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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 ... -
Effect of microbial consortium on the biokinetic test for assessing acid rock drainage potential
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Acid rock drainage (ARD) is one of the most severe environmental challenges currently faced by the mining industry worldwide. ARD is formed from the oxidation of sulphide-bearing minerals, particularly pyrite, in the ... -
Techno-economic analysis of a gasification system using refuse-derived fuel from municipal solid waste
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)The search for alternatives to fossil fuel is necessary with a view to reducing the negative environmental impact of fossil fuel and most importantly, to exploit an affordable and secured fuel source. This study investigated ... -
Analysis of defects occuring on rail tracks
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)South Africa’s railway system is the most highly developed in Africa. There are different kinds of transport systems in South Africa but rail transport is considered as one of an important element of the country’s transport ... -
Performance of zeolite ZSM-5 synthesised from South African fly ash in the conversion of methanol to hydrocarbons
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Zeolites have found applications as heterogeneous or solid catalyst in the petrochemical and refining industries. Zeolite ZSM-5 in particular is a highly siliceous solid catalyst with a porous network that consists of ... -
A performance and energy evaluation of a fertiliser-drawn forward osmosis (FDFO) system
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Globally, water is considered an essential resource as it sustains human, animal and plant life. Water is not only essential for all forms of life but imperative for economic growth. The world’s population is increasing ... -
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 ... -
Bio-delipidation of pre-treated poultry slaughterhouse wastewater by enzymes from the wastewater isolates
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)Pre-treatment of wastewater such as that from poultry slaughterhouses, which contains fats, oil,and grease (FOG) is necessary prior to the primary biological treatment of the wastewater to meet legislated discharge standards ... -
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 ... -
Impact of structured training programme on emerging contractors within the Western Cape Province, South Africa
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Emerging contractors have relished greater privileges since the first democratically elected government in South Africa came into power in 1994 but are faced with numerous challenges. The government has placed numerous ... -
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 ... -
Energy efficiency of solar heat concentrators using glass coated Al doped ZnO transparent conducting oxide as selective absorber
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017)Transparent conductive oxides (TCOs), which are widely used in transparent electronics, possess a spectral selectivity that is suitable for a solar material absorber. TCO materials have a plasma wavelength in the infrared ... -
FTO supported Co3O4 thin film biosensor for detection of fructose
(Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018)Electrochemical and non-enzymatic fructose detection has evoked keen interest in the scientific literature. Several authors have reported on different methods of electrode preparation for fructose sensors. However, little ... -
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 ...
