MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

(Autonomous Institution – UGC, Govt. of India)

www.mrcet.ac.in
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Instructions for preparing Project Report

The B B. Tech Major Project Report Template folder includes:
1. Instructions for preparing B. Tech Major Project Report
2. Hard Cover template of B. Tech Major Project Report
3. Front pages of B. Tech Major Project Report (Certificate, Declaration, Acknowledgements,
Index, list of Tables, List of Figures etc.)
4. Main content template for B. Tech Major Project Report (Chapters’ 1, 2, 3, and 4;
References; Appendix etc.)
❖ Report Page Layout

✓ Paper Size : A4

✓ Margins : Top 1 Bottom 1 Right 1 Left 1.3

❖ Include certificate from project organization

❖ Font Setting for chapters’ 1, 2, 3, and 4; References; Appendix etc.:

✓ Use Times New Roman 14 bold (capitals) for chapter headings

✓ Use Times New Roman 12 bold (capitals) for main headings

✓ Use Times New Roman 12 bold (Smalls) for Sub/ sub-subheadings

✓ Use Times New Roman 12 normal for entire text

✓ Times New Roman (10 Size) for Header & Footers

❖ Report Formatting:

✓ Each paragraph should be justified (place cursor inside the paragraph and press control

J) and paragraph line spacing must be multiple at 2.

✓ Give one-line space between paragraphs

✓ Title of the Figure must be at the bottom of the Figure and Title of the Table must be above

the table.

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MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
(Autonomous Institution – UGC, Govt. of India)
www.mrcet.ac.in
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
❖ Project report submission:

✓ Soft copy of the Thesis document along with the source code is to be submitted along with

the Report

✓ Total Three HARD COPY BINDING copies to the department (One to the department,

second to the college library, third to the internal guide) plus one personal copy.

HOD

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 PROJECT TITLE

A Major Project Report Submitted

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
in
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

by
xxxxxx 15N31A0304
xxxxxx 15N31A0342
xxxxxx 15N31A0345

Under the guidance of

NAME OF THE GUIDE
Designation

MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UGC Autonomous Institution, Govt. of India
(Affiliated to JNTUH, Approved by AICTE, NBA &NAAC with ‘A’ Grade)
Secunderabad – 500100, Telangana State, India
www.mrcet.ac.in
20XX – 20XX
 TITLE OF THE PROJECT

A Major project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the
degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

by

Name of the student (Hall Ticket Number)

Name of the student (Hall Ticket Number)
Name of the student (Hall Ticket Number)

Under the guidance of

NAME OF THE GUIDE
Designation

MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
UGC Autonomous Institution, Govt. of India
(Affiliated to JNTUH, Approved by AICTE, NBA &NAAC with ‘A’ Grade)
Secunderabad – 500100, Telangana State, India
www.mrcet.ac.in
 MALLA REDDY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
UGC Autonomous Institution, Govt. of India
(Affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad, Approved by AICTE - Accredited by NBA & NAAC – ‘A’ Grade)
Secunderabad – 500100, Telangana State, India

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Major Project work entitled “Title of the Project” is carried out

by Name of the Student xxxxx (H.T.NO xxxx), in partial fulfillment for the award of

degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru

Technological University, Hyderabad during the academic year 20XX-20XX.

XXXXXXXX Prof. Dr A. N. R. Reddy

Internal Guide HOD

External Examiner

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(Certificate from Industry)

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that the project titled “xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” submitted to

Malla Reddy College of Engineering and Technology (UGC-Autonomous), affiliated to

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) for the award of the

degree of Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering is a result of original

research carried-out in this thesis. I understand that my report may be made electronically

available to the public. It is further declared that the project report or any part thereof has

not been previously submitted to any University or Institute for the award of degree or

diploma.

Name of Student(s) :

Hall Ticket Number(s):

Degree : Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering

Department : Mechanical Engineering

Title of the project :

_________________________________

(Names’ of the Students’)

Date:

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DEDICATION

(Optional)

-o0o-

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Acknowledgements are to be written by the students as per the sequence mentioned below

1) Dr VSK Reddy, Principal

2) Head of the Department

3) Internal Guide

4) Parents and other people who helped to complete the project

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 ABSTRACT

xxxxxx

(Max. 500 words)

Keywords:

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

Certificate from MRCET i

Certificate from industry (If any) ii

Declaration iii

Dedication (Optional)

Acknowledgement

Abstract

Table of Contents

List of Tables

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Problem statement 4

1.3 Scope of research 8

1.4 Research hypothesis 9

1.5 Objectives 10

1.6 Organization of the report 10

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 12

2.1 Background 12

2.14 Summary of literature review and research gap 71

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 73

3.1 Materials 73

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3.10 Summary of methodology 85

CHAPTER 4: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 87

4.13 Summary of results and discussion 163

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 164

5.1 Conclusion 164

5.2 Recommendations 1

REFERENCES

APPENDICES (if any)

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 LIST OF TABLES

Page

Table 2.1 xxxxxx

Table 2.2 Xxxx

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Page

Figure 2.1 xxxxxxxx

Figure 2.2 xxxxxxxxxxx

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

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 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction

The growing fossil fuel consumption in the road transportation and other commercial

sectors has explicit impact on environment,

…….

1.2 Problem statement

. …….

1.3 Scope of research

…….

1.4 Research hypothesis

Present research work was carried out in accordance with the following specific research

hypothesis

i. Natural …….

ii. The …….

1.5 Objectives

This research focuses on the following objectives

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 i. To design…….

ii. To produce …….

iii. To analyze…….

iv. To optimize …….

1.6 Organization of the thesis

This thesis is structured in five correlated chapters in following order.

Chapter 1 provides introduction to …….

Chapter 2 discusses state of the art literature review in ……..

Chapter 3 describes…….

Chapter 4 interprets theas obtained results ……..

Chapter 5 concludes the research and presents summary of research findings.

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 CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Background

Figure 2.1: Hubbert’s prediction curve for global crude-oil production over1850-
2200(Hubbert, 1956).

According to

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 Table 2.1: Major feedstocks ……..

Feedstock Country(s) used for biodiesel production

Animal fat Mexico, Canada, Ireland

Castor Brazil

Yellow grease Canada

Source: xxxxx…….

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2.2 Summary of literature review and research gap

The literature review indicates -------------------

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 CHAPTER 3

METHODOLOGY

3.1 Materials

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3.2 xxxxxx

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------------------- research group.

3.3 Summary of methodology

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 CHAPTER 4

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1 -----------

4.1.1 --------------

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4.2 Summary of results and discussion

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 CHAPTER 5

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1 Conclusion

a. According -------------------

b. -------------------

5.2 Recommendations

a. -------------------

b. -------------------.

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 REFERENCES

[1] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, M. D. S., &Hamdan, S. (2015).

Methanolysis of Crude Jatropha Oil using Heterogeneous Catalyst from the
seashells and Eggshells as Green Biodiesel. Asean Journal on Science and
Technology for Development, 32(1), 16–
30.http://ajstd.org/~ajstd/index.php/ajstd/article/view/9/8

[2] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam,M. S., Hamdan, S., &Maleque, M. A.
(2016). Biodiesel Production from Crude Jatropha Oil using a Highly Active
Heterogeneous Nanocatalyst by Optimizing Transesterification Reaction
Parameters. Energy & Fuels, 30(1), 334–343.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01899

[3] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, M. S., &Hamdan, S. (2017). Active Razor
Shell CaO Catalyst Synthesis for Jatropha Methyl Ester Production via
Optimized Two-Step Transesterification. Journal of Chemistry, 2017(1), 20.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1489218

[4] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, S., &Hamdan, S. (2017). Optimization of
Transesterification Parameters for Optimal Biodiesel Yield from Crude Jatropha
Oil Using a Newly Synthesized Seashell Catalyst. Journal of Engineering
Science and Technology, 12(10), 10.

[5] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, S., Hamdan,S., Rahman, M. R.,&Masjuki,
H. H.,(2018). Experimental evaluation of fatty acid composition influence on
Jatropha biodiesel physicochemical properties.Journal of Renewable and
Sustainable Energy, 10(1), 20. http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5018743

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 APPENDICES

Appendix A: Data (if any)

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 Appendix B: Publications (if any)

[1] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, M. D. S., &Hamdan, S. (2015).

Methanolysis of Crude Jatropha Oil using Heterogeneous Catalyst from the
seashells and Eggshells as Green Biodiesel. Asean Journal on Science and
Technology for Development, 32(1), 16–
30.http://ajstd.org/~ajstd/index.php/ajstd/article/view/9/8

[2] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam,M. S., Hamdan, S., &Maleque, M. A.
(2016). Biodiesel Production from Crude Jatropha Oil using a Highly Active
Heterogeneous Nanocatalyst by Optimizing Transesterification Reaction
Parameters. Energy & Fuels, 30(1), 334–343.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b01899

[3] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, M. S., &Hamdan, S. (2017). Active Razor
Shell CaO Catalyst Synthesis for Jatropha Methyl Ester Production via
Optimized Two-Step Transesterification. Journal of Chemistry, 2017(1), 20.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1489218

[4] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, S., &Hamdan, S. (2017). Optimization of
Transesterification Parameters for Optimal Biodiesel Yield from Crude Jatropha
Oil Using a Newly Synthesized Seashell Catalyst. Journal of Engineering
Science and Technology, 12(10), 10.

[5] Reddy, A. N. R., Saleh, A. A., Islam, S., Hamdan,S., Rahman, M. R.,&Masjuki,
H. H.,(2018). Experimental evaluation of fatty acid composition influence on
Jatropha biodiesel physicochemical properties.Journal of Renewable and
Sustainable Energy, 10(1), 20. http://aip.scitation.org/doi/full/10.1063/1.5018743

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