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Carbon particle type characterization of the carbon behaviour impacting on a commercial-scale Sasol-Lurgi FBDB gasifier
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Cascade disruption of generation: a special focus on African grid volnurebilities
(IEEE, 2011)Large scale network disruption often lies at the heart of regional blackouts, and often disrupts entire communities in terms of their normal activities and well being. Disruptions caused by cascading failure of generating ... -
Cascade disruption of generation: the hidden gift of failure
(IEEE, 2012)Large scale network disruption often lies at the heart of regional blackouts, and often disrupts entire communities in terms of their normal activities and well being. Recognizing the threat posed by such disturbances, ... -
The case for nuclear electricity in South Africa – a political alignment framework
(Wiley, 2014)Energy is essential for economic development of South Africa. All areas for development and economic growth i.e. reducing poverty and improving quality of life require affordable access to reliable energy services. When ... -
Case study for evaluating benefits of pavement research: final results
(The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2013)Heavy-duty pavement innovations developed through research for a major rehabilitation project in California were evaluated. The performance benefits of the innovations were examined, and the economic benefits from ... -
Case study: energy savings for a deep-mine water reticulation system
(Elsevier, 2012)In deep level mining, water reticulation systems are one of the major consumers of electricity. The refrigeration plants, together with the underground water supply and dewatering systems are integrated to form one complete ... -
Case study: the effects of a variable flow energy saving strategy on a deep-mine cooling system
(ELSEVIER, 2013)Cooling systems consume up to 25% of the total electricity used on deep level mines. These systems are integrated with the water reticulation system to provide chilled service water to the mine as well as cooling for mine ... -
CFD applications in the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor Project: a decade of progress
(Elsevier, 2011)Of all the systems and components that have to be designed for a nuclear plant, the Reactor Unit is the most significant since it is at the very heart of the plant. At Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty) Ltd. (PBMR), the ... -
CFD modeling of particle charging and collection in electrostatic precipitators
(Elsevier, 2016)A CFD model was developed to describe the particle laden gas flow through an ESP, particle charging and collection. The corona discharge was modeled using the open source software OpenFOAM to solve the Poison and charge ... -
Changes to the organic functional groups of an inertinite rich medium rank bituminous coal during acid treatment processes
(Elsevier Science, 2011)A South African inertinite rich medium rank bituminous coal was subjected to a series of acid treatment steps using concentrations of HF and HNO3 ranging between 1.5 and 4 M, temperatures between 65 and 80 °C and reaction ... -
Characterisation of a PEM electrolyser using the current interrupt method
(Elsevier, 2014)A method is proposed to model the electrochemical characteristics of a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyser. The electrochemical characteristics, which include the Ohmic, activation and concentration losses, are ... -
Characterisation of a polyaromatic PBI blend membrane for SO2 electrolysis
(Elsevier, 2015)The application of a polyaromatic acid–base blend membrane from partially fluorinated and sulfonated aromatic polyether and the polybenzimidazole F6PBI has been investigated for hydrogen production using SO2 electrolysis. ... -
The characterisation of slow-heated inertinite- and vitrinite-rich coals from the South African coalfields
(Elsevier, 2015)The development of coal char structures with pyrolysis has been extensively investigated but has traditionally been focused on the carboniferous coals in the northern Hemisphere. In this investigation, the properties of ... -
Characterisation tools development for PEM electrolysers
(Elsevier, 2014)Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), current interrupt (CI) and current mapping (CM) were investigated as in-situ characterisation tools for PEM electrolysers. A 25 cm2 cell with titanium anode and carbon cathode ... -
Characterisation tools development for PEM electrolysers
(Elsevier, 2014)Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), current interrupt (CI) and current mapping (CM) were investigated as in-situ characterisation tools for PEM electrolysers. A 25 cm2 cell with titanium anode and carbon cathode ... -
Chemical and structural characterization of char development during lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis
(Elsevier, 2017)The chemical and structural changes of three lignocellulosic biomass samples during pyrolysis were investigated using both conventional and advanced characterization techniques. The use of ATR-FTIR as a characterization ... -
Chemical–structural properties of South African bituminous coals: insights from wide angle XRD–carbon fraction analysis, ATR–FTIR, solid state 13C NMR, and HRTEM techniques
(Elsevier, 2015)The chemical–structural properties of four South African bituminous coals were investigated using wide angle X-ray diffraction–carbon fraction analysis (WAXRD–CFA), attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infra-red ... -
Chitosan: a low cost material for the production of membrane for use in PEMFC – a review
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Fuel cells, especially proton exchange membrane fuel cells, are considered promising and an attractive replacement for existing sources of energy. Despite the high potential of proton exchange membrane fuel cells as an ...