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Advanced technological solutions to the negative perceptions of nuclear power plants
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Worldwide a movement is underway to replace the burning of limited fossil fuel reserves for power generation with a cleaner, more efficient, yet still reliable and cost-effective method. Even though renewable technologies ... -
Development of a photovoltaic reverse osmosis demineralization fogging for improved gas turbine generation output
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Gas turbines have achieved widespread popularity in industrial fields. This is due to the high power, reliability, high efficiency, and its use of cheap gas as fuel. However, a major draw-back of gas turbines is due to the ... -
Design and implementation of a high data rate QPSK demodulator for nanosatellites
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)This dissertation presents the development of a quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) demodulator for nanosatellites that complies with both the limited resources associated with nanosatellites as well as the flexibility ... -
Energy wheeling viability of distributed renewable energy for industry
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Industry, which forms the lifeblood of South Africa’s economy, is under threat as a result of increased electricity pricing and unstable supply. Wheeling of energy, which is a method to transport electricity generated from ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Exploration and application of MISR high resolution Rahman Pinty-Verstraete time series
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)Remote sensing provides a way of frequently observing broad land surfaces. The availability of various earth observation data and their potential exploitation in a wide range of socioeconomic applications stimulated the ... -
Investigation and design of an integrated monitoring, protection, and control system of a power reticulation network
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)As far as substation automation systems are concerned, one of the prime requirements of most utilities today is the interoperability between Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) of different manufacturers. The standard ... -
Investigation of interoperability of IEC 61850 protection functions
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Introduction of IEC 61850 standard defined substation automation system communication. The need of interoperability among the relevant devices coming from different vendors is a necessity to ensure utilities/municipalities ... -
X-band antenna design for nano-satellite applications
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)This research report discusses feasible designs of conformal antennas that provide a proof of concept for the French South African Institute of Technology’s future needs. The design is to be used in forthcoming space ... -
An analysis and improvement of selected features of power quality of grid-tied alternative energy systems
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Electrical energy can be easily used and converted to other forms of energy for various applications. Technological advancement increases the dependency on electricity to a great extent. Various internal and external factors ... -
An improved plasma energy conversation system for electric power generation
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)The generation of electricity through the conventional conversion system such as thermal and hydroelectric plants may no longer be sufficient to meet the increasing demands and usage. One of the major reasons for shortage ... -
Ceramic coaxial resonator filter in a CubeSat system
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)RF and microwave filters can be implemented using ceramic coaxial resonators. This technology has been widely employed in nanosatellite communications systems recently, owing to its large quality factor (Q), permitting ... -
A load management system for fixed appliances in a safe DC RDP house
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)This dissertation represents the design and development of a load management system for fixed appliances in a safe direct current (DC) Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) house. A combination of valley filling, ... -
Mission design of a CubeSat constellation for in-situ monitoring applications
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)Real-time remote monitoring of Africa’s resources, such as water quality, by using terrestrial sensors is impeded by the limited connectivity over the vast rural areas of the continent. Without such monitoring, the effective ... -
Numerical study of non-linear spectroscopy and four-wave-mixing in two and multi-level atoms
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)In this research, we undertake a numerical study of the interaction between laser beams and two as well as multi-level atoms. The main aim of this research is to obtain a deeper understanding of laser-atom interactions ... -
Saturated absorption spectroscopy of rubidium and feedback control of LASER frequency for Doppler cooling
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)This research investigates the absorption spectra of rubidium and the feedback control of an external cavity diode laser. This research is a necessary prerequisite for laser (Doppler) cooling and trapping of rubidium ... -
Reconfigurable photovoltaic modules for robust nanosatellite power systems
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Until recently, the focus of most solar technology development for space was towards more efficient, more radiation-resistant and increasingly powerful arrays. During a space mission, solar cells are not only exposed to ... -
Development of methods for modelling, parameter and state estimation for nonlinear processes
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)Industrial processes tend to have very complex mathematical models that in most instances result in very model specific optimal estimation and designs of control strategies. Such models have many composition components, ... -
Investigation of process parameters and development of a mathematical model for the purposes of control design and implementation for a wastewater treatment process
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2009)The problem for effective and optimal control of wastewater treatment plants is very important recently because of the increased requirements to the quality of the effluent. The activated sludge process is a type of ...
