Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
Now showing items 121-140 of 1552
-
An Analysis of Multiple Actors in Urban Water Supply: Case of Langas Informal Settlement, Eldoret Municipality
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Provision of water in urban areas and particularly informal settlements has been a challenge to many governments all around the world and especially in developing countries. Numerous research has been conducted in search ... -
Static Security Assessment of the Kenyan Power System Using Contingency Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Static Security Assessment of the Kenyan Power System using contingency analysis. The demand for reliable power supply in Kenya has been driven by increased industrialization however, the reliability of the Kenyan Power ... -
Utilization of Built Environment to Address Food Poverty in Public Schools in Mombasa County
(University of Nairobi, 2023)feeding programmes have played a vital role in facilitating meals for many pupils in public primary and pre-primary schools in Kenya since 1980. The role of schools in the society has evolved becoming multi-sectoral through ... -
A Comparative Evaluation of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Internal and Outsourced Public Project Management in Kenya: the Case of the Urban Development Department Projects
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The aim of this study was to do a comparative evaluation of the efficiency of the internally managed and outsourced public project management in Kenya. Kenya is anticipated to be predominantly urban by 2030. This projected ... -
Innovation of Acoustic Interior Design to Improve Audio Quality for Home-based Telecommuters in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Introduction: Working from home became more widespread in Nairobi during the year 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic was in full effect. Meanwhile, the Kenyan government had issued a shelter-in-place directive. Although restrictive ... -
Urban Sprawl and Its Impact on the Morphology of Homa Bay Town
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Rapid urbanization is experienced across the developing world with the fastest growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. The migration of people from rural to urban areas in search of better education, jobs, and higher living standards ... -
Optimization of Drilling of Volcanics Section in an Oil/gas Well.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The efficiency of the well drilling procedure is influenced by the drill bit, its characteristics, its hydraulics, and the downhole tools. During the well drilling at AMOSING 2, Block 10BB, the parameters selected in this ... -
Development of Battery/supercapacitor Hybrid Energy Storage Scheme for Grid Connected Solar Pv Source
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Though attempts for solving the problem of variability of renewable energy (RE) sources have been mitigated through the single energy storages, a gap still exists on the reliability and quality of power produced. The ... -
Emissions of Vehicular Traffic Along Uhuru Highway Corridor in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Uhuru Highway Corridor is a road segment of the northern corridor (A8) in Nairobi city. It is one of the busiest and congestion-prone highways in Nairobi covering approximately 3.7 kilometers spanning between Lusaka ... -
System Design and Levelized Cost of Electricity Assessment for Solar Pv Electrification: Case Study of Kalisasi Village, Mwingi Sub-county, Kitui County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)There is significant evolution underway in the electric power sector, with increased harnessing of renewable energy sources (RES) and efforts to decarbonize the energy system. Not only has technological innovation driven ... -
Solar-diesel-storage Hybrid Electrical Energy Access System Design and Optimization: Case of Unhcr Sub-office in Dadaab, Garissa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The world’s latest strive involves the eradication of conventional fossil fuel utilization in electricity production. This is not only expensive but contributes a lot towards climatic change through the increased production ... -
Investigation of Natural Diatomite Sorption Properties for Application in Radioactive Waste Management
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study has focused on characterizing diatomite samples from the Kariandusi Mining area, Kenya, for its possible application as a low-cost sorbent for radioactive ions of Ba, Co and Zn. The analysis of the chemical ... -
Analysing Dynamics of Biofuel Production Among Smallholder Farmers in Laikipia East Sub-county, Laikipia, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Biofuels have globally become important in the recent past due to the fact that countries are struggling to deal with the challenges of the increasing prices of fossil fuels and global warming. The demand for energy increases ... -
Energy Performance Analysis of Geothermal Drilling Rigs in Menengai, Nakuru
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Economics of drilling a geothermal well continues to be of great concern to drilling companies worldwide including KenGen and GDC in Kenya. Globally, focus has been placed on climate change, global warming, ... -
Urban Water Demand, Supply and Health Outcomes in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Introduction: This thesis provides evidence to inform strategies on provision and access of clean drinking water in Nairobi city through provision of data on multi-year patterns on water distribution, association with ... -
Design and Modelling of a Microcontroller Based Automatic Transfer Switch With a Sequential Loading System
(University of Nairobi, 2022) -
Spatial Analysis of the Extent to Which Cadastral Survey Maps Are Updated in Kenya (Case Study of Rageng’ni Registration Section)
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study is based on the analysis of extent to which cadastral maps are updated in Kenya (A case study of Ragengni Registration section). The study objectives were; to analyze the extent to which the Cadastral Survey ... -
Shear Strength Behaviour of Vertisols : Case of Rice Growing in Mwea Irrigation Scheme
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Rice growing vertisol soils at Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya are routinely subjected to dry ploughing prior to establishment of a new crop. During ploughing, the soil experiences varying levels of induced shear stress ... -
Characteristics of Cinder Gravel as Road Pavement Construction Material in Meru County, Kenya Science in Civil Engineering
(University of nairobi, 2022)The availability of suitable road construction materials that meet the specification requirements are becoming scarce and therefore the use of marginal materials presents challenges during construction and performance when ... -
Influence of the Quality of Structural Engineering Design on Cost Certainty of High-rise Building Projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(University of nairobi, 2022)Clients are increasingly demanding a high degree of cost certainty from their project design teams to ensure that their building projects are completed within the budgeted resources. However this objective has been negated ...
