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Novel approaches to improving domestic solar panel energy yields in Sub-Sahara Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)This thesis contains innovations that could help homesteads in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) to ‘harvest’ more energy from flat solar energy collection surfaces. The thesis makes the assumption that universal resolution of energy ... -
A prototype desalination system using solar energy and heat pipe technology
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016)The water desalination process needs large quantities of energy, either directly from fossil fuel or electricity from the national grid. However, these sources of energy significantly contribute to problems such as global ... -
A multi-objective optimisation approach for small-scale standing wave thermoacoustic coolers design
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014)Thermoacoustic heat engines provide a practical solution to the problem of heat management where heat can be pumped or spot cooling can be induced. This is new among emerging technology with a strong potential towards the ... -
Non-Newtonian open channel flow: the effect of shape
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014)Open channels, flumes or launders are used in the mining industry to transport slurries during processing and to disposal sites. Water plays a major part in the makeup of these slurries, its usage and availability is ... -
Analysis of hydromagnetic boundary layer flow and heat transfer of nanofluids
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2014)Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer flow of an electrically conducting viscous incompressible fluid with a convective surface boundary condition is frequently encountered in many industrial and technological applications ... -
Analysis of innovative leadership and sustainability of SMEs in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012)Over the years, many organisations are constantly under extreme pressure for their survival and sustainability due to globalization, rapid pace of technological innovation and growing knowledge of their customers. Leaders ... -
Analysis laminar flow, thermal stability, and entropy generation in porous channel
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013)Fluid flow through a porous channel and cylindrical pipe walls are important area of research due to its wide applications in transpiration cooling, gaseous diffusion technology, cooling of rocket, mechanized irrigation ... -
Analysis of greenhouse gas emission from reactive materials and its thermodynamics
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013)The environment is polluted by many gases of which carbon dioxide is one of them and unfortunately during the emission of carbon dioxide, oxygen, which is very important for keeping all species alive, is depleted. Increased ... -
Development of a data collection system for small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011)This paper presents the development of a data collection system for a small unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight. The following three facets comprise of a UAV system: (1) a UAV aircraft; (2) onboard avionics; and (3) a ... -
Modelling the optimal efficiency of industrial labour force in the presence of HIV/AIDs pandemic
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2012)In this thesis, we investigate certain key aspects of mathematical modelling to explain the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS at the workplace and to assess the potential benefits of proposed control strategies. Deterministic models ... -
Laminar flow in a channel filled with saturated porous media
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013)The flow of reactive viscous fluids in porous media presents a theoretically challenging problem and has a broad range of scientific, technological and engineering applications. Real life areas where such flow systems ... -
Fiber optic sensors ensuring structural integrity
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005)Among the issues that are taken into consideration for many years by Engineers and Technologists is the integrity of the servicing elements in structures and mechanisms. It is a documented phenomenon that after a certain ... -
The development of a computational design tool for use in the design of SMA actuator systems
(Peninsula Technikon, 2004)Engineers and Technologists have always been identified as those individuals that put into practice the theories developed by scientists and physicists to enhance the lives of human beings. In the same spirit as those ... -
Influence of geometry and material properties on the optimum performance of the C-shape piezo-composite actuator
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2008)In recent years, due to rapid advances in technology there has been an increasingly high demand for large displacement and large force, precise positioning, fast response, low power consuming miniature piezoelectric ... -
Aerodynamic drag of a two-dimensional external compression inlet at supersonic speed
(Cape Technikon, 1997)This study forms the basis from which the aerodynamic drag of a practical supersonic inlet can be predicted. In air-breathing propulsion systems, as used in high performance flight vehicles, the fuel is carried onboard ...
