• Anaerobic digestion of energy crop (cassava) 

  Sawyerr, Nathaniel Olugbenga. (2019)

  Global energy demand is on the rise due to continuous increases in population, economic growth, and energy usage. Methane production through anaerobic digestion of organic materials provides a resourceful carrier of ...

• The analysis of connected back to back mechanically stabilised earth walls. 

  Ramjee, Amit Kantillal. (2019)

  Back to back mechanically stabilised earth walls (MSEW’s) are designed independently as there is a lack of design guidance in the British Standard - Code of practice for strengthened/reinforced soils and other fills ...

• Investigation of the structural response of the groot Olifants River bridge to seismic excitation. 

  Phakwago, Jan Mabeke. (2019)

  South African freight railway owner (Transnet fright rail) has over 5000 bridges servicing its railway network. Majority of those bridges are deemed to have exceeded their proposed design lives and cannot support the ...

• Development of a sustainable evolutionary-inspired artificial intelligent system for municipal water demand modelling. 

  Oyebode, Oluwaseun Kunle. (2020)

  This study presents the development of a differential evolution (DE)-inspired artificial neural network (ANN) that incorporates climate and socioeconomic information for a more accurate and reliable water ...

• An investigation into the optimisation of small scale anaerobic digestion process systems for rural south Africa. 

  Ogwang, Jonathan Olal. (2020)

  South Africa’s rural communities have been historically characterised by persistent service delivery challenges, including: lack of waste management services, poor access to reliable sanitation systems, and inconsistent ...

• Development of ‘green’ rigid pavements incorporating recyclable rubber and paper mill products. 

  Nhlabatsi, Senzo Brian. (2019)

  Natural aggregate resources used as conventional fillers in concrete production are constantly diminishing. Several studies have suggested that there will be a lot of pollution in the degradation of waste rubber products. ...

• An analysis on optimizing the use of sustainable urban drainage systems to provide non-potable water supply in the Isipingo region. 

  Ndebele, Bulelani. (2019)

  Population growth and urbanisation lead to increased water demand and stress on water resources. The increased demand implies an increased water treatment cost, utilities therefore charge higher tariffs consequently reducing ...

• Synthesis and characterization of trioctylammonium dicarboxylate ionic liquids for heavy metal extraction from aqueous solutions. 

  Ramjhan, Zaheer. (2020)

  Five hydrophobic trioctylammonium-based ionic liquids (ILs) functionalized with phthalate, succinate, adipate, suberate, and sebacate anions were synthesized for heavy metal extraction from aqueous solutions. The ILs were ...

• Production and optimisation of biodiesel using heterogeneous catalyst. 

  Papa, Vishen. (2020)

  In this work, it is required to investigate the production and optimisation of biodiesel using heterogeneous catalyst to determine whether the resulting biodiesel may be utilised in an existing diesel engine without ...

• An assessment of radar, gauge and kriged gauge rainfall data in Free State, South Africa. 

  Gutsa, Tadiwanashe Simpson. (2019)

  In the last decades, flooding has caused significant damages and death in South Africa. Flooding is associated with heavy rainfall events which vary largely in space and time. The forecast of such phenomena requires quality ...

• Hydrate technology for the concentration of aqueous salt solutions using fluorinated refrigerants. 

  Ngema, Peterson Thokozani. (2019)

  The world is facing a challenge with the scarcity of fresh water, due to an increase in the world population and the large expansion of industrial projects. This results in greater demand for fresh water. In such a scenario, ...

• Sugar cane juice concentration using gas hydrate technology. 

  Doubra, Parisa. (2020)

• Wet and dry desulphurization technologies: modelling and simulation. 

  Mavalall, Hiren. (2019)

  Energy demand continues to increase with population growth and economic development therefore numerous technologies have been proposed over the years to convert coal to electricity. Turbine cycles have received a great ...

• Solubility studies of carbon dioxide in novel hybrid solvents using a new static synthetic apparatus. 

  Ebrahiminejadhasanabadi, Mojgan. (2019)

  The use of alkanolamine solutions in removing acidic gases from natural gas is common in the industry, but such technologies have disadvantages which include amongst others, solvent loss, corrosion and high heat consumption. ...

• Application of surface fluorination techniques for the improvement of barrier properties of HDPE bottles 

  Govender, Inbanathan. (2019)

  A fluorination system comprising a 112 L reactor was designed, developed, and commissioned. The reactor is housed at Pelchem SOC Ltd., a subsidiary of Necsa SOC Ltd., at the Pelindaba site. The system is capable of undertaking ...

• Development and assessment of an improved continuous simulation modelling system for design flood estimation in South Africa using the ACRU model. 

  Rowe, Thomas James. (2019)

  An estimate of the risk associated with flood events is required to adequately design hydraulic structures and limit negative socio-economic impacts as a result of floods. The methods used to estimate design floods in South ...

• The utility of Sentinel-2 MSI to assess wetland vegetation chlorophyll content and leaf area index in wetland areas in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal. 

  Tshabalala, Nonjabulo Neliswa. (2020)

  Wetland ecosystems are being modified and threatened due to anthropogenic activities and climate change, hence the urgent need for wetland restoration. Wetland rehabilitation is important in the reversal of these dire ...

• Meta-analysis of time to seizure relapse after a post-operative epilepsy surgery. 

  Memela, Smilo Patrick. (2020)

  Epilepsy is a common disease world-wide whose suggested treatment vary from surgical to non-surgical. Although surgical treatments may be commonly recommended and successful in pharmacoresistant epilepsy for patients ...

• Age, period and cohort analysis of young adult mortality due to HIV and TB in South Africa: 1997-2015. 

  Nkwenika, Tshifhiwa Mildred. (2019)

  Young adult mortality is very important in South Africa with the impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus /Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS), Tuberculosis (TB), injuries and emerging non-communicable diseases ...

• Epidemiological modelling of foot and mouth disease control in cattle: incorporating time and spatial spread of disease dynamics. 

  Tessema, Kassahun Mengist. (2019)

  Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is a contagious animal viral infection that can spread rapidly if the disease is not monitored and controlled. Therefore, protecting livestock and controlling foot and mouth disease is important ...

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