MUT REPOSITORY: Recent submissions
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The Impact of Prior Exposure to Engineering Through the MUT Pre-College Course - A Case Study of Kangema Sub-County Secondary Schools
(2021-11)In Kenya, secondary schools have a great role in preparing learners for career progression. In order to realize industrial growth, it is important to prepare more students for careers in STEM. There is relatively little ... -
Energy Management System for Solar And Grid System
(2021-11)Electricity is an important resource both in domestic and industrial environment. The rise in electricity demand has led to conventional resources being exhausted and possibly lead to rise in electricity prices. since ... -
Motor Speed Control Kits Using a Microcontroller.
(2021-11)The aim of this project is to make a motor laboratory kits for AC motors. It aims on making affordable kits which are made from locally available materials and applying the obtained knowledge from the four-year curriculum ... -
A Systematic Review On The Impact Of Educational Robots In Teaching Secondary School STEM Related Subjects
(2021-11)Robots are interdisciplinary in nature. Research in Educational robotics in the education sector has grown tremendously. The robots have been used as teaching tools in STEM subjects. However, even though research interest ... -
Single Axis Solar Tracking System
(2021-11)This paper is about the design and development of a microcontroller based solar tracking system. Solar energy is rapidly becoming an alternative means of electrical source in Kenya and all over the world and the solar ... -
Under Voltage Load Shedding on a Modified IEEE 14-Bus System Using Hybrid ABC-PSO Algorithm for Voltage Stability Enhancement
(Elsevier, 2021-08)Voltage collapse tends to occur due to the voltage instability created during large faults. As a last resort, under-voltage load shedding (UVLS) is performed after all the available power operation and control mechanisms ... -
Enhanced Speed Control of Separately Excited DC Motor Using Fuzzy-Neural Networks Controller
(IEEE, 2022-02)The dynamic behavior of a PID-type fuzzy logic control depends on the appropriate choice of its scaling factors. Fixed scaling factors cannot provide adequate control performance under a wide range of operating conditions. ... -
DSTATCOM Application for Distribution Network Power Quality Enhancement: A Review
(IEEE, 2021-09)The performance of electrical systems is becoming more affected by the increased voltage drop, power loss, and power quality problems. These issues can be drastically minimized by the incorporation of compensators in the ... -
Voltage Stability Enhancement of the Uganda Power System Network
(IEEE, 2021-08)The unprecedented growth in demand and drive towards deregulation has brought about a complex and constantly changing grid. More so, with the current environmental and economic pressures, there's a reported growing number ... -
Development of DSTATCOM Optimal Sizing and Location Technique Based on IA-GA for Power Loss Reduction and Voltage Profile Enhancement in an RDN
(IJEER Forex Press, 2022-01)The efficiency of electrical distribution systems is being more affected by the increase in voltage drops and power losses. These issues of voltage drop and power loss can be significantly minimized by the incorporation ... -
Application of large-scale grid-connected solar photovoltaic system for voltage stability improvement of weak national grids
(Springer Nature Ltd, 2021-12)This paper investigates the application of large-scale solar photovoltaic (SPV) system for voltage stability improvement of weak national grids. Large-scale SPV integration has been investigated on the Nigerian power system ... -
Multiobjective optimal power flow for static voltage stability margin improvement
(Elsevier, 2021-12)Worldwide, utilities are aiming to increase the stability of modern power systems during system disturbances. Optimizing generation scheduling can improve system security in contingency and stressed conditions while lowering ... -
Modeling and Energy Management Strategy in a Grid Connected Solar PV System
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2021-09)Electric power is substantially an important resource in the modern world. With the increase in demand for electric energy, there is a need to search for alternative energy sources because conventional resources are being ... -
Evaluation of Thermal Interface Materials in Mediating PV Cell Temperature Mismatch in PV-TEG Power Generation
(2021-03)Among the emerging renewable energy technologies, solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation is growing steadily in the mainstream energy supply mix contributing about 2.58% of the global total power generation by 2018 from ... -
Application and control of flexible alternating current transmission system devices for voltage stability enhancement of renewable-integrated power grid: A comprehensive review
(Elsevier, 2021-03)This paper presents a comprehensive review on the application and control of Flexible Alternating Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices in order to improve voltage stability of power grid with high share of renewable ... -
Impact of integrating large-scale DFIG-based wind energy conversion system on the voltage stability of weak national grids: A case study of the Nigerian power grid
(Elsevier, 2021-11)This paper investigates the impact of integrating large-scale Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (DFIG)-based wind energy conversion system (WECS) on the voltage stability of the 52-bus, 330 kV Nigerian power grid. Indices ... -
Innovative Solar Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Power Generator for a Recirculating Aquaculture System
(2020-09)Solar Photovoltaic power generation is fast gaining popularity in Kenya. However, the effects of high cell temperatures continue to be a major hindrance to their efficiency especially for standalone systems. Water can be ... -
Reactive Power-Voltage-Based Voltage Instability Sensitivity Indices for Power Grid With Increasing Renewable Energy Penetration
(2020-05)In this work, a reactive power-voltage (QV)-based framework to evaluate the voltage instability sensitivities of power system buses to increase in renewable energy (RE) penetration has been developed using two sensitivity ... -
A Framework for Verification in Contactless Secure Physical Access Control and Authentication Systems
(2022-02)Biometrics is one of the very popular techniques in user identification for accessing institutions and logging into attendance systems. Currently, some of the existing biometric techniques such as the use of fingerprints ... -
Effects of Extreme Flooding of Lake Baringo on Livelihoods of Communities Lining around the Lake
(Advances in Applied Sociology, 2021, 11, 404-414, 2021)Floods are among the natural disasters that often impact society. Floods tend to be more short lived but more disastrous. Between 2012 and 2014, Lake Baringo experienced unprecedented increases in their water levels, ...
