Engineering

Groundwater pollution(or contamination), occurs when unwanted substances called pollutants, seep from the land surface into the groundwater during the groundwater recharge process. As per data available, more than 12 million people in India were affected by Arsenic in 2019, which is a lethal groundwater pollutant. Drinking arsenic-rich water over a longer period may cause cancer,…

The growing demand for groundwater due to the ever-rising global population has encouraged us to look for means to suffice it. Along with the efforts for managing groundwater, its resources, and taking steps to combat its pollution, artificial recharge is one among the list. What is Groundwater Recharge? Talking about natural groundwater recharge, it’s the…

Have you ever wondered the water you drink where it comes from? The fresh drinking water originates from rain and snow-melt and gets stored in the region called aduifers lying below the earth’s surface. This article will explain in detail about groundwater, its recharge process, and you’ll also understand why it’s managing groundwater resources is…

We all know that energy can neither be created nor be destroyed, it’s just converted from one form to another. But this does require effort and expenditure for that conversion to make it into use. And most importantly, it doesn’t make us immune to its scarcity. The world is already fraught with the increasing demand…

There’s an urgent need to address the issue of groundwater scarcity all around the world. As per a report of June 2019, 65% of the total groundwater reservoirs in India have below-normal water levels. Another report from National Institute for Transforming India(NITI) states around 200,000 people in India die each year due to a lack…

Our world is already fraught with rising energy demands. As per the data available, the total energy consumption of the world is expected to increase by 48% before 2040, says a report published by US Energy Information Administration(EIA). But favorably, employing an energy management system(EMS) in a building – that aims to make use of…

You might not be surprised knowing that out of the 30 most polluted cities of the world, 21 belong to India. As 51% of the air pollution source is industrial stack emissions, this demands an urgent need of regulating the parameters of stack emissions thrown by industries into the open air. So, in this article,…

This article will tell you about water management and its importance. And we’ll also introduce to you our Groundwater Resource Management(or monitoring) System – The Sustainability Cloud. What is Water Management? Contrary to the previous beliefs, water is a finite commodity and needs to efficiently manage to prevent its scarcity in the future. Water management…

Monitoring of wastewater parameters in a Common Effluent Treatment Plant is a challenging task due to the intake of wastes, having diverse properties & composition, from various industries. Hence it is difficult to set boundary conditions on the measurement. UV/VIS spectroscopy is an efficient method for continuous monitoring. This method is based on Beer-Lambert’s absorption…

Starting has been a perpetual issue with motors. The starting current is high resulting in shaky start and related harms to shafts, gears, belts and so on. This problem can be reduced to some extent by using star /delta converter and VFD. Soft starters have been helpful in solving these problems apart from saving electrical energy. …