CRSES | Research | Completed Research

Research into various renewable energy sources is done by different academic departments and research groups.
The completed research is listed below:

NO.	STUDENT	DEGREE	DEPARTMENT	SUPERVISOR	COMPLETED RESEARCH TOPIC
SOLAR ENERGY
1.	K Rautenbach	MEng	Mechanical Engineering	R Swanepoel & R Meyer	Characterisation of a solar roof tile (SunSlate™)
2.	KG Allen	MScEng	Mechincal Engineering	DG Kröger	Performance characteristics of packed bed thermal energy storage for solar thermal power plants
3.	RP Donkin	MEng	Mechanical Engineering	B Sebitosi & W van Niekerk	Plastic photovoltaic roof tiles
4.	AJ Meyer	MScEng	Mechanical Eng, Stellenbosch	TM Harms	Steam jet ejector cooling powered by low grade waste or solar heat
5.	Lauren Beviss-Challinor	MEng	Mechanical Eng, Stellenbosch	R Dobson	Design, build and test a passive thermal system for a loft
6.	Jurgen Olivier	MScEng	Mechanical Eng, Stellenbosch	TM Harms	Technical and economic evaluation of the utilisation of solar energy at South Africa’s SANAE IV base in Antarctica Final Report Complete Document 1 - J Oliver Final Report Complete Document 2 Final Report Complete Document 3 Final Report Complete Document 4 Final Report Complete Document 5 Final Report Complete Document 6 Final Report Journal Article Final Report NRF DEAT
7.	JP Pretorius	PhD	Mechanical Eng, Stellenbosch	TW von Backstrom	Optimization and Control of a Large-scale Solar Chimney Power Plant
8.	Thomas Fluri	PhD	Mechanical Eng, Stellenbosch	TW von Backstrom	Turbine Layout for and Optimization of Solar Chimney Power Conversion Units
9.	Mr Maurice Maliage	MEng	Mechanical Eng, Stellenbosch	JL van Niekerk	Solar thermal powered steam jet vacuum cooling
10.	Mr Johan Heyns	MScEng	Mechanical Eng, Stellenbosch	DG Kröger	Performance characteristics of an air-cooled steam condenser incorporating a hybrid (dry/wet) dephlegmator
11.	J Crozier	MSc	Physics, Stellenbosch	E van Dyk	Characterization of cell mismatch in photovoltaic modules using electroluminescence and associated electro-optic techniques
12.	P du Plessis	MScEng	ERC, University of Cape Town	Dr B Cohen	The Potential Of Solar Process Heat For South African Industry
13.	JA Olivier	PhD	Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria	J Meyer	Single-phase Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop inside Horizontal Circular Smooth and Enhanced Tubes with different Inlet Configurations for Transitional Flow
14.	M Hallquist	MEng	Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria	J Meyer	Heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics of smooth tubes at a constant heat flux in the transitional flow regime
15.	L Smith	MEng	Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria	J Meyer	An interactive boundary layer modelling methodology for aerodynamic flows
16.	R Suliman	MEng	Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of Pretoria	J Meyer	Development of parallel strongly coupled hybrid fluid-structure interaction technology involving thin eometrically non-linear structures

COMPLETED RESEARCH

SOLAR ENERGY