Summary of HIR Equipment (2012-2013) - High Impact Research

HIR-MOHE EQUIPMENT 2012 - 2013 (FACULTY OF ENGINEERING)Approved BudgetNoPI's NameProject TitlesEquipmentsEstimated BudgetYear 2 & 3(2012-2013)2012(RM)(After VM Lab)2013(RM)Total(RM)Quantity/Uni Country oftOriginDetails Justification of Purchase Additional Information (space/utilities e.g. electric, software etc.) Potential users/research groupsFrequency andintensity of usage1 Prof.Dr Mohd Hamdi Precision JoiningAbd ShukorTechnology1 Laser welding machine 200,000 200,000 - 200,000 1 GERMAN Laser beam can join workpieces at the surface or produce deep welds.It can be combined with conventional welding methods The machine proposed has low maintenance that eliminate the usage of gas during operation The laser welding machine to purchase has been selected and supplier has been contacted. Broad users including students and researchers from Frequently used (5 days per week) and each run will take atand, additionally, be used for hybrid joining.like the conventional laser machine. This machine can do laser welding in micro scale. The The operating software is included inside the quotation received. This machine need to be materials and manufacturing fields. At least 2 PhD and least 3-4 hours.machine is available in other institutions, however the scale is not in microscale. The available place at air conditioning room. This is a medium size equipment and space is available in 4 MSc students will be trained using this machine,old laser welding machine in the department has already broken and cannot be fixed as the Surface Lab. Training cost is included in the budget.producing results that could be published in Tier-1company maker has already been shut down. Therefore the need for this machine is veryjournals including Science and Technology of Weldingcrucial for this research because the process of laser joining can only be done using thisand Joining, Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics,machine.Optics and Lasers in Engineering and others.2 High vacuum furnace 220,000 220,000 - 220,000 1 Canada A high vacuum furnace is a type of furnace that can heat materials to very high temperatures and carry out processes such as This machine will help in reducing time for experiment as multiple sample can be setup inside The purchasing process of this machine is at acquiring information from supplier. Research Broad users including students and researchers from Frequently used (3 days per week) and each run will take 24brazing, sintering and heat treatment with high consistency and low contamination.the furnace during operation.The current vacuum furnace can only process a sample in two members has identify the selected model and supplier to supply the furnace. The machine materials and manufacturing fields. At least 3 PhD and hours.day.The machine is equip with circulated cooling system unlike existing vacuum furnace which can be operate in normal room temperature. Space is available in Furnace Room. Training 5 MSc students will be trained using this equipment,uses mass amount of water for cooling system which is not cost effective. This also the most cost is included in the budget.producing results that could be published in Tier-1suitable vacuum furnace for brazing operation. The available machine are also not stable asjournals including Journal of Alloys and Compounds,the temperature keep flactuated .Materials Characterization, Materials Science andEngineering A and others.420,000 420,000 - 420,0002 Prof. Ir Dr.Mohd Zamin Synthesis Of Blast ResistantJumaatStructures1 Dynamic Data Logger 90,000 - 90,000 90,000 1 Austria/USA An internal 4 GB Flash-disk stores acquired dataWe need to collect different type of data: images, video clips, numerical and alphanumeric- A 30 GB ' automotive' hard-disk is also available as an optionfields, free text comments, date, time, location, etc.- Further data sources like GPS and CAN-bus can be acquired synchronized with analog and-It has a DVD-CD-RW drive as standard, to burn gigabytes of dataTouch-screen facility to capture data in real-time and/or post-event modedigital data. These features are powered by DEWESoft, data acquisition software which- USB 2.0 interfaces to transfer data to another computerIt is also useful to read GPS input via an additional GPS logging utilitydisplays and stores data continuously and/ or triggered with pre- and post information.- The DEWE-201 can be connected to other PCs or NotebooksHighly customisable and can be easily modified to address vastly different data recording and- The integrated Pentium CPU offers enough calculating power to do even complex online-mathematicsreporting needs.- The system has been verified according to several EN standards. For extreme applications,- Each of up to 16 input channels can be sampled individual from 1 up to 500 kS/ s, with 16-bit resolutionTo publish in Tier 1 journal, we need to have dynamic datalogger as it is useful in fatique a wide temperature range from -20 C to + 50 C has been proven.-The input channels can be configured for voltage / current, ICPï bridge and strain gage measurementsloading test.-For DSA applications ( Dynamic Signal Analysis) , an alternative A/ D converter with 24-bit resolution, more than 110 dB-The new DEWE-201 fits perfectly into any mobile application, where fast ( and slow) datadynamic and 200 kS/ S per channel is available as an option.acquisition is required. To name just some examples: brake test in vehicles, mobile shock--In addition to digital input and counter / encoder channels, up to several hundred quasi-static channels are available ( e.g. forand vibration tests, fault recorder, high-speed data logger, and many more.temperature measurements) .Analog is just the beginning2 Blast pressure gauges 36,000 0 36,000 36,000 10 USA Kulite HKM blast pressure gauges, with pressure ranges from 100kPa - 100MPa During blast there will propogation of shock waves and these waves cause vibration and shock Description of the pressure vs. time curve. Spatial and transient change in positivein the structure. The waves need to be measured. Blast pressure gauges are meant for duration and peak pressure. Flash diaphragm type transducers, relative position to blastmeasuring the blast gauges.Electrical resistance dynamic type strain gauges were used to wave measuring device type (strain gauges, LVDTs. piezo electric,) used for measuring blastmeasure the tensile strain in the reinforcement and pressure bars (load cells) in the dynamic pressure waves (positioning and protecting the gauge, amplifying the signal, establishingtests.pressure profiles)A strain gauge is device which experiences a change in resistance when it is stretched orstrained. As strain is applied to the gauge, the shape of the cross-section of the resistance wiredistorts, changing the cross-sectional area. As the resistance of the wire per unit length isinversely proportional to the cross-sectional area, there is a consequential change inresistance.There are two basic types of displacement transducers which are based on the change ofoutput voltage as a result of specimen displacement. The number of specimens to be tested isexpected to be around 20 to 30. Thus, we need more gauges.3 High speed laser distance142,000 142,000 - 142,000 10 GermanyIt is used to evaluate the real changes of the element being subjected to blast load. It isgauges- Laser sensor up to 10 kHz measuring range 0.5-400generally placed at certain distance from the blast load so as to mearure the strains/stresses, - Laser sensor up to 10 kHz measuring range 0.5-400- Small sensor head due to separated electronic modulemonitor relative displacement etc.- Small sensor head due to separated electronic module- Independent from object surface, bright and dark.In all blast test this instrument in recommended as the gauges can't be fixed to the test - Independent from object surface, bright and dark.- Very precise and fast measuring due to special analog moduleelement. In structural engineering study of displacement measurement needs this type of - Very precise and fast measuring due to special analog module- easy adjusting of measuring frequency and reaction time. M7 gauges by MEL Microelektronik GMBH. Range 200-800mm. gauges. The number of specimens to be tested is expected to be around 20 to 30. The test is - easy adjusting of measuring frequency and reaction time. M7 gauges by MELFrequency up to 10kHzexpected to be conducted in UPNM facilities. It is possible such gauges get damaged during Microelektronik GMBH. Range 200-800mm. Frequency up to 10kHztest due to debris so we need to have few additional gauges.4 High speed digitaloscilloscopes50,000 50,000 - 50,000 3 USA/Netherland318,000 192,000 126,000 318,000MS420 20 MHzThis equipment is necessary to measure and regulate the waveforms during the test. Also the AC/DC voltage, 400mV, 4V, 40V, 400V.-20 MHz bandwidthamount of waveforms at any time is required to be recorded for comparison with responses of AC/DC current: 40 mA, 300 mA, 20 A.- Auto-set function optimizes the position, range, time base and triggering to assure a stable display of virtually any waveform. the structure parallely obtained. Our collaborators recommended theAutomatic cursor tracking measurement.- XY mode- Many automatic measurement: frequency, Duty cycle, Average, Peak to peak and RMS- Waveform math: Add, Subtract, Multiply and divide- Average mode for smoothing- Persistence mode for observing dynamic signals- Store and recall up to 1000 waveform screens and waveform setups- USB interface and PC software for transferring waveform and data3 Prof.Dr Mohd Ali Chemically And1 Chemical Vapor Deposition95,000 95,000 - 95,000 1 Germany/ CVD process is utilised to produse carbon nanomaterials by deposition of carbon atoms in gas pase on catalyst at high Carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) will be produced by the CVD reactor to be involvedLab space available in blok W or blok VHashimElectrochemicallyReactor (CVD)Malaysia temperatures (500-1200 oC). It consists of quartz tubular reactor in a tubular furnace, closing flanges, gas flowmeters, inhetrogenious catalyst applications with ionic liquids. The CNMs properrtiese are affected byGenerated Superoxide Ionstainless steel piping. The system will be assembled in the lab of faculty.the production conditions. It is essential to use CVD system to optimize the productionIn Deep Eutectic Solventsconditions which satisfy the certain application, it is expected to produce good papersAnd Ionic Liquids And Theirpublishible in Q1 journals such as CARBON.Applications2 Multi unit Bio reactor 88,000 88,000 - 88,000 Malaysia/USA/G Production of Biodeisle with ionic liquid catalysts and DES separation and purification require semultinious processes.to The Bioreactor for this applications is not available in UM. However this system is important to Lab space available in block W (W1-03) for this instrument:ermany reduce the time of optimization. Multiunit reactor with exchangeable stirrers and other operating system, its performance is produce data for kinetics and operational optimizaton useful for Q1 such as Bioresourcesimilar to that of a small laboratory fermentor and to obtain the data by applying the same time parameter to starting and journal publication in the field of palm oil processing.finishing experiments by 6 units of fermentor at the same time.This arrangement is economic by applying small vessels with small volume of medium for various experiments. Two-fourperistaltic pumps automatically control the addition of corrective reagents. Temperature control is accomplished via heatingsystem and cold finger which can freeze.Researchers working on Nanocatalyst preparation ( Dr. when the work starts, it should be operated 5 times per weekMohammed Abdulrahman , Adeeb Hayyan (PhDcandidate) )Biodeisle researchers ( Adeeb Hayyan, Maan Hayyan 5 days a weekand Kaveh Shabaz)3 Real Time UV-VisSprectrometer90,000 - 90,000 1 Approved at the VM LAB183,000 273,000 - 273,0004 Dr. Hazlie bin Mokhlis Study on the Impact ofSolar Energy Penetrationon the National Power Grid1 1. Real Time Digital Simulator(RTDS)400,000 400,000 - 400,000 1 Canada Real Time Digital Simulation (RTDS) is a state of the art,real time simulator for power system studies,closed loop protection Without this equipment the power system analysis cannot be verified for accuracy.As a result In the present Power Sytem Lab, there is enough space to accommodate this equipmentrelay system testing,control testing,training and research. Presently power system studies are done on stand alone commercial it will impede HIR work on Solar Energy penetration into the grid. It is expected that 3/4 Q1 with slight renovationsoftware which are not real time. With this purchase of RTDS more accurate analysis of power system can be done especially paper can be publishedSolar Energy penetration into the grid. PI ( Dr Halim ) have got experience in handling RTDS before in the work place beforejoining UMMaster and PHD students who are doing studies on Heavy usage by the researcher of power system groups.power system analysis. This include the renewableenergy connection to the grid. Besides, the RTDS canbe made available to the consultant who are doing thepower system analysis and power system protectiontesting.400,000 400,000 - 400,0005 Prof. Dr. T.M. Indra Experimental InvestigationMahliaof New Bioenergy sourcesfrom Tropical Biodiversity1 Rheometer set 190,000 - 190,000 190,000 1 Germany/ The Rheometer Calibration Fixture is designed for calibration verification and calibration adjustment of the torsion spring in This equipment is necessary to measure the way in which a liquid, suspension or slurry flowsUSA/ either the Model 280 or the Model 286 Rheometers. This instruction describes checking and adjusting the strength of the in response to applied forces. 15 Tier 1 ISI journal papers will be published. Here is some list ofNew Zealand/ torsion spring such that a known torque will produce a known deflection, (dial reading). In this calibration known weights will tier 1 ISI journal for publication. 1st Renewable & sustainable energy review 2nd biomass &Sweeden be used to produce a known amount of angular rotation of the bob shaft, or dial reading.bioenergy 3rd energy 4th fuel 5th applied energyPotential users typically involve reseachers doingenergy from biofuel. At least 2 PhD and 2 MScpostgraduate students will be trained using thisinstrument.Frequently used (3 days per week)2 Digital calorimeter 198,000 198,000 - 198,000 1 Germany/ The 6100 Continuously Compensated Calorimeter is a compact, static jacket calorimeter that operates at approximately room This machine need to define calofic value of potential bio energy souces or to measure caloricUSA/ temperature taking full advantage of modern microprocessor capabilities. The microprocessor controller in the 6100 will value of fuel sample. This equipment can help to publish 3 Tier 1 ISI journal papers. 1: EnergyNew Zealand/ automatically monitor the jacket temperature and apply the required corrections in real time. The advantages of this system 2:Fuel 3:Applied energySweeden include less water, less energy, andless hardware while still affording good precision. The 6100 model also uses the traditional removable bomb and bucketdesign. This combination along with a reasonable price makes it attractive forwaste and refuse disposal work and student instruction. Semi-Automatic Oxygen FillLike the 6200 Calorimeter, the 6100 Calorimeter has a semi-automatic system for charging the bomb with oxygen where theoxygen feed is controlled by a solenoid installed inside the calorimeter. The bomb is filled by slipping the filling hose connectoronto the bomb inlet valve and pushing the touch screen to start the filling sequence. Filling then proceeds automatically at acontrolled rate to an established operating pressure388,000 198,000 190,000 388,000Energy Efficiency laboratory (level2 Blok M)Potential users typically involve reseachers doingenergy from biofuel. At least 2 PhD and 2 MScpostgraduate students will be trained using thisinstrument.Frequently used (3 days per week)-updated on 2nd March 2012 -