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Energy-based fault detection for an auto-thermal reformer
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)
The effects of the so-called energy-crisis are being felt world-wide. Dwindling natural resources has seen an increase in research efforts to develop new energy efficient technologies, and to manage existing facilities ...
Development of an integrated co-processor based power electronic drive
(North-West University, 2008)
The McTronX research group at the North-West University is currently researching self-sensing techniques for Active Magnetic Bearings (AMB). The research is part of an ongoing effort to expand the knowledge base on AMBs ...
Model predictive control of a magnetically suspended flywheel energy storage system
(North-West University, 2012)
The goal of this dissertation is to evaluate the effectiveness of model predictive control (MPC) for a magnetically suspended flywheel energy storage uninterruptible power supply (FlyUPS). The reason this research topic ...
Dynamic control of a hybrid control valve
(North-West University, 2006)
In industries around the world control valves are commonly used to control integrated systems. The operational range of a control valve may therefore extend over large excursions of pressure and fluid or gas density. These ...
Characterisation of a proton exchange membrane electrolyser using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
(North-West University, 2012)
Hydrogen is a promising energy carrier and a possible replacement for fossil fuel energy sources in the future. Hydrogen has the highest energy content per unit weight of any known fuel. The proton exchange membrane (PEM) ...
Automated control of a pebble bed core thermal flow test unit
(North-West University, 2006)
The HTTF (Heat Transfer Test Facility) is a unique project verifying the only pebble bed
correlations currently used by PBMR (Pty) LTD. They are developing a new concept nuclear power station and are at present in the ...
Cathodic protection system design framework for the petrochemical industry
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)
The aim is to establish a cathodic protection (CP) system design framework for the petrochemical industry in South Africa. The CP system design framework is destined to be used as a guideline when designing CP systems for ...
The use of supercapacitors in conjunction with batteries in industrial auxiliary DC power systems
(2015)
Control and monitoring networks often operate on AC/DC power systems. DC batteries and chargers are commonly used on industrial plants as auxiliary DC power systems for these control and monitoring networks. The energy ...
Simulation and characterisation of a concentrated solar power plant
(2015)
Concentrated solar power (CSP) is an efficient means of renewable energy that makes use of solar radiation to produce electricity instead of making use of conventional fossil fuel techniques such as burning coal. The aim ...
Bitstream specialisation for dynamic reconfiguration of real-time applications
(2015)
The focus of this thesis is on specialising the configuration of a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to allow dynamic reconfiguration of real-time applications. The dynamic reconfiguration of an application has numerous ...