Author:Coetzee, L; Butgereit, L; Smith, Andrew CDate:Jun 2012In a future world where everything is connected to everything (the so-called Internet of Things), new possibilities of creating novel solutions are on the horizon. However, not all challenges of this completely connected world have been ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRUDate:Jun 1982This report provides an overview of the Hartenbos estuary of the Cape Coast dealing with aspects such as climate, geology, soils, catchments, run-off, vegetations, oceanography and estuaries. In this report available information on Hartenbos ...Read more
Author:du Preez, MDate:Sep 2010Access to affordable, safe and sufficient quantities of water is fundamental to health and dignity of all humans. However, in 2006 an estimated 1.1 billion people still had no access to safe water and 2.6 billion lacked access to basic ...Read more
Author:Jones, DJ; Morton, BDate:Sep 2002Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) operations have been performed by the CSIR for the past 25 years. During this period, experience has been gained with regards to the collection and storage of pavement behaviour data from accelerated pavement ...Read more
Author:Bickerton, IBDate:Feb 1984In this report available historical information on Heuningnes estuary is presented. The threat posed by high water levels in the Heuningnes, to the farmland situated on the coastal plain of Bredasdorp reduces the possibility of leaving the ...Read more
Author:Sibisi, SDate:26 Sep 2007At a ceremony at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Friday, CSIR President and CEO, Dr Sibusiso Sibisi, was among a group of South Africans who received the National Orders from President Thabo Mbeki. The Orders are bestowed on South Africans ...Read more
Author:Cooper, J; Avery, GDate:Jul 1986This report gives the results of a workshop held on historical sites at the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward islands, southern Indian Ocean. All known visits and sojourns on the Prince Edward islands up to 1948 are tabulated. All known historical ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRUDate:Jun 1981The Holgat is not an estuary in the true sense, due to a combination of factors. Although the catchment has an area of 1500 km2, the Holgat last flowed in 1925. The main reason for this appears to be the low rainfall in the catchment and the ...Read more
Author:Grindley, SADate:Dec 1988Hout Bay is a south-facing crescentic embayment on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula approximately 22km south of Cape Town. The valley of Hout Bay is surrounded by mountains with the summit of Table Mountain. The use of the Hout bay as a ...Read more
Author:Sadzik, PDate:May 1988This guide will assist on how to build a small water tank which can be used to store spring water, rainwater or water pumped from a stream or dam. Small water tanks can be constructed from many different materials such as corrugated iron, ...Read more
Author:Schep, RADate:1974Low rank coals are hydrogenated and solubilized more effectively and more rapidly by a mixture of carbon monoxide and water than hydrogen. The purpose of this memorandum is to present the information presently available on the aforementioned process.Read more
Author:Hobbs, PJ; Cobbing, JEDate:Aug 2007The comparatively short history of acid mine drainage (AMD) in the West Rand Basin (WRB) via mine water decant on the Randfontein Operations property (formerly Randfontein Estates Ltd) of Harmony Gold Mining Company west of Krugersdorp (Figure ...Read more
Author:Barrass, GDate:1978A method utilising the "hot-rod" reactor has been employed to study the hydropyrolysis characteristics of a selection of South African coals. The effects of various operating parameters involved in this process have been investigated such as ...Read more
Author:Barrass, G; Davidtz, JC; Gray, D; Jezko, J; Kershaw, JR; Meinjes, AADate:1977The +300 degrees Celsius boiling fraction of a coal-derived liquid produced by direct dry non-catalytic hydrogenation of Sigma coal was hydrotreated in the presence of a tailored Ni/W oxide on a synthetic layered silicate catalyst.Read more
Author:Gaigher, JLDate:1976Zircon, ilmenite and rutile have been identified by X-ray diffraction in a pyrite concentrate prepared from a Witbank coal by means of the Deister Table.Read more
Author:De Villiers, GDTDate:1986This study represents a quantitative survey of the impact of the climate and weather on the activities of the building and construction industry in South Africa. Seasonal productivity problems, the seasonal provision of special facilities and ...Read more
Author:Dunn, Dwain IDate:2000This study traces the route of FSC certified timber from mill to market, seeking to understand the impact of certification on traders and retailers in South Africa and the UKRead more
Author:Mambo, JDate:Mar 2012AIDS mortality, its linkages as a determinant and consequence of food security and its impact on natural resource utilisation by mainly rural populations, has not been well researched, especially their effects on rural livelihoods. Determining ...Read more
Author:Cousins, CCDate:2000This research was done so as to understand key issues in the stakeholder consultation process undertaken as a component of the process of forest certification under the Forest Stewardship Council FSC), and to understand the nature of the ...Read more