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Showing 1 to 20 of 202 for “"Energy research"”.
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Collaboration effectiveness in energy research and development : an empirical study of patents
… in contributing to innovation in the energy industry through evaluation of patent data across both traditional oil and gas patents and renewable patents at both the individual patent-level and company-level. Evaluation of collaboration trends finds significant evidence of increasing …
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The Development and Evaluation of an index language for energy research [Volume 2]
Although numerous dictionaries of energy terms are available, and there are other thesauri on specific aspects of energy, for example, coal, biomass, nuclear energy, there are few comprehensive energy thesauri. So far, no energy thesaurus applicable to South Africa, has been published. It was found …
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Political Factors Predicting Renewable Energy Research and Development Levels: Mixed Results in Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development Countries from 1990-2000.
… countries allocate more public expenditure to research and development of renewable energy than others. This is attempted by offering a comparative analysis of the commitment to renewable energy by nineteen OECD governments from 1990-2000 using cross-sectional time series analysis. The main …
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An analysis of annual environmental conditions and heat gains, and theoretical assessment of approaches to improve summer thermal comfort, of the Energy Research Centre at the University of Cape Town
The Energy Research Centre (ERC), a research centre located at the University of Cape Town (UCT), is considering retrofitting its offices with measures to improve its occupants' thermal comfort, particularly during Cape Town's summer months. While a simple solution would be to install an active …
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Exploring renewable energy powered reverse osmosis desalination plants in South Africa: a costing analysis of Reverse Osmosis desalination plants powered by renewable energy and their potential for South Africa
… desalination process requires large amounts of energy, either in the form of waste heat or grid electricity. If conventional grid electricity sources are used to power desalination plants, the burning of fossil fuels will contribute towards the release of greenhouse gasses.
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Numerical study of the thermal performance of solar chimneys for ventilation in buildings
… as they are based on renewable sources of energy. One such type of natural ventilation system is the solar chimney which can either be roof-mounted or wall-mounted in buildings. The aim of this study was to develop a mathematical model for assessing the thermal performance of roof-mounted …
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Why South Africa's energy-poverty policy ignores female well-being : a case of non-decision-making?
… the burden associated with fulfilling domestic energy requirements. Despite this, energy-poverty policies like the Free Basic Alternative Energy Policy of 2007 ignore the specific challenges faced by women such as the financial implications of procuring daily domestic energy. This study adds …
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The design of a mechanical driver
… of vehicles on a rolling road dynomometer by the Energy Research Institute (ERI) at the University of Cape Town. Many vehicle tests involve using driving cycles which tend to be long and repetitive. Consequently, the driver finds it boring and difficult to repeat a specific dr1ving pattern within …
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Characterization of palm olein (oil) as base oil for biolubricant production
This research work is on the determination of the properties of palm oil as potential base oil for producing bio based lubricants. The samples analysed were obtained from the open markets in the South West, South East and South South zones of Nigeria. Some of the physical and chemical properties …
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Public and private sector involvement in the provision of electricity in urban areas of South Africa
This study examines the involvement of public and private sector institutions in the provision of electricity in urban areas of South Africa. Access to electricity in South Africa is highly unequal and little progress is currently being made to bring electricity to all, mainly due to institutional …
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An investigation into increased productivity of small scale anaerobic digesters by means of temperature management
The use of biological waste as a primary energy source for the production of biogas, by the process of anaerobic digestion, has been commonly used in the past by small communities and on a larger scale by waste water treatment plants. In the latter, the biogas is traditionally used for heating of …
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Farmworker families : towards equitable and adequate energy provision
… the worker households' access to and use of energy, in order to identify their domestic energy needs. An evaluation of energy supply, including all fuels used by workers, is undertaken. Guidelines for strategies to improve farmworker households' access to energy services are proposed. The …
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How best to generate carbon revenue for small-scale projects in sub-Saharan Africa
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has not worked for sub-Saharan Africa and its mainly small projects, delivering only 0.3% of the total CDM carbon offsets. This is thought to be because of the low intensity of the greenhouse gas reducing interventions prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, the lack …
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Energy from sugarcane by-products : analysis for Kenya
… product base. Expanding their business to energy as a co-product to sugar processing, sugar companies could generate additional revenue from surplus electricity sales to the national utility. In Mauritius, gross revenue of USD 50 million, equivalent to 90% of that accruing to the miller for …
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Air pollution modelling for the greater Cape Town region
Limited research on dispersion modelling for the Cape Town metropolitan area has been undertaken. This thesis deals with air-pollution aspects in relation to dispersion modelling, as well as with the input requirements and application of a dispersion model in the Greater Cape Town region. An EPA …
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Evaluating the technical and economic feasibility of large scale municipal solid waste to energy project in RSA - Atlantis Foundries anaerobic digestion project case study
… of a large scale municipal solid waste (MSW) to energy project in the Republic of South Africa, by evaluating the feasibility of Atlantis Foundries (AF) envisaged anaerobic digestion project. Following an audit on the AF site and consultations with AF and Anaergia (PTY) Ltd (the envisaged project …
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The elephant in the room: The rise and role of India in the climate change negotiations
The climate change negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have been ongoing since the first conference of the parties in 1995. Twenty years on there has been little progress reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the climate regime is in a state of flux and the …
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The relationship between electricity and economic activity, and the saturation level of the electricity share in the secondary energy usage
… and in manufacturing establishments provides energy to utilize the capital stock. In some processes electricity is a direct input into the production process.
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Site location and techno-economic analysis of utility-scale concentrating solar power plants in South Africa
This dissertation comprises a two-part study concerned with the identification and quantification of potential Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) sites in South Africa; and the performance and cost modelling, optimisation and analysis of two CSP technologies in three locations. A further theme of the …
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Compressed air storage for electricity generation in South Africa
… dissertation was to investigate compressed air energy storage as an alternative generation capacity for the South African electricity industry. In chapter one, an introduction to energy storage, electrical energy storage was introduced as an alternative generation option. Various energy storage …
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