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    • Investigating a Prototype Heat Exchanger for Steam Storage 

      Kawira, M.K.; Kinyua, R.; Kamau, J.N. (2014-07)
      A coiled tube single pass counter flow heat exchanger was designed and fabricated using locally available materials and its capacity to transmit heat to water to make steam was tested. The heat exchanger was part of ...
    • A prototype parabolic trough solar concentrators for steam production 

      Kawira, M.; Kinyua, R.; Kamau, J.N. (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, 2012)
      In this work, the potential for a solar-thermal concentrator to produce steam has been studied. Three parabolic trough solar concentrators (PTSCs) of dimensions: - aperture width of 1.2 m, Collector length of 5.8 m and ...
    • A Prototype Steam Storage System for Power Production 

      Kawira, M.; Kinyua, R.; Kamau, J.N. (2014-08-01)
      Use of solar energy on a large scale is mainly limited to the sun duration hours, weather conditions and adequate solar thermal storage technology. A means of addressing this problem using local materials is provided. ...