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Dynamic compensation for performance characteristic differences of wind generator coupled pumps

The lack of services such as electricity in the rural areas of South Africa has given rise to the use of pump water and the windmills. The ones in use currently are maintenance intensive. There is a corrosive element in water and this sometimes requires plastic or other non-corrosive materials to be used for pump components and pipes. Solar panels are expensive and have low efficiencies. Alternative energy systems such as diesel engine driven- mono pumps or -turbines or windmills are costly, which means that the overall efficiency must be maximized to reduce these costs.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nmmu/vital:10806
Date January 2000
CreatorsSwanepoel, Pieter Frederick Renier
PublisherPort Elizabeth Technikon, Faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis, Masters, MTech
Format100 leaves, pdf
RightsNelson Mandela Metropolitan University

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