Author:Szewczuk, SDate:Apr 2013CSIR has a long history in energy and energy related matters. Initially, this work was primarily focused on the industrial sector, with a specific emphasis on coal that was and still is the primary energy source in South Africa. Additionally, ...Read more
Author:Ndlela, Luyanda L; Oberholster, Paul J; Van Wyk, JH; Cheng, Po-HsunDate:Dec 2016Cyanobacterial blooms are a current cause for concern globally, with vital water sources experiencing frequent and increasingly toxic blooms in the past decade. These increases are resultant of both anthropogenic and natural factors, with ...Read more
Author:Coelho, ST; Recalde, MY; Mani, SK; Stafford, William HLDate:Jan 2020This chapter presents a general overview of each region where the selected developing countries (Latin America, Africa, and Asia) are located. It includes socioeconomic figures, such as energy access, share of urban and rural population, and ...Read more
Author:Meyers, BC; Mahmood, GI; Meyers, Bronwyn CDate:Nov 2009Due to CFD Shortfalls, experimental data on gas turbine combustors is required to obtain insight into the combustion and flow mechanisms as well as for simulation and model validation and evaluation. The temperature and velocity fields of a ...Read more
Author:Sebake, Thandi NDate:Feb 2009Since the detrimental affects of construction practices on the natural environment were highlighted, the performance of the buildings has become a major concern for occupants and built environment professionals (Crawley and Aho, 1999; Ding, ...Read more
Author:Ramchuran, Santosh O; O’Brien, Frances F; Dube, Noluthando N; Ramdas, VDate:Jun 2023Recently, there has been a paradigm shift towards ‘greener’ processes/products, with emphasis being placed on sustainability. The traditional manufacturing processes require re-working and adapting new methods to ensure that they are more ...Read more
Author:Louis, DK; Hanson, I; Masonta, Moshe TDate:May 2016This paper introduces the Ghana Technology University College (GTUC) television white space (TVWS) network deployed in Accra, Ghana. The network, which is still work-in-progress, provides Internet connectivity to six Senior High Schools and ...Read more
Author:Sharma Grover, A; Calteaux, Karen V; Van Huyssteen, G; Pretorius, MDate:Oct 2010South Africa is one of the few countries in the world that boasts a large number of official languages. Due to the efforts of the government and the local research and development (R&D) community all the official languages are enabled with ...Read more
Author:Peach, Schalk W; Irwin, B; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Jul 2016The objective of this paper is to assess the current state of Container-Based Emulator implementations on the Linux platform. Through a narrative overview, a selection of open source Container-Based emulators are analysed to collect information ...Read more
Author:Du Preez, WDate:Sep 2011This presentation provides an overview of materials research in South Africa. It highlights research done on batteries, polymers, nanocomposites and nano-metal matrix composites, piezoelectric materials, light metals and laser processing of ...Read more
Author:Chinnasamy, S; Maharajh, Dheepak M; Rajendran, L; Bhaskar, S; Ratha, SK; Rengasamy, RDate:Mar 2015Microalgae are fast becoming a favoured feedstock for the production of advanced biofuels including biodiesel, biocrude, bioethanol, biomethane, green diesel and biojet fuels. Algae for their growth require sunlight, COfrom waste streams, ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, Alize; Mans, Gerbrand G; Van Heerden, Quintin; Ludick, ChantelDate:Nov 2018There is a need for models and tools, to better understand/explore the impacts of future policies on land use, to predict behaviour under specific scenarios, inputs and pressures, to study, understand and explore links and phenomenas. Urban ...Read more
Author:Hersey, SP; Garland, Rebecca M; Crosbie, E; Schinger, T; Sorooshian, A; Piketh, S; Burger, RDate:Apr 2015The authors present a comprehensive overview of particulate air quality across the five major metropolitan areas of South Africa (Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Johannesburg and Tshwane (Gauteng Province), the Industrial Highveld Air Quality Priority ...Read more
Author:Van Eden, Beatrice; Rosman, Benjamin SDate:Jan 2019Robot vision is an interdisciplinary field that deals with how robots can be made to gain high-level understanding from digital images or videos. Understanding an image at the pixel level often does not provide enough information for decision ...Read more
Author:Gardiner, DDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author provides an overview of health R&D within the CSIR, and how the organisation is responding to challenges faced by the health care sector.Read more
Author:Johnson, D; Lysko, Albert ADate:Sep 2007Predicting the performance of ad-hoc networking protocols has typically been performed by making use of software based simulation tools. Experimental study and validation of such predictions is vital to obtaining more realistic results, but ...Read more
Author:Ngwangwa, HM; Heyns, PS; Labuschagne, FJJ; Kululanga, GKDate:Jul 2008A healthy road transport systems is essential for any country's social and economic development. It is generally observed that if road deterioration is allowed to increase, the economy will need significantly larger expenditures in subsequent ...Read more