R & D Activities

R&D Activities 2011-2013

• Trace metal Content of Coal Used as a Fuel in Industrial and its Environmental Impact Assessment Study.
• Fabrication of Water Filters for Toxic Removal Using Indigenous Raw Materials.
• Comparative Studies on Bluing of Steel by Various Chemical Methods, on the Basis Of Economical Cost and Its Durability.
• Study on Expired Viscosity Standard Oils.
• Monitoring the efficiency of existing municipal wastewater treatment plant of Islamabad and proposing solutions for the problems / complications.
• Development of Kit of F1 Class Standard Masses for On-site Calibration of Precision Weighing Balances/Machines.
• Development of Calibration system for tachometer (optical) / Non-Contact type on Microcontroller Based (range: approx. 120,000 rpm).
• Development of Auto stopwatch Calibrator.

Publications

• Characterization of copper resistant ciliates – potential candidates for consortia of organisms used in bioremediation of wastewater. Raheela Chaudhry and Abdul Rauf Shakoori. 2011. African Journal of Biotechnology. 10(45): 9101-9113.
• “Extraction – Spectrophotometer determination of Cadmium (II) high molecular weight amine. Application of industrial effluents. Hajra Masood, M. Ishaq Ali Khan. Journal of Chemical Society of Pakistan, Vol. 33, No. 4, 2011.
• Identification of a new copper resistant protest isolate Tetrahymena RT-1 subsp. nov. Raheela Chaudhry and Abdul Rauf Shakoori Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 43(4):781-788, 2011.
• “Effect of sewage of Rawalpindi/Islamabad on water quality of Soan River with respect to Biological /Chemical oxygen demand”, Younas Kalim, Hajra Masood and Ishaq Ali Khan. Pak. Jr .Sci. ind .Res. Vol 55, June 2011.

Technical Reports

• Measurement and Monitoring of Air Quality in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi for the Fixation of Ericcson Mobile Tower.
• Environmental Examination of “Supreme Court Bar Association complex G-5/2 Islamabad, for QP Corp Lahore.

Repair & Maintenance Task during the Year - 2013

• Repair the supply system of Microcontroller based Master Clock(07 May, 2013).
• Design and install 24-V battery backup system for Rb. Frequency Standard, feeding Master Clock (29 May, 2013).
• Design and install 24-V battery backup system using 04-Nos of 7-Ahbatteries for NPSL PABX Exchange (10 June, 2013).
• Design and install 8-Nos of Dry batteries system for T&F Division’s UPS.
• Repair the UPS of Electrical Metrology Lab. NPSL.
• Repair Furnace of Material Section of NPSL.
• Repair Oven of Material Section of NPSL.
• Repair Gas Analyzer of Material Section of NPSL.
• Repair the UPS Customer Services Section of NPSL.
• Repair the Electrification System fault of Upgraded Metrology Lab. of NPSL.
• Repair the LCDs, Monitors etc. of different sections of NPSL.
• Troubleshooting of supply system of Microcontroller based Master Clock of T&FMD.
• Participated in preparing scheme and plan for a duty cycle generator.
• Troubleshooting and repair participation 02 nos. of UPS of Environmental Analytical Laboratory of NPSL.
• Repair the battery backup system of QMS NPSL.
• Repair Temperature Calibrator of Temperature Metrology Lab. NPSL