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A numerical thermal growth model for prediction of microalgae production in photobioreactors
(AIP Publishing, 2016-03)A thermal growth model for microalgae that are not heavier than water with the consideration of heat transfer and growth-temperature dependence in photobioreactor (PBR) is developed. The microalgae growth performance is ... -
HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF A FIXED INCLINE SLIDER BEARING
(2016-05-23)In the present day technological scenario, machines rotating at high speeds and carrying heavy rotor loads are used. As a result, fixed incline slider bearings are used. They are designed for high axial loads. When a bearing ... -
Technology Options for the Built Environment in Kenya: Dye- Sensitized and Amorphous Silicon Photovoltaics for Application in NZE Buildings
(Bentham Science Publishers Ltd., 2017)Background The performance of a Dye-Sensitized Solar Module (DSSM) has been investigated under different outdoor air mass (AM), irradiance intensity and temperature conditions in Wajir, Kitui, Vihiga and Kajiado Counties ... -
Quiet Time Correlation Between Geomagnetic Field Variations and the Dynamics of the East African Equatorial Ionosphere
(Science Publishing Group, 2017)The equatorial ionosphere is highly dynamic and consequently poses serious threats to communication and navigation systems. As a result, proper understanding of ionospheric dynamics is important. The present paper presents ... -
An investigation of MHD Flows of Nanofluid over an oscillating surface with Joule Heating
(International Scientific Press, 2017)The present study aims at investigating unsteady hydromagnetic flow of viscous incompressible, conducting nanofluid over an infinite oscillating surface with Joule heating. The governing equations involved are transformed ... -
Improved efficiency of organic solar cells using Au NPs incorporated into PEDOT: PSS buffer layer
(AIP Publishing LLC, 2017)Au based plasmonic phenomenon inside the hole transport layer poly(3,4- ethylenedioxythiophene)-poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) of an organic solar cell based on blend of poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6:6]-phen ... -
Quadrature fluctuation energy, effective Hamiltonians, quasi-particle modes and quantum phase transitions in the Rabi and Dicke models
(Research gate, 2017)The main purpose of this article is to provide a simple physically motivated exact analytical procedure for determining effective Rabi and Dicke Hamiltonians, which have so far posed serious challenges in studies of ... -
Similarity Transformation Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer Effects on Steady Buoyancy Induced MHD Free Convection Flow Past an Inclined Surface
(2017)The present work is devoted to the problem of a steady two di- mensional hydromagnetic convective ow of a viscous, incompressible electrically conducting uid past an inclined semi-in nite plate in the presence of ... -
General analytical solution for the one dimensional regular Cauchy problem of Euler-Poisson-Darboux equation
(Hikari Ltd, 2017)A general analytical solution to the one dimensional regular Cauchy problem of Euler-Poisson-Darboux (EPD) equation has been investigated. The one dimensional EPD which is a Partial Differential Equation (PDE) with initial ... -
Structural and spectroscopic analysis of ex-situ annealed RF sputtered aluminium doped zinc oxide thin films
(AIP Publishing LLC, 2017)Aluminium doped zinc oxide thin films are prepared by Radio Frequency magnetron sputtering in pure argon atmosphere at 100 W. The structural results reveal good film adhesion on a silicon substrate (001). The thin films ... -
Perceived Impact of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund on the Youth Towards the Establishment of Small Scale Rural Enterprises in Turbo Division, Uasin-gishu County, Kenya
(Universitas Sulawesi Barat, 2017)The inception of the Youth Enterprise Development Fund has seen the rise of youth groups in rural areas. This paper is thus aimed at understanding the impact of the fund towards the youth establishment of small scale ... -
Numerical Solution of Non-Linear Boundary Value Problems of Ordinary Differential Equations Using the Shooting Technique
(2017)Ordinary Di erential Equations (ODEs) of the Initial Value Problem (IVP) or Boundary Value Problem (BVP) type can model phenomena in wide range of elds including science, engineering, economics, social science, biology, ... -
Energy Source and Technology Options for Kenya: Towards Direct Conversion of Solar Energy to Mechanical Work
(2017)Sunlight though not heat, has inherent potential for direct conversion to mechanical work, just as heat does. The Physics pitching the possibility of direct conversion of nearly the entire sunlight received by a system ... -
The Test of Entanglement of Polarization States of a Semi-Classical Optical Parametric Oscillator
(Science Publishing Group, 2017)We study the dynamical continuous variable entanglement in a semi-classical Optical parametric oscillator (OPO). The general time evolving photon polarization state vectors arising from exact analytical solutions of ... -
On the Solution of n-Dimensional Regular Cauchy Problem of Euler-Poisson-Darboux Equation (EPD)
(2017)A general exact solution to the n-dimensional regular Cauchy prob- lem of Euler-Poisson-Darboux (EPD) equation has been studied. Firstly, the general exact solution for the one dimensional regular Cauchy prob- lem of ... -
Polariton and anti-polariton qubits in the Rabi model
(Research gate, 2017)This paper presents a precise algebraic and physical framework for studying the dynamics and practical applications of the quantum Rabi model. We redefine the quantum Rabi interaction in terms of polariton and anti-polariton ... -
Conserved excitation number and U(1)-symmetry operators for the anti-rotating (anti-Jaynes-Cummings) term of the Rabi Hamiltonian
(Research gate, 2017)+ hω0sz+ hg (ˆa+ ˆa†)(s++ s−)(1a) where ω, ˆa, ˆa† are the quantized field mode angular frequency, annihilation and creation operators, while ω0, sz, s+, s− are the atomic state transition angular frequency and operators. ... -
Ultracold Atom-Ion Systems in Hybrid Traps
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2017-11-21)This thesis deals with the theoretical description of a hybrid system of an ultracold neutral atom and a single ion. These hybrid atom-ion systems combine the key advantages of ultracold neutral atoms and ions. In particular, ... -
Ultracold Atom-Ion Systems in Hybrid Traps
(Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2017-11-21)This thesis deals with the theoretical description of a hybrid system of an ultracold neutral atom and a single ion. These hybrid atom-ion systems have attracted significant interest in recent years. They combine the key ... -
Near-Exact Non-relativistic Energies for Many-Electron Atoms
(2017-12)Electron-electron interactions and correlations form the basis of difficulties encountered in the theoretical solution of problems dealing with multi-electron systems. Accurate treatment of the electron-electron problem ...