Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Sulfide Toxicity in Anaerobic Systems Fed Sulfate and Various Organics.
(1993)Upflow anaerobic filters fed acetate and propionate, and completely mixed, suspended growth reactors fed acetate, propionate, lactate, and glucose were used to investigate the effect of electron donor and reactor type on ... -
Trends in Heavy Metal and Faecal Coliform levels in the Rivers of the Nairobi Region and Measures to reduce this Pollution.
(2005)he Nairobi, Ngong and Mathare are among the major rivers traversing the city of Nairobi, Kenya\'s capital city. The Ngong and Mathare rivers are both tributaries of the Nairobi River. The Nairobi river flows through the ... -
Cheap Engineering Solutions in Conservation of Natural Resources in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands,
(2006)Traditional economic behaviour is very much influenced by the environment. In the absence of sophisticated technology, environmental control over livelihood patterns and means of production becomes almost absolute. Since ... -
Assessment of the Biological Treatability of Black Tea Processing Effluent..
(2007)The anaerobic degradability of tea beverage processing effluent was assessed using a stationary upflow anaerobic filter. The filter, with an active column of 1.2m height, inner diameter of 100 mm and filled with rock as ... -
"Present and Future Energy Demand in Industry and Services Sector in Kenya
(1980)Energy service companies (ESCOs) are expected to play an important role in promoting energy efficiency in countries outside of the US. However, there have been no studies examining the current level of ESCO activity ... -
"Patterns of Transportation Household Energy Use of a Secondary City in East Africa
(1997)There is renewed optimism about the potential for leapfrogging in the rural energy sector of East Africa. By adopting highly efficient and renewable technologies many believe the region can rapidly bypass the conventional ... -
"Energy and Air Quality Assessment in Transport Industry in Kenya
(1999)We examine the links between fossil-fuel-based transportation, greenhouse-gas emissions, and health. Transport-related carbon emissions are rising and there is increasing consensus that the growth in motorised land vehicles ... -
"A Review of Commercial Renewable Energy Initiatives in Kenya
(1999)The objective of this paper is to provide a summary overview of the African energy sector and briefly examine the nexus of poverty and energy in the region. While the paper uses continent-wide data, the emphasis is placed ... -
Design Criteria Considerations of Pedestrian Crossings: The Case of a Major Arterial in Nairobi
(2001)raffic congestion is reaching intolerable levels in many metropolitan areas in both developed and developing countries. New building developments are considered one of the major causes of congestion-re ... -
Household Travel and Activity Diary: An East African Experience in Transport Survey Methodology
(2004)Public and non-motorised transport facilities in urban centres in Africa are less than what is justified by the demand. This may be due to the way the urban transportation problem has been formulated and travel surveys ... -
An Energy Use Model for a Secondary City in a Developing Country.
(2004)This paper identifies mechanisms whereby urbanization affects energy consumption. Industrialization and urbanization accompany each other during economic development, but urbanization exerts a number of independent influences ... -
Accessibility Modelling for a Developing Economy: The Case of Inter-regional Traffic Flows in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(2004)Attention to participatory watershed management is increasing across the developing world as soil erosion continues to degrade agricultural land; reservoirs and irrigation infrastructure are clogged with sediment. The ... -
Water and Sanitation Services in Low Income Areas of Nairobi
(1994)This paper provides an overview of the state of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) by local authorities in Kenya as a case study of a low-income developing country. Approaches of possible solutions that can be undertaken ... -
Development of Parametric Numbers in Filter-bed Flocculation
(2002)This paper reviews the various geometric and hydrodynamic representations of flow in granular beds and proposes a model for prediction of the parameters that are pertinent in flocculation process in a filter bed – the ... -
Computer Simulation of Orthokinetic Flocculation in a Filterbed
(2004)The rational for application of direct filtration in water treatment with omission of the conventional coagulation processes has been a subject of discussion since the inception of direct filters. Among the questions asked ... -
Performance of Crushed Coconut Shell Dual Media Filter Paper.
(2004)The high cost of conventional building materials is a major factor affecting housing delivery in Nigeria. This has necessitated research into alternative materials of construction. This paper presents the results of an ... -
Human Resources Development for the Water Sector in the Next Decade
(1990)Globalisation is not a single phenomena, and it has become a catch-all concept to describe a range of trends and forces that impact our environment in many ways. Economic globalisation, under the aegis of the so called ... -
Understanding Family Planning, Facts and Misconceptions
(1992)The greatest number of barriers to the effective use of contraception was seen among non-US-born Hispanic women. Fewer differences emerged between US-born Hispanics and whites, although differences continued to exist between ... -
The Community Participatory AIDS Murals
(2001)Objectives To show how providing cameras to patients and community residents can be effective at involving the public in generating understanding of consumer, community, and health system problems and strengths. Background ... -
Towards a rainwater model village
(2004)Poor availability of water and pastures has been identified as the single most important factor constraining productivity of livestock in Tanzania. Many smallholder livestock keepers have responded to the problem of shortage ...
