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Assessing the effect of sea shell powder on the swelling properties of expansive clay soils
(Makerere University, 2020-01)
Expansive clay soils show high volumetric changes with changes in moisture content. During wet season, they expand and upon evaporation during the dry season, they shrink. Because of this alternate swelling ...
Design and development of desktop application client software for running ILAB experiments.
(2020)
The project was about the design and the development of desktop application client software for running iLabs experiments. In the past years, internet labs were accessed through web browsers which required installation of ...
Assessing the Feasibility of integrating SITI MINI HYDROS onto the main Grid.
(2020-12-18)
Siti 1 (6.2 MW) and Siti 2 (16.5 MW) are off grid hydro power plants (HPPs) situated along
a Kwen-Bukwo-Suam UEDCL line, which is along the Mbale-Kumi 33kV Kapchorwa T-Off
network in Bukwo District in Eastern Uganda. The ...
Assessing the feasibility of integrating SITI MINI HYDROS onto the main grid.
(2020-12-18)
Siti 1 and Siti 2 hydro power plants (22.7 MW) are in Bukwo District in Eastern Uganda and
power produced by the two hydro power plants is used for local demand. However, integration
of these hydro power plants on to the ...
A Solar Home Energy Management System.
(2020-12-17)
High rise in the cost of centralized energy and the lack of the grid in remote areas has led to increased
demand for solar as a supplement to grid electricity or as a stand-alone source of energy. Solar is not
efficiently ...
Techno-economic feasibility analysis of solar PV water pumping systems in Kayunga District, Uganda Case study: Kawolokota Primary School
(Makerere University, 2020)
This study represents technical and economic analyses of solar Photovoltaic water pumping system in comparison with diesel water pumping in Uganda. Focusing on a case study in Kayunga district, Kawolokota Primary School, ...
Design and construction of a modern vacuum food storage container for preservation of perishable foods for a longer period of time.
(2020-12-18)
The world currently produces more than enough food to feed everyone, yet 815 million people (roughly 11% of the global population) went hungry in 2016, according to the U.N. By 2050, with the global population expected to ...
Design and implementation of an energy efficient DC induction cook stove
(Makerere University, 2020-12)
The operational costs of using electricity greatly outstrip costs of high-power devices like cookers and dc induction cook stoves. The available dc induction cook stoves work by converting low voltage DC to AC voltage which ...
Design and Implementation of a Smart Water Pressure and Flowrate Monitoring System.
(2020-12)
National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) loses about 1.7 billion Uganda Shillings every year in Non-Revenue Water (NRW) from leakages and bursts in its network. These leakages take several weeks to be identified ...
Design and construction of an Automated vehicle speed control system.
(2020-12)
Road transport is the most convenient and most used form of transport in Uganda. This makes its safety or lack-of a vital issue to address. This report is a documentation of the analysis of one the factors that contribute ...