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    • Use of rice husks ash as partial replacement of cement in concrete paving blocks 

      Musau, Mwalimu. K.; Shitanda, Douglas; Githinji, Micheal; Mwende, Caroline (Journal of Engineering in Agriculture and the Environment, 2021-05-14)
      Concrete paving blocks were first introduced in Holland to replace paver bricks which had become scarce due to the post-war building construction boom. In Kenya, paving blocks are used in construction of pavements in ...

    • Voltage Controller for Radial Distribution Networks with Distributed Generation 

      Kigen, Christopher; Abungu, Nicodemus Odero (International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2014)
      This paper presents a coordinated network controller whose objective is to maintain an optimal voltage profile across radial distribution networks with distributed generation. This is done by varying the output of the ...

    • Voltage Profile Analysis of 132kV Transmission Line Using Powerworld Simulator: A Case Study of JUJA-RABAI Line 

      Kitheka, Joel Mwithui; Musau, Peter Moses; Nyete, Abraham Mutunga (Science Publishing Group, 2022)
      The growing power demand has made the government of Kenya to increase it’s financial budget to address the issue of transmission and distribution of power. The increasing set up of distribution sub-stations both in urban ...

    • Voltage Stability Improvement Using the 21st Century Power Transformer 

      Mwaniki, Charles; Abungu, Nicodemus; Wekesa, Cyrus (Innovative Systems Design and Engineering, 2012)
      The 21st Century Power Transformer is produced by combining modern high voltage cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) cable technology with conventional transformer. The technique of solid insulation is adopted in the new dry ...