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Improved management approach to oil spill response of the gas-to-liquid project fuels
(North-West University, 2007)
The demand for energy globally has remained unabated; technology and enterprise alignment is meeting this challenge. The current production of transport fuel is increasing with diesel fuel mostly in demand. This trend has ...
Flame treatment of polypropylene plastics within AK Stone Guards
(North-West University, 2008)
Flame treatment of polypropylene is a polarization process which improves the adhesion qualities of the substrate (Kostyk, 2000). Flame treatment is known as a "Pre-Treatment" process and is widely used in industry to ...
Optimizing rotating equipment maintenance management in Nigerian refineries
(North-West University, 2008)
Nigeria ranks among notable global exporters of crude oil. However, the refineries positioned for providing finished petroleum products have not met this obligation. Plant reliability is a major crisis amidst rising demands ...
A maintenance strategy for a network of automated fluid management systems
(North-West University, 2012)
The current economic climate in South Africa requires organisations to optimise available resources – human and otherwise – to successfully sustain business operations. This is especially true for the growing SMME sector ...
Management model to optimise the use of reverse osmosis brine to backwash ultra–filtration systems at Medupi power station
(2014)
According to the Department of Water Affairs (DWAF, 2004 p.15), South Africa’s water resources are scarce and extremely limited and much of this precious resource is utilised and consumed in our industries. Treatment and ...
Recommendation on a suitable desalination process for the South African environment
(North-West University, 2010)
Supplies of potable water from traditional sources have been increasingly depleted due to increasing world population and per capita water use. In South Africa fresh water is a vital, but scarce resource, distributed ...
Document management system in owner companies during project execution
(North-West University, 2010)
Owner companies should consider all elements of Document Management during a project’s life cycle, identify shortcomings and address them successfully to ensure successful completion of projects and ultimately to also ...
Maintenance improvement in the petrochemical industry
(North-West University, 2011)
Technology is the answer to most of our human needs but every technology is often
accompanied by other challenges which often lead to the evolvement of another technology. One of the technologies that have greatly impacted ...
Improving the turnaround maintenance of the Escravos gas plant
(North-West University, 2011)
According to Oliver (2002) the success of turnaround maintenances is measured in terms of the cost of completion, time, safety performance and the performance of the plant afterwards. The Escravos gas plant (EGP) is a gas ...
Mitigating risks associated with Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) of hazardous energy in Nigeria : a tracker approach
(North-West University, 2012)
The main objective of the study was to determine the risk(s) associated with lockout/tagout of hazardous energy and propose a new LOTO procedure which tracks the implementation of LOTO to mitigate against identified risks ...