School of Engineering (SEng.): Recent submissions
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Optimized planning of isolated renewable energy systems for rural electrification in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2021-02-19)Though there is a high potential for electricity generation in Uganda, 80% of the population cannot afford the costs of grid connection or the other forms of energy. Research has also shown that most of the cost in both ... -
Reliability of Power Transformers at Kiira and Nalubaale Power Stations
(2019-10)This research was a case-study aimed at investigating and developing a statistical transformer model able to predict future failures at Nalubaale and Kiira power stations. The Weibull distribution was identified as an ... -
Technical Project Report for the Rehabilitation and Water Treatment Production Capacity Optimization of Ggaba Water Treatment Complex and Transmission Mains Improvement
(2019-07-27)This project report offers a brief review of the selection process of the contractor and consequently the work scope that was performed under a Euro 5,885,780.80 sub-contract with Sogea Satom to rehabilitate the Ggaba Water ... -
Optimization of the economic dispatch model for off-grid hybrid power systems with renewable energy in Uganda.
(2020-12-03)Economic Dispatch (ED) involves serving the least cost energy to the load. The subject of economic dispatch is a challenging task which gets more complicated with the variability of the inputs or determinants. The traditional ... -
Development of a Total Quality Management Framework for the Downstream Petroleum Industry in Uganda
(2021-04-23)Uganda’s downstream petroleum industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the East African Region due to the rapidly growing middle class and potential development of the crude oil wells in the Albertine region. ... -
Development of sustainable framework models for private sector investments in renewable energy mini-grids
(Makerere University, 2020-10-16)Uganda’s largest population lives in rural areas, where most people still lack access to electricity. The government of Uganda has set ambitious targets to provide universal access to electricity for the country by 2040. ... -
Characterization of biogas digestate for solid biofuel production
(Makerere University, 2021-03)In this study, suitability of biogas digestate which is normally used as a fertilizer but wasted during the dry season when farm activities are at standstill, was investigated as a solid fuel for thermal applications. The ... -
Design and Evaluation of an Electricity Theft Monitoring System on a Three Phase Meter.
(2019-08-21)Umeme Limited, the biggest power utility company in Uganda, estimates that electricity theft costs the company millions of dollars in annual revenues. The aim of this research was to design and evaluate a power theft ... -
Development of an Interactive Remote iLab for a Wind Energy System
(2019-07)Green technologies have been advocated for world over to address the adverse climate changes due to global warming, resulting from burning hydrocarbon-based fossil fuels for decades. Renewable energy sources such as solar ... -
Development of an information management system in Oncology
(Makerere University, 2021-03)The study focused on developing an Information Management System (IMS) in Oncology to revolutionize the traditional way of management, stimulate Quality Performance, Service Quality, On-Time Delivery, and enhance Patient ... -
The project management principles used during the bidding, renovation of the drainage, fore-coat, canopy, buildings, signage at total bombo and gapco mailo mbili service stations.
(2020-12-22)A brief overview of how the project management principles of quality control, cost control, time control, health and safety matters were dealt with on site by the contractor so as to successfully complete the projects with ... -
The impact of training on innovation and enterprise competitiveness in Uganda
(Makerere University, 2015-11)This study focused on establishing the impact of training on innovation and enterprise Competitiveness in Uganda. The study was guided by the following study objectives namely; analyzing the extent of the impact of training ... -
Preparation and Evaluation of Activated Carbons from Rice Husks in Uganda for Removal of Humic Acid from Water.
(2019-12)The Government of Uganda and its development partners have made great strides in promoting rice production to improve household food security and income. However, the amount of rice husks (RH) generated from the milling ... -
Exploitation of Cocoa Pod husks for rural electricity production : towards a sustainable cocoa value chain in Uganda
(2019-11-13)Although access to electricity power supply is critical to national development, utility companies in Uganda either lack the financial capacity to expand their grids to isolated rural areas or choose not to do so due to ... -
Effect of Wastewater from Kampala Industrial and Business Park on Bukasa Swamp Water.
(2019-12-18)Global environmental water changes are caused by proximate human activities. In Uganda, and the whole world at large, water pollution is a frequent outcry demonstrated further by the loss of flora and fauna in water bodies. ... -
Design and development of a mobile application system for accessing suspect information using fingerprint recognition.
(2019-12)The purpose the traffic police serves is to ensure law and order is maintained on the roads in the country. It is therefore vital for the force to have a means to identify traffic offenders and take them off the roads. ... -
Evaluation of thermal comfort of naturally ventilated residential buildings in the informal settlements in Kampala city, Uganda.
(2019-12-05)The hot conditions in the tropics where Uganda lies affects the indoor thermal comfort conditions due to the prevalence of the use of natural ventilation in many residential buildings to obtain thermal comfort. This ... -
Modeling and assessment of large-scale solar PV generation on Uganda's electricity grid
(2019)Globally, renewable energy sources like Solar PV are being employed more and more to ensure sustainable and cleaner future energy production. Uganda is endowed with abundant solar energy from the sun in Uganda, meaning ... -
Project Management and Implementation of Low Volume Roads.
(2019-09-06)Uganda’s road network comprising about 145,000km of National, Urban, District and Community access roads, provides the dominant mode of freight and passenger transport. Unsealed low volume roads constitute over 90% of the ... -
An Advanced protection scheme to avert blackouts due to transmission network overload.
(2018-08-24)The transmission and distribution networks suffer various overloads which have reduced power availability and utility income generation. Some networks employ frequency monitoring with Under Frequency Load Shedding to ensure ...