Doctoral Degrees (Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies)
This collection contains theses sponsored by the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies.
Recent Submissions
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Turbine layout for and optimization of solar chimney power conversion units
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The power conversion unit of a large solar chimney power plant converts the fluid power, first into mechanical power, and then into electrical power. In this dissertation a tool is developed to determine ... -
Techno-economic study for sugarcane basse to liquid biofuels in South Africa: a comparison between biological and thermological process routes
(2010-08-04)A techno-economic feasibility study was performed to compare biological and thermochemical process routes for production of liquid biofuels from sugarcane bagasse in South Africa using process modelling. Processing of ... -
Technical and economic evaluation of the utilization of solar energy at South Africa's SANAE IV base in Antarctica
(Elsevier, 2007)The technical and economic feasibility of utilizing solar energy at South Africa's SANAE IV station in Antarctica was evaluated in order to estimate potential financial and external savings, and to alleviate the programme's ... -
Techno-economic study for sugarcane bagasse to liquid biofuels in South Africa : a comparison between biological and thermochemical process routes
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A techno-economic feasibility study was performed to compare biological and thermochemical process routes for production of liquid biofuels from sugarcane bagasse in South Africa using process modelling. ... -
Optimization and control of a large-scale solar chimney power plant
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The dissertation builds on previous research (Pretorius, 2004) and investigates the optimization and control of a large-scale solar chimney power plant. Performance results are based on a reference location ... -
Design, build and test a passive thermal system for a loft : a roof solar chimney application for South African weather conditions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007)ENGLISH: The design, construction and testing of a passive thermal system, a roof solar chimney, for a loft is considered. Unlike conventional solar chimneys the solar collector is constructed from corrugated iron roof ...
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