Author:Mushwana, CrescentDate:Feb 2015Renewable energy is derived form natural resources that are replenished at a faster rate than they are consumed, and thus cannot be depleted. Solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, and some forms of biomass are common sources of renewable energy. ...Read more
Author:Rogers, DEC; Brent, ACDate:2009A case study methodology and assessment of renewable energy technology and sustainable development is applied to a DME rural village project. Wind, solar and lead acid battery energy storage technologies were used for off-grid electrification. ...Read more
Author:Rogers, DEC; Brent, ACDate:Nov 2008A case study methodology and assessment of renewable energy technology and sustainable development is applied to a DME rural village project. Wind, solar and lead acid battery energy storage technology were used for off-grid electrification. ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, TDate:Dec 2015Renewables were mainly driven by the United States, Chinese and Japanese markets. This presentation's focus is on the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2010) of the power generation mix for South Africa until 2030. Solar PV and wind are the ...Read more
Author:Revat, E; Tucker, KCDate:Feb 2006The FLOSSWorld Regional Workshop for Africa was held in conjunction with Idlelo 2, the foremost conference on FLOSS in Africa which brought together people from across the continent (and the world) to assess current status and plot a way ...Read more
Author:Wall, Kevin; Rust, ChrisDate:Jul 2017The purpose of the “national infrastructure report cards” of the condition of engineering infrastructure in South Africa has been to draw the attention of government, and of the South African public at large to the importance of maintenance, ...Read more
Author:Mokoena, Nthabiseng ME; Nair, Kishor KDate:Aug 2018The choice of a face database should solemnly depend on the problem to be solved. In this research work, we use the Face Recognition Technology (FERET) database to address the challenge of face pose variations. The Scale Invariant Feature ...Read more
Author:Goliger, Adam M; Kruger, A; Retief, JDate:Jul 2013The siting of wind measurement infrastructure has implications on the development of wind speed statistics for the design of the built environment. The South African Weather Service (SAWS) wind measurement network is considered to be typical ...Read more
Author:Mbaya, IR; Gerber, AJ; Van Der Merwe, AJDate:Feb 2009The vision of the Semantic Web is to provide the World Wide Web the ability to automate interoperate and reason about resources and services on the Web. However, the autonomous dynamic open distributed and heterogeneous nature of the Semantic ...Read more
Author:Steyn, WJvdMDate:Jul 2008Nanotechnology is the science concerned with the design, construction and utilisation of functional structures with at least one characteristic dimension measured in nanometres. Compared to typical transportation engineering structures (roads, ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu SDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses how research and development can be used in an Industry 4.0 environment to enhance cybersecurity.Read more
Author:Ozoemena, KIDate:Oct 2015With the increasingly fast global uptake of clean and renewable energy sources like solar and wind power plants and the unprecedented use of smartphones, laptops and tablets, new high-performance electrical energy storage technologies are ...Read more
Author:Ahmed, RDate:Oct 2015Landmines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remain a major threat for military vehicles, their occupants and other assets. It is thus imperative that traditional methods of protection need to be adapted or new technologies developed.Read more
Author:Wall, KDate:Jul 2005The competing demands that are made on limited municipal operational budgets (and staff and other resources) severely constrain the proper management of services infrastructure. Some research work has already been done in the area of public ...Read more
Author:Mashigo, K; Erasmus, Louwrence D; Ayomoh, MKDate:Oct 2023One of the key contributing factors leading to road crashes in South Africa is associated with vehicle instability caused by wheel misalignment. Research conducted over the past 10 years shows that most vehicle accidents occur due to vehicle ...Read more
Author:Walwyn, DDate:Feb 2006The CSIR is a unique and significant institution within the science and technology landscape of South Africa. It covers a wide range of research areas, and is highly integrated across the research and innovation value chain, with its principal ...Read more