In this paper, three PCM based foot warmers of cylindrical and rectangular in shape were designed, developed and fabricated to store solar energy during sunshine hours. The stored energy was utilised to warm the feet in the late evening to replace electric heaters. By trial experiment, it was...

The hydraulics of pitcher irrigation in saline water condition was studied in laboratory conditions in terms of flow behaviour of pitcher, soil moisture distribution, wetting front advance and distribution of salt concentration in the soil using different pitcher making materials. The Pitcher...

Cavity formation is an important phenomenon in the underground coal gasification (UCG) process. In the early stages of cavity formation, only the combustion reaction is performed in order to stabilize the temperature field. In the present work, we study the formation of the combustion cavity and...

Systematic laboratory scale experiments on coal blocks can provide significant insight into the underground coal gasification (UCG) process. Our earlier work has demonstrated the various features of the early UCG cavity shape and rate of growth through lab-scale experiments on coal combustion,...

Scarcity of irrigation water in critical growth stages of the crop is one of the major causes of low productivity and decline of citrus orchards. Regulated deficit irrigation (RDI) is a recently proposed water saving technique in irrigated agriculture. The present study was planned with a...

Raghavarao, Federer and Schwager [Raghavarao, D., Federer, W.T., Schwager, S.J., 1986. Characteristics for distinguishing among balanced incomplete block designs with repeated blocks. Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 13, 151-163] obtained a class of balanced incomplete block (BIB)...