." A realistic pain sensor is probably one a crucial step towards real world. ARTIFICIAL MAN IS THE NEXT!!! Page 14 Brain Waves– The Mechanical Newsletter IVANPAH - The largest solar power plant in the world T he $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, owned by NRG Energy Inc., Google Inc. and Bright Source Energy, can produce nearly 400 megawatts enough power for 140,000 homes. Some of the 300,000 computer-controlled mirrors, each about 7 feet high and 10 feet wide, reflect sunlight to boilers that sit on 459-foot towers. A windy stretch of the Mojave Desert once roamed by tortoises and coyotes has been transformed by hundreds of thousands of mirrors into the largest solar power plant of its type in the world, a milestone for a growing industry that is testing the balance between wilderness conservation and the pursuit of green energy across the American West. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, sprawling across roughly 5 square miles (13 sq. kilometers) of federal land near the California-Nevada border, formally opens on Thursday after years of regulatory and legal tangles ranging from relocating protected tortoises to assessing the impact on Mojave milkweed and other plants. The opening of Ivanpah is “a dawn of a new era in power generation in the United States,” said Rhone Research, president of the Solar Energy Industries Association, a trade group. “We are going to be a global leader in solar generation.” The plant’s dedication comes as government continues to push for development of greener, cleaner power. According to U.S. Energy Information Administration data, the cost of building and operating a new solar thermal power plant over its lifetime is greater than generating natural gas, coal or nuclear power. It costs a conventional coal plant $100, on average, to produce a megawatt-hour of power, but that figure is $261 for solar thermal power, according to 2011 estimates. The figures do not account for incentives such as state or federal tax credits that can impact the cost. Page 15 Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2014 The Ivanpah site, about 45 miles (75 kilometers) southwest of Las Vegas, has virtually unbroken sunshine most of the year and is near transmission lines that carry power to consumers. Using technology known as solar-thermal, nearly 350,000 computer-controlled mirrors roughly the size of a garage door reflect sunlight to boilers atop 459-foot (140-meter) towers. The sun’s power is used to heat water in the boilers’ tubes and make steam, which drives turbines to create electricity. In 2012, the federal government established 17 “solar energy zones” in an attempt to direct development to land it has identified as having fewer wildlife and natural—resource obstacles. The zones comprise about 450 square miles (1,165 sq. kilometers) in six states: California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico. TURN TO RENEWALBE!!! Jeppiaar Institute of Technology "Self Belief. Self Discipline. Self Respect" What’s in our next issue? 1. ASME Activities 2. Smart Energy for a Brighter Future 3. Wearable Technology 4. Largest power producing facilities 5. Smart Cities Jeppiaar Nagar, Kunnam, Sriperumbudhur tk, Chennai-631 604 Ph. No: 044-27159000 www.jeppiaarinstitute.org Editorial Board 1. Chief Mentor : Dr.N.MARIE WILSON B.Tech., M.B.A., Ph.D. Director, Jeppiaar Institute of Technology. 2. Coordinator : Dr.T.VENKATAMUNI, HOD Mechanical Dept. 3. Chief Editor : SATYANARAYEN R (Final Year) 4. Co-Editors : NIRANJAN KUMAR R (Pre-Final Year) PRAVEEN KUMAR A (Second Year) NEWSLETTER PUBLICATION SCHEDULE : JULY, OCTOBER, JANUARY, APRIL. Mail your articles and Feedback to [email protected] BRAIN WAVES, MECHANICAL DEPARTMENT, JIT, CHENNAI
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