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Development and design of an Automatic Irrigation System.
(Makerere University, 2020-12-11)
Manual/mechanical irrigation has led to wastage of water and is labour intensive. There is therefore, need to develop an automatic irrigation system which can sense the moisture content and determine when to switch on/off ...
The adsorption of volatile organic compounds
(Makerere University, 2021-03-24)
Volatile organic compounds (vocs) discharged into the environment cause negative and health hazards. In the recent years adsorption process has been employed to aid in the remediation process of VOC removal. In this project ...
Finding means of recovering ALUM (Coagulant) from the waste sludge to be reused as a coagulant.
(Makerere University, 2020-05-07)
Alum is used in the coagulation of raw water in almost all water treatment plants worldwide. Thousands of tons of alum are used annually in water treatment plants across the country costing millions of dollars. This ...
The use of scrap tires in tororo cement limited as supplementally kiln fuel for the dry cement process
(Makerere University, 2021-02-26)
The use of tyre- derived fuel (TDF) as a supplemental fuel in cement kilns provides solution to tyre disposal and cost reduction in the use of fossil fuels. This report presents the expected gaseous emissions from the co ...
Flocculant optimisation for efficient clarification in sugar processing industries
(Makerere University, 2020-12-17)
One of the main important processes of sugar production is the clarification process. This process involves settlement of the suspended particles of the sugar cane juice down to the bottom of the vessel by the aid of the ...
Generation of Hydrogen Gas by Direct Solar water splitting For Use as Fuel
(Makerere University, 2020-12)
Hydrogen consumption worldwide has become part of everyday life demand from different
people for cooking and fueling powered machines like motors, hydrogen cars and
so many other machines. However, this has led to increased ...
Determination of the optimal blend time for lumartem tablets using the double cone blender
(Makerere University, 2021-03-29)
Mixing is probably the most widely performed unit operation in pharmaceutical manufacturing, in fact, it is difficult to find a product where mixing is not involved in some stages of the process, It is difficult to determine ...
Wireless capacitive sensor for fluid level monitoring with indicator
(Makerere University, 2020-11)
Monitoring and recording physical conditions of the environment and organizing of collected data using low consuming devices is the current big thing. These sensor devices that are able to interact with wireless networks ...
Fabrication of a dynamo powered mobile phone charger
(Makerere University, 2021-12)
Bicycles are some of the most ubiquitous forms of transportation in the world and Uganda in particular with about 83.56 percent of the population in rural areas. Though there are many people riding bicycles, the mechanical ...
Variability of rainfall and temperature over Kampala due to yearly motion of the sun.
(Makerere University, 2021-04-09)
The analysis of the variability of rainfall and temperature over Kampala due to the motion of
the Sun has long been a controversial topic hampered in part by lack of empirical evidence and
the changing climate which ...