Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Subject "Demand side management"

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A new approach to ensure successful implementation of sustainable demand side management (DSM) in South African mines

Pelzer, R.; Mathews, E.H.; Le Roux, D.F.; Kleingeld, M. (Elsevier, 2008)

Demand side management (DSM) is seen as a short-term solution to the imminent problem of electricity supply shortages in South Africa. DSM aims to reduce peak loads with immediate results in a short time. The mining sector ...
Novel measurement and verification of irrigation pumping energy conservation measures under incentive-based programmes

Storm, M.E.; Gouws, R.; Grobler, L.J. (ERC, UCT, 2018)

In most countries the agricultural sector, especially crop irrigation, is a considerable energy consumer. Farm irrigation studies in South Africa showed that energy and water is wasted on a large scale and there is a large ...