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Research paper thumbnail of On the Use of Corrective Maintenance Data for Performance Analysis of Preventively Maintained Textile Industry

Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies, Sep 11, 2013

ABSTRACT In this paper, a method is proposed to improve the scheduled preventive maintenance of t... more ABSTRACT In this paper, a method is proposed to improve the scheduled preventive maintenance of the system by assessing different kinds of availability and illustrated how the corrective maintenance data can be helpful to reschedule preventively maintained system. This method uses the concept of inherent availability to ensure to what extent maximum availability can be extended. The application of the proposed methodology has finally been demonstrated to six unit textile weaving industry situated in northern India. A mathematical formulation of Chapman – Kolmogorov differential difference equations, determining its availability, has been developed. A numerical study has been carried forward to quickly analyze the availability of the system on the actual corrective maintenance data taken from this industry.

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Research paper thumbnail of Sustainable Rural Water Management Model

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Research paper thumbnail of Development of Water Quality Indices for Designated Best Uses of Surface Water Body

Use specific Water Quality Indices for Municipal and Industrial (WQIM&I), Ecological (WQIE) and I... more Use specific Water Quality Indices for Municipal and Industrial (WQIM&I), Ecological (WQIE) and Irrigational (WQII) have been developed and applied on the Satluj river water quality monitoring data. All the water quality parameters against which prescribed limits exist have been selected for inclusion in the indexing. Relative importance assigned to the General Parameters through expert opinion analysis by Pair-wise comparison technique and Sub-index (SIgp) was calculated through aggregated weighted root sum function. In case of heavy metals and pesticides, flexibility of using open ended lists of parameters had been introduced and maximum operator sub-indices were used. Transformation curves for each of the selected parameters were developed while using the water quality criteria and standards as the basis. In case of heavy metals and pesticide parameters, the transformation curves were developed for concentration ratios. Geometric mean of these sub-indices had been taken to obtain...

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Research paper thumbnail of Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Analysis of an Industrial Process

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Research paper thumbnail of Water Quality Management Studies on the River Satluj for the Protection of the Harike Wetland System

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Research paper thumbnail of Performance of a new ceramic microfiltration membrane based on kaolin in textile industry wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Communications, 2018

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Research paper thumbnail of RSM and ANN-GA Experimental Design Optimization for Electrocoagulation Removal of Chromium

Trends in Asian Water Environmental Science and Technology, 2016

The present study was aimed at optimizing electrocoagulation removal of hexavalent chromium using... more The present study was aimed at optimizing electrocoagulation removal of hexavalent chromium using iron electrodes. Process variables investigated were chromium concentration, pH, current density (or voltage) and treatment time, and the responses measured were chromium removal efficiency and energy consumption. Using the experimental results, the treatment process was modeled by response surface methodology (RSM) and by artificial neural network-genetic algorithm (ANN-GA). The optimum current density for energy efficient chromium removal was found to be 20–40 A/m2 for treatment time of 10 min. Current density beyond the optimum range had a cascading effect on chromium removal efficiency.

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Research paper thumbnail of Recycling and reuse potential analysis in cotton textile processing

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Research paper thumbnail of Electrochemical Treatment of organic and oily wastewaters

Abstract: The study aims to investigate the treatability of acrylic fibre applicator oil wastewat... more Abstract: The study aims to investigate the treatability of acrylic fibre applicator oil wastewater from textile processing industry and first extraction stage bleach plant effluent from a pulp and paper industry by electrochemical treatment process. The set of experiments to be performed were found using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) of design expert software. The experimental results were analysed by the design expert software and the electrochemical treatment process was modelled. For the acrylic fibre applicator oil ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Characterization and prediction of stormwater runoff quality in sub-tropical rural catchments

Water Resources, 2017

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrated Water Resource Management Studies in Rural Human Settlements

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Research paper thumbnail of Development of Multiple Linear Regression Models for Predicting the Stormwater Quality of Urban Sub-Watersheds

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2014

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Research paper thumbnail of Multivariate analysis for assessing the quality of stormwater from different Urban surfaces of the Patiala city, Punjab (India)

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Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of Patiala City’s Sewerage System

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

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Research paper thumbnail of Multivariate analysis of wastewater quality of different human settlements in Punjab(India)

Environmental engineering and management journal

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Research paper thumbnail of Pretreatment of textile industry wastewater using ceramic membrane

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Research paper thumbnail of “Pet coke as environmentally safe fuel for small scale industrial boilers”

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Research paper thumbnail of Recycling of textile dyebath wastewater using membrane processes

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Research paper thumbnail of Use of Cluster Analysis-A Data mining tool for improved water quality monitoring of River Satluj

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications

Rapid urbanization often witness deterioration of regional river quality. As part of the manageme... more Rapid urbanization often witness deterioration of regional river quality. As part of the management process, it is important to assess the baseline characteristics of the river basin environment so that sustainable development can be pursued. Over recent years a huge library of data mining algorithms has been developed to tackle a variety of data-rich environmental problems. Data mining is now becoming the most popular technique for handling huge amount of environmental or water quality data. Certain techniques such as Artificial Neural Networks, Clustering, Case-Based Reasoning and more recently Bayesian Decision Networks have found application in environmental modeling. In the current research study data mining technique, cluster analysis (CA) was applied to a large environmental data set of chemical and micro-biological indicators of river water quality. The study was carried out by using long-term water quality monitoring data of river Satluj. The results obtained allowed detect...

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Research paper thumbnail of Understanding the role of land use in affecting the quality of the urban stormwater for the Patiala City, Punjab (INDIA)

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Research paper thumbnail of On the Use of Corrective Maintenance Data for Performance Analysis of Preventively Maintained Textile Industry

Journal of Reliability and Statistical Studies, Sep 11, 2013

ABSTRACT In this paper, a method is proposed to improve the scheduled preventive maintenance of t... more ABSTRACT In this paper, a method is proposed to improve the scheduled preventive maintenance of the system by assessing different kinds of availability and illustrated how the corrective maintenance data can be helpful to reschedule preventively maintained system. This method uses the concept of inherent availability to ensure to what extent maximum availability can be extended. The application of the proposed methodology has finally been demonstrated to six unit textile weaving industry situated in northern India. A mathematical formulation of Chapman – Kolmogorov differential difference equations, determining its availability, has been developed. A numerical study has been carried forward to quickly analyze the availability of the system on the actual corrective maintenance data taken from this industry.

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Research paper thumbnail of Sustainable Rural Water Management Model

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Research paper thumbnail of Development of Water Quality Indices for Designated Best Uses of Surface Water Body

Use specific Water Quality Indices for Municipal and Industrial (WQIM&I), Ecological (WQIE) and I... more Use specific Water Quality Indices for Municipal and Industrial (WQIM&I), Ecological (WQIE) and Irrigational (WQII) have been developed and applied on the Satluj river water quality monitoring data. All the water quality parameters against which prescribed limits exist have been selected for inclusion in the indexing. Relative importance assigned to the General Parameters through expert opinion analysis by Pair-wise comparison technique and Sub-index (SIgp) was calculated through aggregated weighted root sum function. In case of heavy metals and pesticides, flexibility of using open ended lists of parameters had been introduced and maximum operator sub-indices were used. Transformation curves for each of the selected parameters were developed while using the water quality criteria and standards as the basis. In case of heavy metals and pesticide parameters, the transformation curves were developed for concentration ratios. Geometric mean of these sub-indices had been taken to obtain...

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Research paper thumbnail of Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) Analysis of an Industrial Process

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Research paper thumbnail of Water Quality Management Studies on the River Satluj for the Protection of the Harike Wetland System

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Research paper thumbnail of Performance of a new ceramic microfiltration membrane based on kaolin in textile industry wastewater treatment

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Research paper thumbnail of RSM and ANN-GA Experimental Design Optimization for Electrocoagulation Removal of Chromium

Trends in Asian Water Environmental Science and Technology, 2016

The present study was aimed at optimizing electrocoagulation removal of hexavalent chromium using... more The present study was aimed at optimizing electrocoagulation removal of hexavalent chromium using iron electrodes. Process variables investigated were chromium concentration, pH, current density (or voltage) and treatment time, and the responses measured were chromium removal efficiency and energy consumption. Using the experimental results, the treatment process was modeled by response surface methodology (RSM) and by artificial neural network-genetic algorithm (ANN-GA). The optimum current density for energy efficient chromium removal was found to be 20–40 A/m2 for treatment time of 10 min. Current density beyond the optimum range had a cascading effect on chromium removal efficiency.

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Research paper thumbnail of Recycling and reuse potential analysis in cotton textile processing

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Research paper thumbnail of Electrochemical Treatment of organic and oily wastewaters

Abstract: The study aims to investigate the treatability of acrylic fibre applicator oil wastewat... more Abstract: The study aims to investigate the treatability of acrylic fibre applicator oil wastewater from textile processing industry and first extraction stage bleach plant effluent from a pulp and paper industry by electrochemical treatment process. The set of experiments to be performed were found using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) of design expert software. The experimental results were analysed by the design expert software and the electrochemical treatment process was modelled. For the acrylic fibre applicator oil ...

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Research paper thumbnail of Characterization and prediction of stormwater runoff quality in sub-tropical rural catchments

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Research paper thumbnail of Integrated Water Resource Management Studies in Rural Human Settlements

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Research paper thumbnail of Development of Multiple Linear Regression Models for Predicting the Stormwater Quality of Urban Sub-Watersheds

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Research paper thumbnail of Multivariate analysis for assessing the quality of stormwater from different Urban surfaces of the Patiala city, Punjab (India)

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Research paper thumbnail of Evaluation of Patiala City’s Sewerage System

Indian Journal of Environmental Protection

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Research paper thumbnail of Multivariate analysis of wastewater quality of different human settlements in Punjab(India)

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Research paper thumbnail of Pretreatment of textile industry wastewater using ceramic membrane

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Research paper thumbnail of “Pet coke as environmentally safe fuel for small scale industrial boilers”

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Research paper thumbnail of Recycling of textile dyebath wastewater using membrane processes

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Research paper thumbnail of Use of Cluster Analysis-A Data mining tool for improved water quality monitoring of River Satluj

International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications

Rapid urbanization often witness deterioration of regional river quality. As part of the manageme... more Rapid urbanization often witness deterioration of regional river quality. As part of the management process, it is important to assess the baseline characteristics of the river basin environment so that sustainable development can be pursued. Over recent years a huge library of data mining algorithms has been developed to tackle a variety of data-rich environmental problems. Data mining is now becoming the most popular technique for handling huge amount of environmental or water quality data. Certain techniques such as Artificial Neural Networks, Clustering, Case-Based Reasoning and more recently Bayesian Decision Networks have found application in environmental modeling. In the current research study data mining technique, cluster analysis (CA) was applied to a large environmental data set of chemical and micro-biological indicators of river water quality. The study was carried out by using long-term water quality monitoring data of river Satluj. The results obtained allowed detect...

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Research paper thumbnail of Understanding the role of land use in affecting the quality of the urban stormwater for the Patiala City, Punjab (INDIA)

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