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Methanol quality and its effects on the fuel-cell reformer off-gas composition
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Previous research articles that deal with methanol-steam reforming with Cu/ZnO/Al?O? catalyst do not take into account the quality of methanol used and the effect that it would have on catalyst performance and the off-gas ... -
Evaluation of key factors influencing a South African based electrical utility to utilise smart grid technologies for power quality management
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)With the ever-growing global drive to reduce carbon emission compelling the need to diversify Energy generation options, solar and wind renewable energy sources are the popular choices in South Africa. Since photo-voltaic ... -
CFD airfoil profile drag calculation using far-field wake analysis
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)With the ever increasing cost of experimental data and the ultimate decrease of project lifespan from design to implementation it has become the aerodynamicist?s main priority to design and model new ideas with precise ... -
Development of a Performance Management Tool for Patterson Grade B1-B3 employees at a minerals processing plant
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)In this research a Performance Management Tool (PMT) has been developed from literature (primarily based on Locke and Latham's Goal-setting Theory) to assist supervisors in managing the performance of their lower level ... -
Critical success factor model to optimize power plant life cycle management
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)For power utilities to secure a competitive edge in the energy sector, the efficiency of life cycle management programmes must be improved through successful execution of projects. In today's competitive environment, ... -
Industrialisation of underground coal gasification in South Africa and the commercial optimisation of the Theunissen UCG project
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)South Africa faces long-term energy challenges, such as energy access and affordability; diminishing reserves of coal; environmental concerns; balancing the electricity grid whilst incorporating an increasing proportion ... -
Enhancing cross border operational efficiency with techno-social systems
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The emerging of global value chains means that, for a country or region to fully take advantage of this global phenomenon, then that country or region will need to be competitive in many areas of trade including trade ... -
Selection of suitable sub-models for improved confidence in lumped parameter internal ballistic codes
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Gun systems manufacturers, propellant manufacturers, ballisticians, and the users of gun systems heavily rely on interior ballistic simulations to describe projectile behavior from the initial point of propellant ignition ... -
Development of a quality assurance framework for chemical coated sand used in Additive Manufacturing technologies
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The importance of South Africa's foundry industry cannot be overemphasized as it contributes towards the economic development of the country. It has been reported that the local foundry industry has been under severe ... -
Evaluation of fabric filter plant operating costs as a function of bag filter dimensions
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Particulate emissions from industrial activities have been governed worldwide. In South Africa the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has, under the mandate of the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, ... -
Decomposition of complex two-dimensional shapes into simple convex shapes
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Decomposing a complex shape into visually significant parts comes naturally for humans, and turns out to be very useful in areas such as shape analysis, shape matching, recognition, topology extraction, collision detection ... -
A comparison between high airflow drying and adsorption assisted drying for the dewatering of fine coal
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Development in the fossil fuel sector should be an on-going process to promote sustainability, while reducing the environmental footprint. It is important to improve operations in the mining sector to ensure that coal is ... -
Development of a Defense Technology Acquisition Portfolio Management Framework
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Defense acquisition system (DAS) is one of the most important aspects of defense systems and requires an efficient and effective strategy for implementation. DAS has been reformed in the defense industry in an evolutionary ... -
A lean project management framework for additive manufacturing
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)This study aims to present a lean project management framework for the additive manufacturing industry (AM). This framework will contain critical elements of project management (PM) and will intend to add value to an ... -
Optimal use of mobile cooling units in a deep-level gold mine
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)South Africa has an international advantage in terms of gold deposit endowment, however there are several challenges faced by the gold mining sector that hinder the realisation of the country's full production potential. ... -
Leveraging Software-Defined Networking for QoS in home networks
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Home networks refer to devices at the edge of the internet. These networks face unique provisioning challenges. As the home network is growing and more complex devices are added, the Internet Service Provider (ISP) may ... -
Trade-off between simulation accuracy and complexity for mine compressed air systems
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)In South Africa, the industrial sector is responsible for a large portion of the country's total annual electricity consumption. The mining sector alone contributes approximately 15%, which makes it one of the largest ... -
Neutronic analysis of selected fuel assemblies of the MIT BEAVRS benchmark using HEADE collision probability code
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Neutronic models for fresh core fuel assemblies of the MIT BEAVRS benchmark are developed using the HEADE collision probability code which is a module of the OSCAR-4 code used for research reactor calculations. This research ... -
Exact approaches towards solving generator maintenance scheduling problems
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)The holistic management of a national power system is faced with multiple long and short-term scheduling challenges. One of the key long-term scheduling problems is referred to as the generator maintenance scheduling problem ... -
A quality improvement plan for a technical department within a petrochemical company
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Quality improvement initiatives have been implemented by various manufacturing companies. Through initiatives such as international standards organization, lean production, total quality management systems and six sigma, ...
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