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The village polytechnic progress, prospects and problems, a case study of Nyandarua district
(Department of Land Development, University of Nairobi, 1990-04)This project paper gives the overall findings of a study designed to assess the performance of village polytechnics in Nyandarua District in terms of the promotion of rural development, the attitude of trainees to ... -
Voltage stability improvement by construction of parallel transmission lines - Case study – Western Kenya Region.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)An integrated power system in any given economy is anticipated to provide steady and reliable power sufficient for peak loads. Several challenges have been witnessed in diverse power grids, despite research having been ... -
Volunteered geographic information: application to community based policing
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Waste Heat Recovery From Boiler Stack
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Steam is generated in pressured vessels called boilers. The cost to industry to generate steam is substantial, typically up to 40% of total expenditure. In operating the boilers, efforts are made to have and keep the ... -
Waste Minimization Strategies For Sustainable Interior Design
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This thesis project report is based on waste minimization strategies for sustainable interior design. Conventionally, interior design was viewed as a one-dimensional practice which was basically to offer beautiful spaces ... -
Wastewater reclamation by solar distillation
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Water allocation assessment: A study of hydrological simulation on Mukurumudzi River Basin
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The flow at RGS 3KD06 on 13/03/2013 was estimated at approximately 0.006 m3/s (520 m3/d), which is 53% of the lowest recorded daily flow for March (0.011.28 m3/s, 974 m3/d). The concerns regarding the low flows on the ... -
Water And Wastewater Infrastructure Improvement Projects In Informal Settlements: A Case Study Of Kisip Project In Kcc Village, Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Water and waste water infrastructure service provision is essential for human survival, health and dignity. Human settlements should develop with adequate water and waste water infrastructure services, but in real situation, ... -
Water supply and delivery problems in Kiteta location of Makueni district
(Department of Urban & Regional Planning, University of Nairobi, 1994-08)Problems of remoteness, difficulties in obtaining water, maintenance of schemes and unreliability in flow are common issues in water supply systems. Where improved supplies are far or inaccessible to the users, traditional ... -
Water supply projects in Kenya: A guide for practitioners
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Wavelet Based Denoising Methods For Magnetic Resonance Images
(UoN, 2019)Magnetic resonance medical imaging is one of the diagnostic methods used today in cardiograph, mammography and brain tumor analysis as well as many other applications. They are acquired using gradient coil when magnetic ... -
Wear and performance characteristics of some polymers in piston water pumps
(2004)In this project, wear tests were performed on selected plastic materials to determine their suitability for constructing low cost durable piston water pumps to be used in Kenya. In the pump design, the cylinder was to ... -
Wear and performance characteristics of some polymers in piston water pumps
(Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1994-07)In this project, wear tests were performed on selected plastic materials to determine their suitability for constructing low cost durable piston water pumps to be used in Kenya. In the pump design, the cylinder was to ... -
Web Mapping of Improvised Explosive Device (Ied) Incidents in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This project reviewed existing Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Incidents data from different sources, cleaned it up and used the data to develop a reliable IED incidents geodatabase for Kenya. This database was then used ... -
Web-based GIS borehole information management system: a case study of Wajir county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)In Kenya, just as it is in most parts of the world, natural resources are being depleted at high rates. In particular, the extraction of groundwater via boreholes has been going on for over half a century in Kenya. The ... -
Web-based mapping of water supply in low income urban areas: a case study of Westlands District of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)Water supply in low income urban areas is a huge challenge in many towns in Kenya. The nature and location of the areas presents a big challenge to water service providers as most of these areas are not planned and therefore ... -
A web-based spatial management information system for institutions of justice in Nairobi City County
(University of Nairobi, 2015-05)The manner in which geographic data is acquired, processed and applied continues to change with advancing technology. This study focused on the development of a web-based spatial management information system for the justice ... -
Webgis parking management system for Voi town
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Urban transport faces several challenges, among the most important being the time-consuming challenge of finding and accessing parking spaces by automobile users. In Voi Town, the problems associated with parking include ... -
Wind Data Logging and Validation Using Telecommunication Base Station Infrastructure
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Meteorological stations form the basic units for the existing wind monitoring network in Kenya. Siting of a typical Greenfield mobile telecommunication Base Station (BS) has traditionally followed similar principles to ... -
Wind Regime Analysis And Reserve Estimation (case Study: - Kenya)
(University of NairobiDepartment of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, 2013)Kenya is becoming increasingly vulnerable to the low water levels in its major dams caused by recurrent droughts. This has resultedin the deployment of expensive thermal power generation for both standby and base load ...