Browsing School of Physical Sciences (Phys-Sciences) Collection by Type
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Design and construction of an automatic low-cost fire alarm.
(Makerere University., 2022-10-14)An automatic fire alarm system is designed to detect the unwanted presence of fire by monitoring the radiations from any burning material at any given temperature. Fire is a reaction in which fuel molecules become oxidized. ... -
Design and construction of an automatic voltage stabilizer for tv sets and refrigerator
(Makerere University, 2022-05-03)In many developed and developing countries power systems plays important role in many industries and electrical networks. At the modern era because of demand of power, many people are using electricity in most of the ... -
Design and Construction of an Electrostatic Precipitator.
(Makerere University., 2023-08-01)The project "A Smoke Precipitator" aims to design and construct a functional and cost-effective alternative for mitigating air pollution caused by particulate matter emissions. The generation of waste particles, including ... -
Design and construction of an evaporative cooler for tomatoes.
(Makerere University., 2022-09-23)An electrically powered evaporative cooling system was designed and constructed to increase the shelf life of the stores vegetables. The evaporative cooler was tested and evaluated using tomatoes. The equipment operates ... -
Design and construction of an LDR based sun tracking system for a parabolic dish solar collector
(Makerere University, 2023-06-30)This project involves building a sun tracker with360 degrees capability to follow and concentrate the sun's rays. The circuit uses a voltage divider consisting of Light Dependent Resistors(LDRs) to detect the position ... -
The design and construction of clap switch device
(Makerere University, 2022-09-12)At the time when someone claps in front of the microphone, the sound signal is converted into the electrical signal by the condenser microphone. This weak signal is then amplified by a transistor. The amplified signal ... -
Design and construction of thermometric refrigerator
(Makerere University, 2020-12-22)The main objective of this project is to provide a cheap refrigerator that uses peltier effect process to cool substances. The project has been designed, constructed, tested and was found to meet up with the design ... -
Design of a solar seed sowing machine.
(Makerere University, 2021-12-14)The project aimed at designing a solar seed sowing machine that will help both small and large scale farmers to reduce the cost incurred during production. The machine is cost effective since it does not use fuel that is ... -
Design of a system that detects the magnitude of lightning sound2
(Makerere University, 2021-12-20)This research project designed a simple system that can be used to detect the magnitude of lightning sound. it is widely known that the meteorology department in Uganda has not been effective enough to acknowledge all ... -
Design of an oil gas separator using Aspen HYSYS
(Makerere University, 2021-02-25)Oil in it's natural form is a composition of various components which include the three phases i.e water, oil and gas. On this, to separate oil and use it for it's commercial importance, the three phases must be separated ... -
Designing a programmed thief pitfall trap
(Makerere University, 2020-12-18)One may realize that the security agents usually tend to protect the lives of other people but leaving theirs at a risk. Of course a criminal wouldn’t wish to be captured and so they would try to do anything against a guard ... -
Designing a temperature sensor
(Makerere University, 2021-12-15)A temperature sensor is a device that automatically stabilizes the temperature of a system. The major aim of this project was to design and construct a device that switches on and off a fan automatically at set intervals ... -
Designing and construction of an Automatic Water Pump level indicator.
(Makerere University., 2023-07-11)This report presents the design and performance of an automatic water pump level indicator for multiple water tanks using ATMEGA and FPGA. The system consists of two HC-SR04 Ultrasonic transceivers that generate ultrasonic ... -
Designing of an automatic chalk board or smart board duster.
(Makerere University., 2021-12-20)This project solves the complications encountered by teachers while manually erasing writings on the chalkboard. It is an automatic chalkboard duster driven by a motor and it is mounted on rails for easy to and fro movements. ... -
Designing waste water treatment plant for Medipharm pharmaceutical industries (EA) limited.
(Makerere University., 2023-08-01)The study was carried out at Medipharm Industries East Africa (EA) to design a waste water treatment plant (WWTP). Medipharm being a pharmaceutical industry requires clean and safe water in the manufacturing processes and ... -
Determination and assessment of heavy metal content in a channelized stream in Jinja
(Makerere University, 2023-03-13)The purpose of the study was to investigate the levels of metal pollution in the stream wastewater. However, increased anthropogenic activities has increased the potential pollution of the stream especially the heavy metal ... -
Determination of calorific values of vegetable oils using the calorific bomb method.
(Makerere University., 2009-08-18)The topic of study was to determine the calorific values of vegetable oils using the Calorific bomb method. The mineral oil samples used were collected from varying petrol Stations. Four samples of vegetable oils were ... -
Determination of Coagulation activities(Moringa Oleifera and Opuntia microdasys) Bio Coagulants during water treatment.
(Makerere University., 2023-12-14)This research was aimed at determining the coagulation activities of Moringa oleifera and Opuntia microdasys bio-coagulants during treatment of water that is used in the production of different milk products. The turbidity ... -
Determining the effect of magnesium oxide on the clinkering, physical and mechanical properties of cement, at Tororo cement Uganda limited.
(Makerere University., 2024-01-04)The effect of MgO on the composition and properties of alite-sulphoaluminate cement clinker with commercial grade raw materials such as limestone ,clay gypsum and fly ash as starting materials has been depending in order ... -
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 ...