Name: Reccab Manyala Ochieng

Title: Professor

Affiliation: University of Zambia, School of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Zambia

Email: reccabo@yahoo.com, reccab.manyala@unza.zm

Research fields:

l  Environmental Protection

Air Pollution

Chemical Pollution

Climate Change

Disasters Management

Environmental Earth Sciences

Environmental Law and Policies

Environmental Risk

Global Environmental Protection Technology

Global Warming

Landfill Waste Management

Nuclear Energy and Environmental Protection

Pollution Control and Technologies

Sustainability of Resources and Environment

Qualifications:

2009 Ph.D., Maseno University (Kenya), New and Renewable Energy and Renewable Energy Technologies

1991 M.Sc., University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Experimental Physics(Condensed Matter Physics)

1985 M.Sc., University of Nairobi (Kenya), Theoretical Physics

1983 B.EdSc., University of Nairobi (Kenya) , Education Science

Publications:

1.                  Reccab M Ochieng, Frederick N Onyango, Albert J Owino. (2007)  Determination of global absorptivity and emissivity of some opaque bulk materials using an integrating sphere calorimeter without ports. Meas. Sci. Technol. 18: 2667-2672.

2.                  Reccab M Ochieng and Frederick Onyango., (2009) A new type of solar concentrator employing a cone-cylinder combination.  International Journal of Global Energy Issues Vol.31 (2) 169-182.

3.                  Xinping Zhou, Bo Xiao, Reccab M Ochieng and Jiakuan Yang., (2009). Utilization of carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high diversity grassland biomass for energy in China.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 13 479-485.

4.                  Reccab M Ochieng and Frederick N Onyango., (2009).  The importance and effect of configurational geometry in the design and application of solar collectors and concentrators with reference to compound parabolic concentrators (CPCs) and cones.  International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics Vol. 16, Issue 2/3 265-289.

5.                  Reccab M Ochieng, Frederick N Onyango and Andrew O Oduor., (2010). Physical formulation of the expression of wind power.  International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics Vol. 18 Issue 1-2, 1-7.

6.                  Xinping Zhou, Fang Wang and Reccab M Ochieng., (2010).  A review of solar chimney power technology.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14 2315-2338.

7.                  Xinping Zhou, Fang Wang Jian Fan and Reccab M Ochieng., (2010).  Performance of solar chimney power plant in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14 2249-2255.

8.                  Reccab M Ochieng, Frederick N Onyango and Andrew O Oduor, (2009).  A mathematical approach to the calculation of geometric concentration ratio of a modified cone concentrator.  International Journal of Mathematics Game Theory and Algebra Vol. 19, Issue 1/2, 1-6.

9.                  Reccab M Ochieng and Frederick N Onyango, (2009).  Investigation of the geometric concentration ratio of a modified cone concentrator generated from compound parabolic concentrator (CPC) by use of configurational geometry.  International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics Vol. 17, Issue 1, 11-18

10.              Reccab M Ochieng, Frederick N Onyango and Andrew O Oduor,  (2009). Development of direct current (d.c) to alternating current (a.c) inverters/oscillators for use in homes, schools and clinics in rural areas of developing countries.  International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics Vol. 19, Issue 6, 547-554.

11.              Charles N. O. Kwach, Reccab M Ochieng and Frederick N. Onyango, (2010). Investigation of Some Factors that Lead to Improved Performance vis-à-vis the Efficiency of Single Basin Solar Stills.  Journal of Fundamentals of Renewable Energy and Applications Vol. 1 doi: 10.4303/JFREA/R101004.

12.              Xinping Zhou, Marco A. dos S Bernades, Reccab M. Ochieng, (2012.  Influence of atmospheric cross flow on solar updraft inflow, Energy 42, 393-400.

13.              Frederick N Onyango and Reccab M Ochieng, (2012).  Biomass and Forestry: An analytical evaluation of fuel wood energy. International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics Volume 20 Issue 4, 319-326.

14.              Manyonge A W, Ochieng R M, Onyango F N and Sichikha J M., (2012). Mathematical Modelling of Wind Turbine in a Wind Energy Conversion System: Power Coefficient Analysis.  Applied Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 19, 4527-4536.

15.              Reccab M Ochieng, (2012).  Modeling Energy Usage and Auditing by Matrix Technique.  International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics Volume 20 Issue 4, 327-330.