Browsing Engineering by Subject "Performance"
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A development path for small wind energy systems in South Africa
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2017)South Africa‟s electricity generation is primarily through coal, and this contributes significantly to the country‟s high carbon emissions. In 2010, the Department of Energy, initiated the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) ... -
Evaluation of upstream and downstream process parameters on electrostatic precipitator performance
(2013)New emission legislation regarding air pollution control, as instructed by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to Eskom Generation Power Stations, implies a particulate emission limit of 100 mg/Nm3 for all existing ... -
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 the turnaround maintenance of the Escravos gas plant
(North-West University, 2011)According to Oliver (2002) the success of turnaround maintenances is measured in terms of the cost of completion, time, safety performance and the performance of the plant afterwards. The Escravos gas plant (EGP) is a gas ... -
Modelling of losses in multi-stage axial compressors with subsonic conditions
(North-West University, 2003)The need was identified to develop an analytical performance prediction code for subsonic multistage axial compressors that can be included in network analysis software. It was found that performance calculations based ... -
A systems-based comparative assessment of corridor bottlenecks : the case of Beira Corridor
(North-West University (South Africa)., 2022)The existence of alternative routes to serve landlocked countries within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the resulting competition between corridors provides the backdrop to this comparative study. ...