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The proposed combustion generator is designed to produce electrical power in the range 1 kW – 150 kW. It potentially does this with high efficiency, excellent power-weight-ratio, greater compactness, and low noise and vibration characteristics, making it suitable as a range extender for electric vehicles (EVs),
Purpose:
To provide an instrument flying training aid for the instruction of student pilots
Components:
This instrument flying training aid is composed of two components:
A polarized film applique that is applied to the windscreen of the trainer aircraft
Nowadays, there are many types of automotive safety accessories that have been created by automotive engineers due to the technology development. Although many safety accessories are available in automobiles, accidents still occur every day. One of the issues is child safety aboard public transportation.
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In this year, India has faced unprecedented drought and water scarcity. Rivers/ dams dried up affecting agriculture and may impact GDP, inflation, growth rate etc.
Can we take control and make sure that our rivers never run dry; dams are always filled with water?
Unfortunately, the scope of anticipated solar, wind, or other renewable energy projects located on the Earth in the next 50 years will probably have minimal impact on global warming, now that the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has exceeded 400 PPM.
G.S Packaging system means GARAI SOMNATH packaging system. It will create a revolution in packaged food. It will create huge jobs, growth G.D.P and change economic condition of a country. It is an examined process.
In whole world many traditional sweets, foods are present which are not marketing at outside of production area for it’
Current structural architecture of composite aircraft fuselages, although more advanced, functional and lighter then metallic fuselages designed decades ago, still imply a set of important disadvantages and deficiencies from the perspective of fuselage design, manufacturing, testing, assembly, transport, maintainability, exchangeability, reusability, monitoring, etc. All these aspects together make aircraft fuselages still very costly, heavy,
Normally all the four wheeled vehicles and heavy trucks have a steering system connected only to the front axle. My design is to have a system that connects both the front and rear axles, therby steering all the wheels of a car or heavy truck.
The world over, electrical power transmission and distribution engineers have been concerned with high sag and large swing in power transmission lines. High sag needs taller transmission towers. High dynamic vehicular load and no swing or sag is permissible. High sag coupled with large swing means wider right of way (ROW) has to be provided.
As we know, the world population is increasing day by day. As the population increases, the increase in requirements results in lack of resources. The leading problem is pollution from which the whole world is suffering. Most of the air pollution is caused by automobiles, trucks, buses, etc.
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