Browsing Engineering by Subject "Maintenance"
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Analysing the impact of pre-cooling on mine refrigeration systems
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)Globally the mining sector is facing a harsh economic climate, with sharp increases in production costs and decreased productivity. In South Africa the situation is worsened by the continuous increase in labour and electricity ... -
Assessment of information utilisation : a maintenance and operational view, SASOL Infragas as case study
(2013)Sasol Infragas uses various maintenance information systems that support operational and maintenance personnel in their everyday environment. These systems have been in operation for more than two years. Currently, there ... -
Benefits of improved performance monitoring of mine cooling systems
(2014)Mine cooling system components are an integral part of a mine's ventilation system. A mine's reliance on these capital intensive components are set to increase as mines deepen. Mine cooling systems consume up to a quarter ... -
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 ... -
An improved maintenance management strategy for gas field equipment in Escravos gas–to–liquid plant, Nigeria
(North-West University, 2010)The safety record of most petrochemical industries in the world and Nigeria in particle, has not been able to come down to the maximum allowable range of 0 - 0.1 percent of tolerance on recordable injuries, due to increasing ... -
Improving DSM project implementation and sustainability through ISO standards
(2014)South African industries are challenged with above inflation electricity tariffs which may affect their competitiveness within their relative markets. In order to successfully manage these rising electricity costs and ... -
Investigating the effect of pump availability on load shift performance
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Due to the high electricity consumption trends of pumping operations in the mining sector, numerous load-shifting projects have been implemented to reduce peak TOU demand for electricity. A lack of maintenance on pump ... -
Maintenance improvement in the petrochemical industry
(North-West University, 2011)Technology is the answer to most of our human needs but every technology is often accompanied by other challenges which often lead to the evolvement of another technology. One of the technologies that have greatly impacted ... -
A new maintenance strategy for Power Holding Company Nigeria to contest the current power demand problem
(North-West University, 2008)Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), responsible for generating, transmitting and distributing electricity in Nigeria is being faced with an apparent huge maintenance problem which seemingly contributes greatly to the ... -
Practical implementation of reliability centered maintenance principles and practices : a hot strip mill as case study
(2015)Reliability-Cenetred Maintenance (RCM) is a well-known maintenance process developed in the aviation industry. It has yielded great success and hence was the process adapted to be used in the more industrial environments, ...