Asiedu, E. L.; Mireku-Gyimah, D.; Kamasa, K; Otoo, H.(Ghana Journal of Technology, 2020-09-01)
Testing the efficiency of the financial market is of much importance to investors who wish to hold diversifiable assets. This paper analysed the weak form market efficiency hypothesis for five sectors of the Ghana stock ...
Asiedu-Asante, A. B.; Ofosu, R. A.(Ghana Journal of Technology, 2020-09-01)
Owing to the advantages Photovoltaic (PV) systems possess over other renewable energy sources, more resources have been diverted into their advancement in recent years. These advantages combined with the increasing energy ...
Normanyo, E.; Dadzie, G.(Ghana Journal of Technology, 2020-09-01)
The objective of this study is to establish the relationship between weather parameters such as rainfall, temperature, wind speed and relative humidity and power interruption of a 33 kV feeder and to develop an Artificial ...
Normanyo, E.; Amo-Aidoo, K.(Ghana Journal of Technology, 2020-09-01)
The primary objective of every industry is to optimise production at preferably lower costs. These industries make use of electric motors for their operations and the mining industry is no exception. Often is the notion ...
Asiedu-Asante, A. B.; Normanyo, E.(Ghana Journal of Technology, 2020-09-01)
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems have taken center stage in industrial automated systems. In most processing plants, the power distribution network is not subjected to SCADA whilst a SCADA system ...
The lack of exploration successes in the savannah regions of Ghana may be attributed to the lack
of understanding the regolith distribution and characteristics, exploration issues, the
characteristics of gold deposits ...
Vertical and lateral mine developments have conventionally been performed by drill-and blast. In this paper mine development advance rates are tracked through the 1800s to date.
The records indicate, that while advance ...
Marfo, S. A.; Appah, D.; Joel, O. F.; Ofori-Sarpong, G.(University of Mines and Technology, 2017)
Compressive strength is a critical parameter for the success of chemical sand consolidation operations in oil wells. Predicting
the right compressive strength is affected by factors such as curing time, bottomhole ...
Amorin, R.; Dosunmu, A.; Amankwah, R.(University of Mines and Technology, 2017)
A typical oil well may generate between 1 000 and 1 500 tonnes of drilled cuttings with average oil retention of 15% which
are generally discharged into the sea. This activity affects vast areas around the drilling sites ...
Aakyiir, M. N.; Dankwah, J. R.(University of Mines and Technology, 2017)
Different ores of iron have responded differently when subjected to various technologies of iron ore reduction. The Pudo
iron ore in the Upper West Region of Ghana is known to exist in two forms; a low grade iron (in the ...
Gordon, J. J. K.; Asiam, E. K.(University of Mines and Technology, 2017)
The conventional chemical used in the neutralisation of biooxidation effluents is lime. The search for cheaper and readily
available alternative reagents has been the motivation for a number of researches. This paper ...
Oppong, F.; Van Der Spuy, S.J; Von Backstrȯm, T.W.; Lacina Diaby, A.(University of Mines and Technology, 2017)
The deployment of Micro Gas Turbine (MGT) engines in unmanned aerial vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, and small
power plant applications is increasingly becoming popular due to their high power to weight ratios. In ...
This paper investigates flexible pavements designed using CBR methods subjected to fatigue
and rutting strain analysis. The experiment was investigated with the layered elastic analysis
software EVERSTRESS. The three ...
Cape Three Points which is the southern most town in Ghana has widely been in the news as a
result of the discovery of oil and gas in commercial quantities along the coastal areas of the town
(known as Jubilee Fields). ...
The provision of boreholes is the best option for providing reliable and safe drinking water to
rural populations in Ghana. Key to the success of these efforts is the proper management of
the boreholes by the beneficiary ...
Aluminium trihydroxide (-AlOH)3) or gibbsite crystallization in alumina (Al2O3) refineries
is a pivotal step in the Bayer process for commercial production of alumina and aluminium
metal from bauxite ores. Since the ...
Delays are frequently encountered on a daily basis in open pit shovel-truck operations. A greater
portion of these delays which are avoidable or reducible to the barest minimum if well managed
can significantly reduce ...
Thermodynamic systems are analysed using two essential tools (The Energy and Exergy
Analysis). However, system analysis based on the energy law (quantity) alone is deceptive,
because the exergy law shows that energy has ...
Exploration for uranium-mineralized breccia pipes in northwestern Arizona, USA, has generated
interests for several years. These deposits contain high-grade uranium ore and by-products such
as Ag, Au, Cu, Pb, Zn, and V. ...
Adjei, G.; Acquah, J.; Al–Hassan, S.(University of Mines and Technology, 2017)
Increasing global competition in the business world and heightened expectations of customers have forced companies to
consider not only the pricing or product quality, but also reliability and timeliness of deliveries. ...