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Improving voltage profile of load bus of wind generation system using DSTATCOM
In a low voltage distribution system with integrated wind plant, voltage stability is impacted by the large variation of load …
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Proposal for improved nuclear fuel utilisation and economic performance by utilising thorium
A systematic and strategic nuclear power reactor deployment roadmap has been developed for South Africa within the national strategic plan, …
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Using participatory GIS to examine social perception towards proposed wind energy landscapes
Thirteen onshore wind farm projects, totalling approximately 700 wind turbines, are proposed for the West Coast Region (WCR) of the …
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Sizing, design, and installation of an isolated wind–photovoltaic hybrid power system with battery storage for laboratory general illumination in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
power generation system of a size able to meet the electric power requirement for general illumination of the electric laboratory …
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Differential power algorithm based maximum power point tracking for a standalone solar PV system
We report on an improved maximum power point tracking (MPPT) system based on a differential power algorithm. In the proposed …
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The optical design and performance of a concentrator photovoltaic module
Concentration photovoltaic (CPV) modules promise a more efficient, higher power output than traditional photovoltaic modules. This is achieved by concentrating …
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Suppressed demand in the clean development mechanism: conceptual and practical issues
One of the challenges of applying greenhouse gas emission accounting approaches in poor communities is that the current consumption of …
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Thermodynamic analysis of a direct expansion solar assisted heat pump water heater
In this paper, the thermodynamic performance of a direct expansion solar assisted heat pump (DX-SAHP), which is used to heat …
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The determination of short circuits and grounding faults in electric power systems using time-frequency analysis
In order to ensure that electrical energy reaches consumers uninterrupted, researchers constantly try to improve power transmission lines. To realize …
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A roadmap framework for solar aided power generation in South Africa
Technology roadmaps are critical for decisions pertaining to technology development. They have been utilised in the renewable energy sector to …
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Building power control and comfort management using genetic programming and fuzzy logic
In the last couple of years, energy management in the building environment has been a topic of interest to the …
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Batteryless PV desalination system for rural areas: A case study
The use of photovoltaics (PVs) to power reverse osmosis (RO) desalination can potentially break the dependence of this desalination process …
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Prediction of diesel engine performance, emissions and cylinder pressure obtained using bioethanol-biodiesel-diesel fuel blends through an artificial neural network
The changes in the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of bioethanol-safflower biodiesel and diesel fuel blends used in a common …
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Exhaust gas treatment for reducing cold start emissions of a motorcycle engine fuelled with gasoline-ethanol blends
In countries like India, transportation by a two wheeled motorcycle is very common owing to affordable cost, easy handling and …
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Bio-oil yield potential of some tropical woody biomass
Six tropical biomass samples namely: Ogbono wood (Irvingia wombolu), Mango wood (Mangifera indica), Neem wood (Azadiracta indica), Ogbono shell (Irvingia …
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Comparative evaluation of the performance of an improved solar-biomass hybrid dryer
A solar biomass hybrid dryer intially designed with a front pass flat plate solar air heater and a biomass heating …
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Energy supply in Malawi: Options and issues
Inadequate energy supply is one of the major problems confronting Malawi and limiting its social, economic and industrial development. This …
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Quantifying South Africa’s sulphur dioxide emission efficiency in coal-powered electricity generation by fitting the three-parameter log-logistic distribution
This paper fits the three-parameter log-logistic (3LL) distribution to sulphur dioxide (SO2) monthly emissions in kilograms per gigawatt hour (kg/GWh) …
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The success of multi-sector participation in the management of revenue for beneficiary communities of South African renewable energy companies – sub-model A
AbstractMulti-sector participation is one of three sub-models that resulted from the splitting of the original model that resulted from the …
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Implications of biofuel production in the Western Cape province, South Africa: A system dynamics modelling approach of South Africa: A system dynamics modelling approach
The national government instated a mandatory blending policy to facilitate the uptake and establishment of a biofuels sector in South …