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Optimal Under - voltage Load Shedding using Cuckoo Search with Levy Flight Algorithm for Voltage Stability Improvement
(2015)Voltage stability has become a serious threat of modern power system operation nowadays. To tackle this problem properly, load shedding is a countermeasure taken as a last resort. However, its consequences ... -
Optimisation of a Cyclone Combustor to Burn Bagasse (A numerical simulation and experimental validation based on cylindrical particle model)
(University of Nairobi,College of Architecture and Engineering, 2002)Optimisation of a Cyclone Combustor to Burn Bagasse (A numerical simulation and experimental validation based on cylindrical particle model) -
Optimising Voltage Profile Of Distribution Networks With Distributed Generation
(2012)Power utility companies are required to supply customers with power within specified voltage limits. Voltage rise in networks with distributed generators therefore poses a challenge. This paper presents a coordinated ... -
Optimization of the Angle of Frog in Mouldboard Tillage Operations in Sandy Clay Soil
(2015)This paper investigated the effect of three independent variables including: tillage speed (ranges of below 2.5 m/s and between 2.5 m/s and 5 m/s), tillage depth (range of 10 cm from 0 cm to 30 cm) and frog angle (30° 40°, ... -
The Optimization of the Surface Roughness of Milled Polypropylene + 60wt.% Quarry Dust Composite Using the Taguchi Technique
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This study is based on the optimization of the parameters that influence the computer numerical control (CNC) milling operation during the machining of polypropylene+60wt.% quarry dust composite. The input parameters studied ... -
Optimized hybrid green power model for remote telecom sites
(2012)In the light of past attempts to provide universal access to telephony and data connectivity, this paper outlines a new telecom architecture tailored to the needs of rural India, the Micro Telecom technology. It presents ... -
Optimized Routing and Component Placement to Improve the Continuity And Uniformity of the PCBPIFL Antenna’s Co-Planar Ground Plane to Achieve an Overall Improved Antenna Performance
(2015)A ground plane forms the other half for quarter wave PCB antennas. Integration of these type of antennas with other components within the same PCB of a mobile device compromise the uniformity and continuity of the ground ... -
Optimizing the location of base transceiver stations in mobile communication network planning: case study of the Nairobi central business district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Optimal signal coverage has always been a fundamental issue for cellular network operators. Other issues related to capacity, quality of service and cost efficiency are also rapidly gaining prominence. In order to determine ... -
The Optimum Density Of Poly-Urethane Foam–Design Of A Shear Fatigue Tester
(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1986) -
Organic Architecture
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Organic architecture was invented by Frank Lloyd Wright to define is architectural designs. Wright was inspired by one of the people he looked up to, by the name Louis Sullivan. Organic architecture refers to use of organic ... -
Origin of The Swahili Stone House and The Dual Nature of Swahili Urbanism
(Africa Habitat, 2020-12-23)Swahili architecture is characterised by grandeur stone houses on one side and earth-and-wattle houses on the other. By considering the concept of transculturation as introduced by Felipe Hernandez et al. (2005), and ... -
Origin, application, and design of the fanya juu terrace
(1991)The fanya juu terrace is a structural method of soil conservation that has been widely practiced on small, labour-intensive farms in Kenya. Attempts have been made to introduce it elsewhere as well. "Fanya juu" is the ... -
The Origins and Valuation
(1988)Cost-benefit analysis-applying economic reasoning to increasingly complex health policy decisions-continues to be a source of vehement disagreement among its practitioners. More than merely technical issues in measurement ... -
Outdoor external doses in the high background radiation areas of Lambwe east location in southwestern Kenya
(Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology, University of Nairobi, 2013-07-31)Soils and rocks from a number of areas underlied by carbonatite rocks in Kenya have been associated with high radioactivity. A study, comprising background radiation measurements, and radioecological and health surveys ... -
Overstrain in flush optimal-chamfered cross-bored cylinders
(2006)A three-dimensional finite-element method computer program was developed to establish the elastic—plastic, residual, and service stress distributions in cylinders with flush and non-protruding optimal-chamfered cross-bores ... -
Overview of Pedestrians and Cyclist issues in Nairobi
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nairobi, 1998) -
An overview of small scale stone crusher Industry in Western Kenya in the proceedings of the 20th Engineers International conferenc
(College of Architecture and Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2013) -
An Overview Of The Key Issues In The Draft National Land Policy
(Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Nairobi, 2009) -
The owner occupier democracy and violation of building by-laws
(2009)This research is based on a case study of Buru Buru estate, the biggest middle class residential estate in Nairobi, Kenya. Casual observations in Buru Buru estate show that there has been indiscriminate design and construction ... -
Owner User Brief
(Real Estate and Construction Management, University of Nairobi, 1992)