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Feeder reconfiguration scheme with integration of renewable energy sources using a Particle Swarm Optimisation method
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)A smart grid is an intelligent power delivery system integrating traditional and advanced control, monitoring, and protection systems for enhanced reliability, improved efficiency, and quality of supply. To achieve a smart ... -
Flicker prediction techniques for sawmills
(Cape Technikon, 2003)The aim of the thesis is to investigate and develop a technique for predicting the flicker emission of sawmill loads. The technique makes use of an empirical formula to calculate the characteristic coefficient of a sawmill ... -
Flow charts and indices for evaluating true efficiency and effectiveness of harmonic filters in power systems
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014)Traditionally, efficiency is defined for sinusoidal networks and not for non-sinusoidal networks. For this reason, the efficiency formula and indices for efficiency calculations are reviewed. The concepts for determining ... -
The formulation and validation of PV inverter efficiency under South Africa climate conditions
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)In photovoltaic power systems, the DC/AC conversion efficiency depends on weather conditions causing PV inverters to operate under fluctuating input power from PV modules. The peak efficiency stated by the inverter ... -
A hardware emulator testbed for a software-defined radio.
(Peninsula Technikon, 2003)Contemporary software-defined radio (SDR) is continuously changing and challenging the way traditional RF systems operate. Having more of a radio system’s operation in software enables further flexibility through the use ... -
Harmonic analysis and effectiveness of mitigation techniques applied to a bipolar HVDC system
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission is a safe and efficient technology designed to deliver large amounts of electrical power over long distances with minimal losses and at low costs. HVDC links require converters ... -
Hearing loss simulation
(Peninsula Technikon, 2000)This document gives a report on the research that has been done to simulate hearing loss. People working with the hearing impaired have no idea of what and/or how the hearing impaired person hears sound. An instrument ... -
High voltage direct current (HVDC) in applications for distributed independent power providers (IPP)
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013)The development of power electronics did remove most of technical limitations that high voltage direct current (HVDC) used to have. HVDC, now, is mostly used for the transmission of bulk power over long distances and for ... -
High voltage direct current strategy solving power delivery shortages to localized area of national grid
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009)The industrial and population growth of a nation can cause power delivery problems to localized areas of a national grid through their increased demand for electrical energy. One reason for these power shortages is the ... -
How entrepreneurship influences the engineering faculty at a new university of technology
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2007)This work examines the challenges facing the Department of Electrical Engineering at CPUT regarding the development of entrepreneurship in the South Africa. Industry and higher education in South Africa face a testing ... -
Hybrid energy harvesting system for a condition monitoring mote
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009)Traditional high voltage power transformers feature sensors measuring basic parameters from oil and gas and are limited to on-site monitoring. Unforeseen failures and breakdowns on these transformers have led to extensive ... -
The IEC 61850 standard-based protection scheme for power transformers
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Transformer Differential and overcurrent schemes are traditionally used as main and backup protection respectively. The differential protection relay (SEL487E) has dedicated harmonic restraint function which blocks the ... -
IEC 61850-9-2 based sampled values and IEC 61850-8-1 Goose messages mapping on an FPGA platform
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)Electricity substation monitoring and control systems have evolved over the years from simple systems capable of achieving minimalistic functions to autonomous, self-healing smart grid schemes (Farhangi, 2010). The migration ... -
Image classification, storage and retrieval system for a 3 u cubesat
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014)Small satellites, such as CubeSats are mainly utilized for space and earth imaging missions. Imaging CubeSats are equipped with high resolution cameras for the capturing of digital images, as well as mass storage devices ... -
Image compression system for a 3u cubesat
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013)Earth observation satellites utilise sensors or cameras to capture data or images that are relayed to the ground station(s). The ZACUBE-02 CubeSat currently in development at the French South African Institute of Technology ... -
Implementation of a reverberation chamber for electro-magnetic compatibility measurements
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)This research project focuses on the implementation of a Reverberation Chamber (RC) by the transformation of an existing electromagnetically shielded room. The reverberation chamber is a kind of shielded room designed to ... -
Implementation of a wideband microstrip phased array antenna for X-band radar applications
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009)This thesis presents the design, analysis and implementation of an eight-element phased array antenna for wideband X-band applications. The microstrip phased array antenna is designed using eight quasi-Yagi antennas in ... -
Improving the power bus technology of a nanosatellite
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011)The design of nanosatellite power systems plays a major role in micro-sized component development for these spacecrafts. Due to its prospect for future development, industries and universities across the world have ... -
In-situ monitoring using nano-satellites : a systems level approach
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015)Traditional satellite systems employed for use with in-situ monitoring systems are large satellites that have a long development time, high cost and complex sub-systems. The end use of relaying data for in-situ monitoring ... -
Intelligent point of sale terminal thesis
(Cape Technikon, 1991)The main reason for this project was "import replacement", as all our existing Point of Sale and Electronic Equipment had to be imported from Japan. After the Government I s steps to curb imports by placing extremely ...
