Browsing Engineering by Subject "Automation"

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    • Automated control of mine dewatering pumps 

      Smith, Tinus (2014)
      Deep gold mines use a vast amount of water for various purposes. After use, the water is pumped back to the surface. This process is energy intensive. The control is traditionally done with manual interventions. The purpose ...

    • An automated solution to facilitate sustainable DSM in the mining environment 

      Steyl, Jacob Petrus (North-West University, 2008)
      South Africa is experiencing a serious electricity supply problem. This problem is expected to persist until at least 2012. During the winter of 2006 load shedding and electricity supply-cuts started occurring in the Western ...

    • Best practices for automation and control of mine dewatering systems 

      Oberholzer, Phillip Johannes (2015)
      Typical deep level mines use up to 27 ML water per day for mining operations. Multistage centrifugal pumps up to 2500 MW are used in an upward cascading manor to dewater the shaft. The dewatering systems at some mines are ...

    • A framework for software quality assurance 

      Abo'o Zo'o, Sara Penina Jacqueline (North-West University (South Africa)., 2021)
      The current era is highly impacted by new technologies, creating a technological race, including new features and updates daily, which produces a significantly high amount of code that is generated. However, as an organisation ...