Browsing by Author "ALABI, AB"

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    Characterization of Marble-Clay Composite as Alternative To Conventional Bricks in Building
    (University of Port Harcourt, 2018) ALABI, AB; UTHMAN, YB; AKINSOLA, SI; OSANYINLUSI, O
    The usability of marble as an additive material with clay in industrial brick has been investigated. Marble was collected from the marble deposit located at Igbeti (latitude 80 45l longitude 40 8l E.), and the red clay was collected at University of Ilorin, Ilorin (latitude 80 32lN and longitude 4034l E), both in Nigeria. Marble and Clay were processed for the preparation of the composite. The two materials were mixed in varying proportion of marble, ranging from 0 wt. % to 45 %. The mixture was made into bricks with size 6.0 x 7.0 x 2.0 cm. Ten sample bricks of different marble composition were prepared. These bricks were compressed and heated at a temperature of 950 0C for 2 hours. Water absorption and thermal conductivity tests were carried out on the samples. It was observed that the amount of marble added had positive effect on the physical and mechanical strength of the produced brick. The results also show that increase in percentage of marble will be of good advantage in keeping the house warm during raining season as observed from the thermal conductivity test.
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    Optimization of Absorber Layer and Operating Temperature of Copper Indium Gallium Selenide Solar Cells Using Different Metal Contacts
    (University of Port Harcourt, 2022-02) SALAWU, MA; LAWRENCE, JB; EZIKE, SC; MUHAMMAD, S; OSANYINLUSI, O; ALABI, AB
    Device simulation was employed to investigate the effect of metal back contact electrodes on the performance of n-type CdS/p-CIGS thin film solar cells using varying thicknesses of absorber layer at operating temperature of 300K. The effect of working temperatures was also studied from 300K to 400K in steps of 10K. The simulations were carried out using standard solar cell capacitance simulator (SCAPS) 3.3.03 version software. The results showed better efficiencies at the optimized thickness of 3µm for all the back contact electrodes under study. The maximum efficiencies of 17.5 %, 15.5 %, 11.5 %, 3.5 % and 3 % were estimated for CIGS thin film solar cell at 300 K for platinum, gold, cobalt, silver and copper back contact electrodes respectively. The efficiency decreases as the operating temperatures increases from 300 K to 400 K. It is recommended that the optimized thickness of 3 µm is appropriate as absorber layer for efficient and cost effective CIGS thin film solar cells for economic reasons.