Browsing Faculty of Engineering by Subject "Variable speed drive"

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Achieving energy efficiency with medium voltage variable speed drives for ventilation-on-demand in South African mines

Nel, Andries J.H.; Arndt, Deon C.; Vosloo, Jan C.; Mathews, Marc J. (Elsevier, 2019)

The sustainability of the mining industry is contingent on the industry's ability to improve upon the status quo of operational efficiency. The advancement of energy efficient technologies coupled with modern strategies ...
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 ...