-4d90550d17f4602e089-23f5 20220514081755669 beie:beie director@blueeyesintelligence.org WEB-FORM International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) IJRTE 22773878 10.35940/ijrte.2277-3878 https://www.ijrte.org/ 11 30 2019 8 4 Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional M K Azwan* H Salleh Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. The aim of this study is to harvest sufficient amount of power to power up the low power sensor node by using vibration mechanism. The hybrid triboelectric (TENG) and electromagnetic (EMG) nanogenerator is needed to sustain the unlimited usage of energy.The testing for the TENG consisting of varying the air gap distance between the dielectric and the electrode, surface area of the triboelectric layers into a large and smaller surface. Whilst for the EMG, the testing is varying the number of coil turns for each big and small magnet size.At the frequency of 11Hz with the acceleration of 0.69ms-2, the optimum opened-circuit voltage, VOC produced for TENG is 3.97V while for the EMG is 1.85V. The hybrid nanogenerator produced 2.071mW of power with a resistance of 1kΩ. The power density obtained from the prototype is 2.6059Wm-3 which is enough to power up the low power sensor node. 11 30 2019 1652 1656 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5101.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5101118419/ The Research Unit of Administrative Innovation in Local Administrative Organization, Faculty of Liberal Arts and Management Sciences, Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani Campus, Surat Thani 84000, Thailand Pichetwu Nillaor* Anirut Sriwichian Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani Campus, Surat Thani Jirapond Muangprathub Faculty of Science and Industrial Technology, Prince of Songkla University, Surat Thani Campus, Surat Thani Planetary health involves balancing the needs and sustaining the world in order to preserve the health and the well-being of humankind based on the environmental changes of the earth. To improve the foundation of human well-being, the local public policy was initiated for development. The developed process led to environmental improvements. Thus, providing the foundation for human well-being from local public policy to reduce environmental impacts. This paper proposed the decision for a support system and aims to study the local policies formulation process considering the planetary health at Makhamtia Sub-District, Muang District, Suratthani Province, Thailand for local administrative organization chief executive decision making. This work leads to the tool, called PH-EIS system, of local planning support, decision making and management to achieve a balance between human needs and sustainable planetary health. The presented tool applies information technology with a web-based geographic information system to visualize data and to assist environmental monitoring before the real situation occurs by using the previous case learning. The implemented system was deployed in the policy formulation of local administrative organization. This work is tested by the developer and user groups and the result shows that the users are satisfied with the system and denotes the environmental impacts with high accuracy. 11 30 2019 6244 6248 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5102.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5102118419/ Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. F S Samidi* I S Mustafa Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. N A M Radzi Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Conventional trolley needs to be pushed physically around the building. When more items are placed in the trolley, the trolley becomes heavier and harder to navigate. In order to solve this problem, this paper proposes a modification made to the conventional trolley and discusses the viability of using color as the automatic following mechanism on the shopping cart. Two tests are conducted to investigate the performance of the intelligent shopping cart. The first test is to find the most suitable color whereas the second test is to evaluate the reliability of color to be used as the following mechanism. The assessment of results utilized Euclidean distance equation and Matlab/Simulink. The results shows that the Red Green Blue (RGB) pixel value of the chosen colors are changing as the trolley moves around the building because of the lighting position and intensity around the building. The color detection apps is able to endure a limit of 18.03% of color difference from the original selected color before it loses the reference. The utilization of only color as following mechanism has a high tendency to be disrupted by noise because of an adjustment in light intensity and lighting position. 11 30 2019 6249 6255 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5103.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5103118419/ Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia S H Asman* N F Ab Aziz Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M Z A Ab. Kadir Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia; Advance Lightning, Power and Energy Research Centre (ALPER), University Putra Malaysia,43400, Serdang, Malaysia U A Ungku Amirulddin Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. M Izadi Institute of Power Engineering (IPE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Nowadays, there are various signal processing methods that have been studied by many researchers in order to detect faults in power lines. From previous literature, signal processing that works based on time frequency analysis has been proven to accurately detect faults at high speed. In this study, wavelet transform is adopted to analyse fault occurrences on power line of distribution network. Three types of faults due to lightning, switching and short circuit fault were analysed based on their voltage waveform profiles. ‘Daubechies’ 4 (db4) mother wavelet and four levels decomposition were implemented to extract the features. Approximation at level 4 (A4) and detail coefficient at level 1 to 4 (D1-D4) were extracted to evaluate the energy, skewness, and kurtosis. Based on the results, lightning showed the highest energy, skewness and kurtosis compared to the short circuit and switching voltage waveform. Therefore, these features can be utilized as the new parameters for fault detection in a power system network 11 30 2019 6256 6261 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5104.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5104118419/ College of Engineering (COE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@ The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN,43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M. K. Mishu Md. Rokonuzzaman College of Engineering (COE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@ The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN,43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M. Shakeri College of Engineering (COE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@ The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN,43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia J. Pasupuleti College of Engineering (COE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@ The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN,43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia S. K. Tiong College of Engineering (COE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@ The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN,43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia N. Amin College of Engineering (COE), Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@ The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN,43000, Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M. R. Amin School of Engineering, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay TASMANIA, 7005, Australia. Weather monitoring and forecasting system plays an important role nowadays in all the aspect of science, trade and other fields not limited to the field of cultivation, farming, fishery, naval trade, shipping, military operations, air navigation etc. Wind speed and wind direction is one of the most vital weather variables like moisture, pressure, temperature, density, rain forecast, solar radiation, clouds, air masses, fronts and storms. In this paper, a low cost PIC16F887 microcontroller based portable wind speed and wind direction monitoring system called an anemometer is designed & experimented. The designed anemometer is divided into two parts namely mechanical and electrical parts. Both parts are developed, designed and tested in this research work. Wind turns the cup of Anemometer and produced mechanical energy that converted to electrical energy or signal. The electrical signal or pulse intervals determine by the microcontroller and generate consequence pulses to find out the wind speed. The programming codes inside the microcontroller helps to extract the voltage drops measured from a potentiometer connected to the mechanical part of Anemometer and intellect the wind direction precisely. A lucrative 16x2 liquid crystal display (LCD) is used to display the wind speed and direction. 11 30 2019 6262 6267 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5105.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5105118419/ Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, 43000 Selangor, Malaysia N H H A Talib H Salleh Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, 43000 Selangor, Malaysia M J Brennan Department of Mechanical Engineering, São Paulo State University (UNESP), 01049-010 São Paulo, Brazil The use of piezoelectric energy harvesters in low frequency applications is a classic problem due to the high elastic modulus of currently available piezoelectric materials. Furthermore, the output power is proportional to the third power of the excitation frequency. Higher excitation amplitudes or an increase in the piezoelectric material can produce a high output power. However, this is not feasible for weak environmental vibration, and using more piezoelectric material would incur a higher cost so this is not an attractive option. This article proposes an L-shaped piezoelectric energy harvester that amplifies the excitation amplitude with the aid of an extension arm. The effects of bending and rotational inertia are considered when modelling the open-circuit voltage that can be generated by the harvester. Experimental validation is carried out using zinc, aluminium and galvanized steel extension arms. The prediction model provides a good estimation of the results with acceptable error percentages for linear elastic extension arms. It is found that the proposed harvester geometry generates more output voltage for all lengths of extension arm, and the optimum lengths are different for each material. The use of a zinc extension arm generated 290 μW at 49 Hz, which is 55% greater than the power generated by a harvester without an extension arm that had a power density of 1.41 μW/mm3. 11 30 2019 6268 6274 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5106.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5106118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M A Mohd Azrin* M Muhamad College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia A R Nazaruddin College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia R Ahmad Qisti College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia The use of solid-state lightings using energy saving lights such as light emitting diodes (LEDs), High Pressure Sodium Vapour (HPSV) and induction light in the illumination has represented a major technological breakthrough in recent years. Several recent studies focus on the development and performance of energy saving street lighting systems such as LED, induction etc. These modern lamps use electronic ballasts contain a switching power supply circuit typically operate in the range of 20kHz to 60kHz to achieve low power consumption in which may cause interference to communication equipment as well as health effect to human body, which is not an issue in traditional electromagnetic 60Hz ballasts. This paper investigates the electromagnetic and electric field exposure to human body from three street lights systems; LED, HPSV and Induction lights. The electromagnetic and electric field measurement are conducted in the laboratory that represents a controlled environment in which free from external factors or interferences. The electromagnetic and electric field exposure measurements are conducted using the Aaronia SPECTRAN hand held spectrum analyzer model NF-5030 on five streetlights from three different types in accordance to MS2230-2009 standard. The results presented in this paper can be utilized as references for measurement in open space that may have some interferences from other sources as well. 11 30 2019 6275 6280 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5107.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5107118419/ Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M Hanif* A H Shamsuddin Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia S M Nomanbhay Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia I Fazril Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia F Kusumo Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia; College of Science and Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia A Akhiar Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia The world continues to search for renewable energy resources, due to the devastating effect of global warming and the dwindling resources of fossil fuels. Without needing much modifications to the existing diesel engines, biodiesel is regarded as one of the most promising ways to treat these two issues simultaneously. However, the production of biodiesel is always associated with a higher cost compared to its counterpart; the petroleum-derived diesel. In addition, the type of feedstock used in the production of biodiesel also has also become a big concern due to the never-ending fuel vs food debate. Jatropha curcas is a second generation feedstock which can be specifically grown to avoid the usage of edible oils as feedstock to produce fuel. In this paper, the energy saving potential of using elite Jatropha curcas hybrid for biodiesel production in Malaysia are evaluated by conducting a full chain energy analysis. It was found that the new hybrid consumed 25.32 MJ of energy in order to produce 1kg of biodiesel. The net energy balance (NEB) and net energy ratio (NER) when by-products are not utilized are found to be 15.89 MJ/kg and 1.63, respectively. However, the NEB and NER increase to 26.72 MJ/kg and 2.84 when the by-products are used in the biodiesel conversion process. Hence, this new hybrid of Jatropha curcas has a huge potential to be used for the production of biodiesel. 11 30 2019 6281 6287 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5108.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5108118419/ Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia L W Ean M A Malek Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia B S Mohammed Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Bandar Seri Iskandar, 31750 Tronoh, Perak, Malaysia Chao-Wei Tang Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Cheng Shiu University, No. 840, Chengching Road, Niaosong District, Kaohsiung Country, Taiwan. M T Tamunif Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia This paper presents an experimental investigation of shear and flexural bond strength of masonry prisms for newly developed sediment masonry bricks. The masonry prisms were constructed in three levels stack-bonded prisms for shear bond strength test and five levels stack-bonded prisms for flexural bond strength test using cement mortar and cement-lime mortar with pre-wetted and dry masonry units. The bond strengths of sediment brick masonry were tested accordance with RILEM TC 127-MS and ASTM E518 for shear and flexural bond strengths respectively. The results were compared to clay brick and cement-sand brick masonry. The results show that pre-wetted sediment brick masonry exhibits higher flexural and shear bond strengths of about 1.5 times and 5 times respectively compared to dry (non-wetted) sediment brick masonry. Using cement-lime mortar in pre-wetted sediment brick masonry leads to increment of the bond strengths and pre-wetting action is essential for sediment brick masonry to prevent failure of shear bond strength. 11 30 2019 6288 6294 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5109.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5109118419/ Department of Electrical, Electronics and Systems Engineering, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. A. Ayob H. I. Mohammed Department of Electrical, Electronics and Systems Engineering, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. A. S. Sabaahul Ahmad Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. M. H. M. Saad Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. A. Hussain Department of Electrical, Electronics and Systems Engineering, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Solar charge controllers are devices that handle battery charging from solar cells and control the flow current to batteries and loads. The technology to implement such controllers mostly involves microcontrollers. However, the design of integrated advanced monitoring and control mechanisms is required so that users can enhance the energy consumption performance. This work aims to develop a standalone solar charge controller that allows real-time monitoring of the battery status and is included with an automatic circuit breaker for increasing the battery lifetime. The implementation is completed in four phases which involves the design and development of the hardware, software as well as prototype for testing. The results have shown that a solar charge controller with real-time online monitoring of the battery status can be implemented successfully through Things Net platform. 11 30 2019 6295 6300 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5110.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5110118419/ Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M Hanif* A H Shamsuddin Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia S M Nomanbhay Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia I Fazril Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia F Kusumo Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia; College of Science and Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia M F M A Zamri Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Due to rapid expansion in road transportation, a more environmentally benign fuel is required in order to control the air pollution. More competent and feasible development of the transportation sector has attracted many interests from various countries including Malaysia. Ethanol fuel is cleaner and sustainable compared to gasoline fuel. Although first generation bioethanol has been utilized globally, it raised the concern about food versus fuel issues. The solution for this is by utilizing agricultural waste as feedstock for bioethanol production. Therefore, this paper investigated the rice straw bioethanol production and its effect on economy and environment when rice straw bioethanol is utilized as a gasoline substitute in Malaysia. Approximately 6% of total gasoline consumption could be saved if rice straw is utilized for bioethanol production, while reducing 92% of air pollution. Based on the life cycle cost model, it was found that the total production cost for 50 ML rice straw bioethanol production plant with a lifetime of 20 years amounts to nearly 200 million USD, which the unit production cost is 0.16 USD per liter of bioethanol, which is Lower than the gasoline price. Therefore, Malaysia should consider bioethanol as a potential alternative fuel to address the problem of depleting fossil sources and global warming. 11 30 2019 6301 6307 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5111.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5111118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia E J M Sahid* S H Zahid Imran College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysi N Y Mohamed Yusop College of Energy Business and Economics, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Robust economic growth, increasing population and personal consumption are the main drivers for the rapid increase of energy demand in Malaysia. Increasing demand has compounded the issue of national energy security due over-dependence on fossil fuel, depleting indigenous domestic conventional energy resources which in turns has increased the country’s energy import dependence. In order to improve its energy security, Malaysia has seriously embarked on a renewable energy journey. Many initiatives on renewable energy have been introduced in the past decade. These strategies have resulted in the exploding growth of renewable energy deployment in Malaysia. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of renewable energy deployment on energy security. Secondary data was used to calculate the energy security indicators. The study also compared the results of applying different energy security indicators namely Availability, Applicability, Affordability and Acceptability dimension of energy resources. The evaluation shows that Malaysia will experience improvement in Energy Security, particularly on Availability, Affordability and Acceptability dimensions of energy security. This study suggests that energy security level could be further enhance by efficient utilization of energy, reducing carbon content of energy and facilitating low-carbon industries. 11 30 2019 6309 6315 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5112.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5112118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Putrajaya Campus, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Alaa Hasan Alnusair* Herda Yati Katman College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Putrajaya Campus, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Mohd Rasdan Ibrahim Centre for Transportation Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Noorhazlinda Abd Rahman School of Civil Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia. The use of roller compacted concrete pavement (RCCP) has increased noticeably over the last few decades, given its economic and environmental benefits. This type of concrete is known for its ability to incorporate natural wastes, such as fly ash. Moreover, to improve the performance and enhance the workability of RCCP, superplasticizer can be used. This study aims to investigate the effect of superplasticizer on the performance of high volume fly ash (HVFA) in RCCP. In achieving this aim, different mixtures of RCCP were prepared, where fly ash replaced 50% of the cement content, in addition to adding superplasticizer in quantities equal to 0%, 0.25%, 0.50%, and 0.75% by weight of the cementitious content. The results showed that up to 0.75% superplasticizer content that there was first, a positive relationship between the superplasticizer content and the compressive, splitting-tensile, and flexural strength. Secondly, increasing the superplasticizer content from 0% to 0.75% caused a noticeable improvement in the workability of the HVFA RCCP and caused a decrease in Vebe time of around 12 s. lastly, superplasticizer caused a reduction in porosity of HVFA RCCP and increased water absorption. Accordingly, this study revealed that it is possible to produce workable and durable concrete with high strength by adding superplasticizer to HVFA RCCP. 11 30 2019 6316 6322 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5113.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5113118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. E Roslan* Suhail Shaari College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Faiz Zamri Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Afifi Akhiar Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Fatihah Salleh Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Zakwan Ramli College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Abd Halim Shamsuddin AAIBE Chair for Renewable Energy @ UNITEN, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Malaysia, although having a good number of small to medium hydro power potential sites, has still not exploited all of them. The focus of this manuscript is a feasibility study of the technical viability of power generation from a medium hydropower potential site, the Bukit Merah Dam site, on the Terusan Besar irrigation canal in northern region of Malaysia. This study is carried out using flow data of 2016 from the main irrigation canal of Bukit Merah dam. The data was obtained from Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Perak. The power capacity, yearly energy output of the potential hydro site are studied in this work. Technical analysis of the power output capacity and yearly energy output of three (3) hydro-turbine types (Kaplan, Propeller, and Francis) operable at the same given head and design flow were studied. The study shows that there is a potential capacity of 2.2 MW and an annual energy generation capacity of 7028.47 MWh at a turbine peak efficiency of 92.8% at a design flow of 19.23 m3/s using Kaplan turbine. 11 30 2019 6323 6326 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5114.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5114118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. E Roslan Mursyid Sulaiman College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Afifi Akhiar Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Faiz Zamri Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Fatihah Salleh Institute of Energy Policy And Research, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Rashdan Isa College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Abd Halim Shamsuddin AAIBE Chair for Renewable Energy @ UNITEN, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. In line with its continuous GDP increase, the growth in electricity demand has shown a similar trend of annual increment for Malaysia. With the projected continuous increase of electricity demand, more fossil fuel-based power plants are committed to be built in the near future. To mitigate the resulting greenhouse gas emission from increasing demand, exploiting existing agricultural dam initially built for agricultural purposes for energy can be considered as an option. This study shows the potential of generating electricity from Pedu dam located in Kedah, initially built with the objective to harvest paddy twice annually. The study shows that there is a potential of 156,072MWh to be generated from the dam water release, with the power of 33,155kW and a capacity factor of 53.7%, using Kaplan type turbine. 11 30 2019 6327 6331 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5115.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5115118419/ Centre for Intergrated Systems Engineering and Advanced Technologies (INTEGRA), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600, Bangi, Malaysia R Amna* M R Sarker Centre for Intergrated Systems Engineering and Advanced Technologies (INTEGRA), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600, Bangi, Malaysia R Mohamed Centre for Intergrated Systems Engineering and Advanced Technologies (INTEGRA), Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 43600, Bangi, Malaysia This paper reviews the piezoelectric energy harvesting from mechanical vibration. The recent development in the microelectronic devices and wireless sensor networks (WSNs) requires continuous power source for better performance. Many researchers have been done to develop a permanent portable power source for microelectronic devices. Micro energy harvesting (MEH) consists of two basic elements; freely available energy and transducer. Energy is everywhere around us in different forms. The energy conversion ability of piezoelectric energy harvester is high among different MEH techniques. A cantilever type piezoelectric energy harvester under different shapes is mostly studied in the last few years. The output of piezoelectric harvester depends upon the deflection produced, more deflection led to more electrical output. The deflection in cantilever beam under different shapes is different. This review paper presents a comparison of different piezoelectric cantilever beam shapes and output generated analyzed in the last decade. 11 30 2019 6332 6337 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5116.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5116118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Ahmad Firdaus Abdul Jalil* Jagadeesh Pasupuleti College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. M. Reyasudin Basir Khan Universiti Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Institute, Batu 8 Jalan Sungai Pusu, 53100 Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia Small scale hydropower is among the most attractive and cost-effective sustainable energy technologies available, by harnessing electricity through moving water. Naturally, moving water can be found in rivers and also man-man conduits where there is a continuous water flow. The sewage treatment facility has continuous water flow at the effluent pipe that can generate electricity by means of small-hydropower system. However, there are no sewage treatment plants (STP) in Malaysia that reclaim the energy through the usage of water turbines. This study is conducted to evaluate the feasibility of a micro-hydropower (MHP) system at the continuous flow of effluent discharge point of domestic STP that comprises of a low head with high flow fluctuations. This work comprises of evaluation of the potential power output of MHP generator which attached to different type of STP. The work starts with selection of a five STP which have maximum current population equivalent (PE) over design PE loading ratio. Next, the effluent discharge flow rate & outfall head are collected and recorded. Finally the potential output power for all selected STPs is calculated. The highest continuous effluent discharge flow rate contributing in high potential power and will be identified as the feasible STP for the MHP system installation. 11 30 2019 6338 6341 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5117.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5117118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. L. M. Wai* M. S. Abd Rahman Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. A. Mohd Ariffin Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. N. H. Nik Ali Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. M. Osman Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. M. Z. A. Ab Kadir Institute of Power Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan Ikram-Uniten, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Earthing system is very important in order to protect the electrical equipment as well as the human’s safety against over voltages. The main function of the earthling system is to remove unwanted excessive electrical currents caused by unusual conditions such as fault and lightning or switching over voltages by providing a low resistance path to the earth. Researchers had studied the behaviour of the earthling system to improve its performance for the past few years. There are few factors that influence the performance of the earthling system such as soil resistivity and soil ionization which need to be focused in order to improve the earthling. Thus, this paper evaluates on the factors that affect the behaviour of the earthling system based on simulation works using MATLAB and Safe Grid Software. Some analytical calculations are used to obtain the soil resistivity and resistance as well as the touch and step voltages. The simulation results were validated based on comparison with other studies on the factors that influence the earthling system performance. The results reveal that the variation of soil resistivity, the configuration of electrodes, current magnitude and frequency dependence can result in a change of transient response of the systems. 11 30 2019 6342 6346 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5118.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5118118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. R. Mageswaran* L. S. Ewe College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. W. K. Yew School of Engineering and Physical Science, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, No 1, Jalan Venna P5/2, Precinct 5, 62200. Zawawi Ibrahim Engineering and Processing Division, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), No. 6, Persiaran Institusi, Bandar Baru Bangi 43000, Malaysia Natural fibre is being studied and used as sound absorber for its promising acoustic properties. For instance, Germany have commercial plants that are producing sound absorbers from natural fibre. Natural fibre is eco-friendly and has no effect on human health. Besides that, the production cost of natural fibre is cheaper than synthetic fibre. This research reported the thickness effects on acoustic properties in different ratios of natural fibres of empty fruit bunch (EFB) and oil palm frond (OPF). Four different thickness of low density fibre board (LDF) have been fabricated (12 mm, 14 mm, 16 mm and 18 mm) in density of 120 kg/m3. The Sound Absorption Coefficient (SAC) was tested by using the Impedance Tube Method (ITM) according to ASTM E1050-98 standards at frequency from 0 Hz to 6400 Hz. The results show the values of SAC for all samples increase with increasing in thickness from frequency range of 0 Hz – 4500 Hz. It is noteworthy that the LDF with thickness of 16 mm and 18 mm can be classified as Class A sound absorbing material according to sound absorption classes and possess the SAC values of 0.8 and above at a wider frequency range, which is 2500 Hz to 6400 Hz. The combination of EFP and OPF natural fibres has a very promising and excellent performance in acoustic properties. 11 30 2019 6347 6349 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5119.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5119118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Chin Chia Seet* Jagadeesh Pasupuleti College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. M. Reyasudin Basir Khan Universiti Kuala Lumpur, British Malaysian Institute, Batu 8 Jalan Sungai Pusu, 53100 Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia The reliability of distribution network can be improved with the penetration of small scale distributed generation (DG) unit to the distribution grid. Nevertheless, the location and sizing of the DG in the distribution network have always become a topic of debate. This problem arises as different capacity of DG at various location can affect the performance of the entire system. The main objective of this study is to recommend a suitable size of DG to be placed at the most appropriate location for better voltage profile and minimum power loss. Therefore, this paper presents an analytical approach with a fixed DG step size of 500 kW up to 4500 kW DG to analyses the effect of a single P-type DG in IEEE 33 bus system with consideration of system power loss and voltage profile. Four scenarios have been selected for discussions where Scenario 1: 3500 kW DG placed at node 3; Scenario 2: 2500 kW DG placed at node 6; Scenario 3: 1000 kW DG placed at node 18 and Scenario 4: 3000 kW DG placed at node 7. Results show that all the four scenarios are able to reduce the power loss and improve the voltage profile however Scenario 4 has better performance where it complies with minimum voltage requirement and minimizing the system power loss. 11 30 2019 6357 6363 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5120.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5120118419/ Electrical and Electronic Section 14, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia. Mohd Fairus Humar* Ibrahim Sulaiman General Manager in Signaling and Communication Department at Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Pedro Cruz Signaling Engineer at Signaling Engineering Department, Thales Portugal S.A., Rua Calvet Magalhaes 245, 2770-153, Paco de Arcos, Lisbon, Portugal. Hasry Harun Director, Industry Development and Advisory Division at Technology Depository Agency Berhad, Level 3, Menara Prisma, No. 26, Persiaran Perdana, Presint 3, 62675 Putrajaya, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia. This paper presents the propose development of railway signaling and communication curricula at MyRA. The program commenced on 2016 under Industrial Collaboration Program (ICP) with Technology Depository Agency coordination. Thales Portugal provides the laboratory equipment and teaching module. There are three institutions and one railway operator company participate in the program. The program was conducted due to enhanced strong knowledge on railway signaling and communication among the Malaysian academicians. The universities will be able to develop bachelor and diploma railway programs and able to develop laboratories along with hi-tech railway equipment. The ICP railway signaling and communication, consist of four stages, started with basic Train The Trainer (TTT), advanced training, training installation equipment and training simulator. The trainees have gained a lot of experienced and expose to different kind of railway signaling system during the training. At the end of the program, a module of railway signaling and communication course with a lab railway signaling field equipment and CTC simulator were developed. 11 30 2019 6364 6370 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5121.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5121118419/ Electrical and Electronics Section University Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia France Institute, 43650 Jalan Teras Jernang, Selangor, Malaysia. Wan Mohd Khairudin Muhammad Hazwan No.15, Lorong Bersepadu 24, Taman Sepadu, 13300 Tasek Gelugor, Pulau Pinang Malaysia. Mohd Fairus Humar Electrical and Electronics Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, 43650 Jalan Teras Jernang, Selangor, Malaysia. Teh Ewe Thong Mechanical and Manufacturing Section, University Kuala Lumpur-Malaysia France Institute, 43650 Jalan Teras Jernang, Selangor, Malaysia. Go-kart ride is accessible to everybody, regardless the old age and driving expertness. Economic and environmental influences have raised the demand to change from conventional combustion engine to electric propulsion systems for go-kart. This project is focusing on design and development of propulsion and energy storage system. Electric propulsion system will improve energy efficiency and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This project is lead to practical experiment to analyze and explore the action of modifying combustion engine powered go-kart to an electric powered go-kart. Several aspects need to be considered to design a good performance of an electric go kart that involves hardware and electrical energy propulsion system. In this project the calculation of force and power was done base on both the weight of go-kart and driver. The power calculation with certain degree of slope was also done to determine the maximum power demand for motor selection. The project is expected to drive a total weight of 120kg including the weight of the go-kart and the driver. The design is also included the installation of the gear, propulsion, battery and controller in electric go kart. The electrical component that consist in go-kart are battery, brushless DC motor and controller, wiring harness with on, enable and forward/reverse switches and motor cable. These selections of components are based on calculation analysis for each selected device. Lastly, the performance of electric go kart will be analyzed in term of power, speed and energy work. As the results, the propulsion system could drive the go kart and speeds can be regulated, also the maximum speed of the go-kart reaches its desired speed. 11 30 2019 6379 6382 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5122.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5122118419/ Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Hasan Muhamad Abid* Eida Nadirah Roslin Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Rifqi Irzuan Bin Abdul Jalal Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Ahmad Shahril Daud Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Mohd Zaki Bahrom Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia The aim of this research is to investigate the usage of passenger car engine oil into a motorcycle engine by determining the after effect of the lubricant to the engine. The difference between engine oil of passenger car and motorcycle is the friction modifier that is in the formulation of cars engine lubricant. A motorcycle engine has a wet clutch system in the crank case, such engine oil with a friction modifier will decrease the clutch capacity of the system. In this study, three types of methodology tests have been conducted such as endurance test which combined with the fuel efficiency test at the same time, drag test and Ferrography tests that were conducted to determine the amount of contamination in both types of engine oil. The results showed that using a passenger car lubricant on motorcycle engine did not affect the engine compartment and parts. The numbers of metal wear in the used oil of both types of cars and motorcycle were slightly different. 11 30 2019 6383 6388 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5123.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5123118419/ Sustainable Energy Analysis Laboratory (SEAL), Malaysia France Institute, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. E. A. Azrulhisham M. Arif Azri Sustainable Energy Analysis Laboratory (SEAL), Malaysia France Institute, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Bandar Baru Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Suspended sediment concentration and discharge are important factors affecting the operational reliability of run-of-river small hydro power (SHP) plants. Elimination of sediment transported with the flow across the turbines of run-of-river plants is therefore a critical issue for the sustainability of the SHP industry. Comprise of a small diversion weir throughout a stream, the SHP plants does not have space to pile sediments but should be able to divert the incoming bed loads to the river downstream. Sediments in the water entering through the turbines with extreme velocity erode the contact surfaces of turbine mechanisms which results in reduced hydraulic efficiency and increased maintenance cost. Subsequently, desilting basins have become an essential part of the water conductor system of run-of-river SHP to reduce the impact of damage due to suspended sediment. Desilting basins are devised as settling basins to settle sediments larger than a targeted size. They are constructed just after power intake and discharge is despatched through them before pass into the head race tunnel. This study is aimed to estimate the sediment removal efficiency of SHP desilting basins based on data recorded at the intake of a run-of-river SHP. Considering the hydrological variability, probabilistic approach was used to obtain mathematical function for the probability density of suspended sediment concentration (SSC) based on the recorded data. 11 30 2019 6389 6394 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5124.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5124118419/ Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Rifqi Irzuan Abdul Jalal* Muhammad Nur Farhan Norjohan Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Mohammad Edilan Mustafa Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Hasan Muhamad Abid Hasan Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Ahmad Shahril Daud Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Eida Nadirah Roslin Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Md Amin Md Nor Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Measuring fuel weight consumption is crucial in any internal combustion engine development and research. However, the cost is ineffective for any small institution to buy and require certain amount of effort to change between vehicles or engine that using return and returnless fuel system. This paper presented a fabrication of a low cost fuel weight consumption meter that suitable for both return and returnless fuel system, called PorFC. The calibration and leak test result were also presented in this paper. The fuel consumption meter was tested on two vehicles and the result were responsive and comparable. 11 30 2019 6395 6401 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5125.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5125118419/ Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Ahmad Shahril Daud* Mohd Zaki Bahrom Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Rifqi Irzuan Abdul Jalal Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Eida Nadirah Roslin Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Gasoline ignition system in automobiles is still one of the world's main fuel consumption today. The spark plug is one of the key features of a gasoline engine during the combustion process. The incompatibility between the width of the plug and the combustion engine fuel used causes a backfire and a knock. The spark plug gap had therefore been investigated in order to improve the engine's performance by controlling the combustion process. The main objective of this study is to analyze the effect of side gapping spark plug engine performance and emission. The selected type of spark plug being used for this study is cooper spark plug. This study has examined the parameters of side gapping spark plug gap (0.7 mm, 0.8 mm, 1.0 mm and 1.2 mm) and of revolution per minutes RPM (1000 rpm, 1500 rpm, 2000 rpm, 2000 rpm, 2500 rpm, 3000rpm, 3500 rpm, 4000 rpm, 4500 rpm and 5000 rpm) also the emission effect in term of carbon monoxide (CO), hydrocarbon (HC) and oxygen (O2). In this test, performance and power are showed an increment of side gapping spark plug. Other than that, this study is also showed positive results where the reduction in the percentage of opacity is demonstrated. Since the result has obtained for engine performance and emission showed positive outcome, this study can be used in future and highly recommended for continue with different type of spark plug. 11 30 2019 6145 6148 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5126.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5126118419/ Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Asrul Syaharani Yusof* Zulkifli Mohamed Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. Eida Nadirah Roslin Automotive Engineering Section, University Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of diesel fuel grade on engine performance thru experimental method. Three grades of diesel fuels are used in this study, which is pure diesel fuel, euro 2M diesel fuel and euro5 diesel fuel. These fuels are being tested on 3.2L diesel turbocharged engine on a engine dynamometer. 11 30 2019 6149 6154 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5127.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5127118419/ Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia Mohamad Asmidzam Ahamat* Razali Abidin Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Eida Nadirah Roslin Automotive Engineering Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia. Ong Yung Chieh Mechanical Engineering Section, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysia France Institute, Bandar Baru Bangi, Malaysia Thermoelectric generator can utilize various combinations of heat sink and heat source. In this paper, the performance of thermoelectric generator that uses surrounding air as heat source and coldness from ice-water mixture is presented. The objective was to evaluate the open circuit voltage produced by thermoelectric generator, at a range of differences in temperature between the cold and hot surfaces of module. In this work, the thermoelectric module was placed between aluminum heat sink and cold beverage container that contained ice-water mixture. The heat sink operates using the difference in buoyancy of surrounding air (i.e. natural convection). The hot and cold surfaces temperature of thermoelectric modules was measured using Type-K thermocouples. A digital multimeter was connected to the thermoelectric module for measurement of open circuit voltage. The open circuit voltage produced by the thermoelectric generator was linearly proportional to the magnitude of difference in temperature of two surfaces of a thermoelectric module. The electrical power produced by the generator was up to 14 miliWatt. A simple test showed that with a suitable voltage amplification device, this thermoelectric generator can supply enough power for LED bulbs. The finding presented is suitable for the development of energy scavenging devices, which is relevant to stand-alone power generation system. 11 30 2019 6155 6158 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5128.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5128118419/ Research Scholar, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. M. G. R Educational and Research Institute University, Chennai Deepika. N* M. Anand Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. M. G. R Educational and Research Institute University, Chennai K. Sudhaman Associate professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Dr. M. G. R Educational and Research Institute University, Chennai Continuous monitoring of patients in critical condition becomes essential in medical field. This paper aims at developing an innovative IoT based remote healthcare monitoring system by using Free RTOS with priority scheduling based on SJF (Shortest Job First). Proposed system offers vital medical information and live video of a patient who is present in rural area. It can make easy and quick accessing of a patient by medical professional from remote areas. Also helps for detailed analysis and taking correct remedies to effectively cure that patient. Various health parameters such as patient's body temperature, heart rate, body position along with live video are been monitored through internet using this system. In Free RTOS used in programming, SJF based priority scheduling is chosen because of reduced average waiting and turnaround time of CPU on performing multiple tasks associated with the camera and other sensors. The internet connectivity part of program is built using LWIP TCP/IP stack in focus of limited microcontroller resource. 11 30 2019 3362 3368 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5129.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5129118419/ College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia O. G. Basubeit D. N. T. How College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Y. C. Hou Institute of Informatics and Computing in Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia K. S. M. Sahari Institute of Informatics and Computing in Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 1.3 million deaths occur worldwide each year due to traffic accidents alone. This figure elevates traffic mishaps to be the eight leading cause of death. According to another study the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the major cause of road deaths and injury is distracted drivers. Motivated by recent advancement of deep learning and computer vision in predicting drivers’ behaviour, this paper attempts to investigate the optimal deep learning network architecture to accurately detect distracted drivers over visual feed. Specifically, a thorough evaluation and detailed benchmark comparisons of pretrained deep convolutional neural network is carried out. Results indicate that the proposed VGG16network architecture is capable of achieving 96% accuracy on the test dataset images. 11 30 2019 6159 6163 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5131.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5131118419/ SRMIST, Department of Computer Science and Engineering J.Rama Prabha* S. Prabakaran SRMIST, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Cloud computing plays vital role in various services to the users. The application of cloud computing includes usage in business, media transmission, banking, health care, military application, insurance, wireless communication, etc. One such application using Cloud computing is health care. The patient health history is very significant for diagnostic analysis and decision making process. The healthcare data processing and communication technology (HDCT) is building a constant and secured health care data processing and sharing Electronic Health Services (EHS) are regularly utilized by the needy, specialists, and social insurance experts to diminish medical service cost and give productive human services forms health-cloud preserves the character-particular sensitive information for numerous purposes including biomedical research, medical health insurance groups, clinical statistics analysis, and many others. The various types of attacks and detection approaches in the healthcare have been reviewed in this work. It brings out the fact that the Electronic Health Data Record (EHDR) should be processed and transmitted in a secured and confidential environment while increasing accuracy and efficiency based on various algorithms such as machine learning. 11 30 2019 6164 6171 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5132.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5132118419/ Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang Selangor, Malaysia S. A. Shahahmadi* Y. Yusoff Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang Selangor, Malaysia J. L. C. Xiong INTEGRA, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia Md. Rokonuzzaman Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang Selangor, Malaysia R. I. Thakur Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang Selangor, Malaysia K. M. Kabir Renewable Energy Laboratory, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Raogan, Chittagong 4349, Bangladesh Md. Akhtaruzzaman INTEGRA, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia N. Amin Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (@The National Energy University), Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000, Kajang Selangor, Malaysia; INTEGRA, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The National University of Malaysia, 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia This study focuses on the development of a hybrid generator from the combination of thermoelectric module (TEM) and solar cell. The attention is on the design of the heat sink for thermoelectric power generation (TEPG) through simulation and experiment. The impact of surface ratio between TEM and heat sink as well as the effect of various fin heights is investigated at different temperatures by using ANSYS software, while a number of experiments is carried out to study the output characteristics of TEM. This paper shows how the hot side temperature affects the output performance of TEM. Finally, the data from the simulation and the experiment yields the prototype with 256 cm2 heat sink capable of producing 1-4.5 W at 200 °C from TEMs, and 2.3 W from 128 cm2 crystalline silicon solar cell under the global AM1.5 spectra (1000 W/m2). 11 30 2019 6172 6176 CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 10.35940/BEIESP.CrossMarkPolicy www.ijrte.org true 10.35940/ijrte.D5133.118419 https://www.ijrte.org/portfolio-item/D5133118419/