Browsing Engineering by Subject "Energy recovery"
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Investigating the feasibility of braking energy utilisation on diesel electric locomotives for South African Railway Duty Cycles
(2015)Five modes of transport exist on earth; 1) road, 2) sea, 3) rail, 4) air, and 5) pipeline. Railways have been used for centuries as a means of terrestrial bulk transportation due to its inherent low cost per tonne. ... -
Optimising energy recovery on mine dewatering systems
(North-West University, 2018)Mines in South Africa face many challenges. Chief among these are rising production costs. This coupled with labour unrests and investor uncertainty means that mines are under significant strain. An excellent method to ... -
Thermodynamic optimisation of a boiler feed water desalination plant
(2014)In the process of electricity generation, water is used as the working fluid to transport energy from the fuel to the turbine. This water has to be ultrapure in order to reduce maintenance cost on the boilers. For the ...