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Effect of Wet Coffee Processing Industries Waste on Water Quality of Receiving Water Body and Its Trend on Downstream (Case Study of Gidabo Watershed in South Ethiopia)
(2017)
Environmental pollution is a worldwide problem, currently it is a challenge to keep environmental quality while achieving sustainable development. Wet coffee processing is one of environmental polluting anthropogenic ...
Integrating a Solar Pv System with a Household based Backup Generator for Hybrid Swarm Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Study of Nigeria
(2017)
Electrification approaches in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has mainly been through centralized national grids besides mini-grids and other stand-alone systems. The existing grids are mainly found in urban areas, leaving many ...
Assessing The Capacity Of The Current Institutional Framework In Rwanda To Implement Integrated Water Resources Management (Iwrm)
(2017)
Scarcity and misuse of fresh water pose a serious and growing threat to sustainable development and protection of the environment, human health, food security and industrial development. This calls for the adoption of the ...
Evaluating Integrated Water Resource Management Practices And Experiences In Ethiopia (Tigray) In Line With Iwrm Pillars And Dublin Principles For Sustainable Water Resource Management: In Case Of Genfel River
(2017)
Fresh water resource is becoming a scarce resource in the world. This is due to human and natural induced factors and the impact of climate changes. To manage water resources, nowadays, integrated water resources management ...
A Comparative Assessment Of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems For Sustainable Rural Electrification In Cameroon
(2017)
Cameroon is blessed with a vast potential of renewable energy resources: solar, biomass, hydropower, wind and geothermal energies. These resources are currently poorly developed and valorised. The country depends mainly ...
Techno-Economic Feasibility of a Gasification Plant for Rural Electrification, Under a Bamboo based Sustainable Economic Model: Case of Bududa District in Eastern Uganda
(2017)
Majority of Ugandans cannot be able to afford electricity even if it was accessible due to a high degree of poverty. Within its means and current available resources, Uganda is supposed to increase energy access, urgently ...
Design and Optimization of Solar PV/Diesel Generator Hybrid Power System for Remote Telecommunication Base Transceiver Stations in Nigeria
(2017)
Due to the creeping growth of mobile telecommunication subscribers in cities and a compulsory demand for a telecommunication network in remote locations, Nigerian mobile network operators (MNOs) have begun to look for ...
Evaluation Of A Hybrid Solar Photovoltaic-Bioenergy System For Powering Remote Dwelling In Rwanda
(2017)
The use of energy has always been important to improve the living standard of human beings. Relying on energy generated from fossil fuels has resulted in the reduction of fossilfuel reserves, the change of climate due to ...
Hybrid Solar Pv-Gensetbattery Storage Power System For A Remote Offgrid Application: Case Study In Ethiopia
(2017)
A hybrid power system that consists of PV-array, diesel generator, battery bank (storage device) and convertors has been proposed and discussed to obtain an efficient topology, economic power management strategy (system), ...
Cement Kiln Dust Catalyzed Transesterification Of Palm And Waste Cooking Oils To Biodiesel And Glycerol: Process Optimization And Characterization Studies
(2017)
Conventional fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil, and coal have been the main sources of energy utilized to satisfy the unceasing growth of energy needs of the world. However, the environmental issues of fossil fuels and ...