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The reconciliation of the material balance of a natural gas processing plant
(North-West University, 2006)
Accurate material balances serve as essential tools for controlling, evaluating and optimising petrochemical processes. In natural gas processing plants, where there are only phase separation processes and no chemical ...
A study of the effect of MPLS on quality of service in wireless LANs
(North-West University, 2006)
The increasing availability of wireless technology, both at home and in the workplace, offers many advantages in terms of mobility and freedom of connectivity. However, switching from a wired to a wireless transmission ...
Fischer-Tropsch gas-to-liquids technology : an assessment of the competitive landscape
(North-West University, 2006)
Global proven and speculative natural gas reserves are enormous. Unfortunately, much of these reserves is economically stranded and as a result, can not be profitably utilized using traditional methods. In another development, ...
Experimental determination of the forced convective boiling heat transfer coefficients of R407C in fluted-tubes
(North-West University, 2006)
Due to the phase-out of all refrigerants with ozone depletion potential, a large void is left inthe refrigeration market. This void was caused due to a lack of new, ozone friendly, pure refrigerants with similar thermodynamic ...
Chitosan membranes for the removal of zinc from simulated wastewater
(North-West University, 2006)
The utilisation of South African produced chitosan membranes for the removal of
heavy metal ions from contaminated water was explored.
South African produced chitosan was used to manufacture membranes for the
adsorption ...
Developing ESCO procedures for large telecommunication facilities using novel simulation techniques
(North-West University, 2006)
Peak electricity demand in South Africa will exceed the available operational generation
capacity in 2007. The state utility Eskom is addressing this challenge, inter aha, with the
implementation of the Demand-side ...
The control of rock winders for maximum demand management on deep South African mines
(North-West University, 2006)
In South Africa, electrical energy is taken for granted. The low electricity price has helped electricity intensive industries to be competitive. Unfortunately it has also
prevented industries to become energy efficient. ...
Determining the initial design parameters of a radial-inflow turbine
(North-West University, 2006)
The development of computer technology makes it increasingly possible to start designs through simulation and making it possible to address technical problems
before manufacturing. This not only saves cost, but also the ...
High speed flexible rotor active magnetic bearing control
(North-West University, 2006)
The School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering at the North-West University is in the
process of establishing a knowledge base on Active Magnetic Bearings (AMBs). In support of this
initiative this project ...
The effect of distributed generation on the quality of power
(North-West University, 2006)
This document presents a study of the effects distributed generation (DG) has on the
power quality (PQ) of electrical power networks. At the time the study was proposed the
scheme of DG was speculative by nature and the ...