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A Carbon Reduction and Waste Heat Utilization Strategy for Generators in Scalable PV—Diesel Generator Campus Microgrids by Erasmus, Stephanus, Maritz, Jacques

“…The increased unavailability of electricity from the National Utility in South Africa, coupled with the extreme conditions of rural areas and general lack of…”
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Permissionless Blockchain Systems as Pseudo-Random Number Generators for Decentralised Consensus by Bezuidenhout, Riaan, Nel, Wynand, Maritz, Jacques M.

“…Consensus algorithms that function in permissionless blockchain systems must randomly select new block proposers in a decentralised environment. Our…”
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Campus Microgrids within the South African Context: A Case Study to Illustrate Unique Design, Control Challenges, and Hybrid Dispatch Strategies by Erasmus, Stephanus, Esterhuysen, Nicolaas, Maritz, Jacques

“…South African universities boast a remarkable solar photovoltaic (PV) resource as a primary renewable energy component. Due to high peak demand tariffs and…”
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A Simple Approach to Detect High Impedance Fault Using Morphological Gradient Edge Detector by Salehi, Moslem, Zolfaghari, Mahdi, Maritz, Jacques M.

“…Detection of high impedance faults (HIF) is one of the biggest challenges in power distribution networks. HIF usually occurs when conductors in the…”
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Evaluating the Potential of Gaussian Process Regression for Solar Radiation Forecasting: A Case Study by Lubbe, Foster, Maritz, Jacques, Harms, Thomas

“…The proliferation of solar power systems could cause instability within existing power grids due to the variable nature of solar power. A well-defined…”
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Defining Decentralisation in Permissionless Blockchain Systems by Bezuidenhout, Riaan, Nel, Wynand, Maritz, Jacques

“…The term decentralised as a description of the architecture, operation, and governance of permissionless blockchain systems has become ubiquitous. However, in…”
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Embedding Tamper-Resistant, Publicly Verifiable Random Number Seeds in Permissionless Blockchain Systems by Bezuidenhout, Riaan, Nel, Wynand, Maritz, Jacques M.

“…Many blockchain processes require pseudo-random numbers. This is especially true of blockchain consensus mechanisms that aim to fairly distribute the…”
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A Practical Guide to Gaussian Process Regression for Energy Measurement and Verification within the Bayesian Framework by Maritz, Jacques, Lubbe, Foster, Lagrange, Louis

“…Measurement and Verification (M&V) aims to quantify savings achieved as part of energy efficiency and energy management projects. M&V depends heavily on…”
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A Travelling Wave-Based Fault Location Strategy Using the Concepts of Metric Dimension and Vertex Covers in a Graph by Maritz, Elizabeth C. M., Maritz, Jacques M., Salehi, Moslem

“…This paper presents a novel travelling wave-based placement strategy and fault detection scheme to locate faults on complex power grids. A fault occurring on a…”
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The stochastic nature of power-grid frequency in South Africa by Rydin Gorjão, Leonardo, Maritz, Jacques

“…Abstract In this work, we explore two mechanisms that explain non-Gaussian behaviour of power-grid frequency recordings in the South African grid. We make use…”
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A multi-perspective analysis of microclimate dynamics for air-based solar hydrogen production by Lubbe, Foster, Maritz, Jacques, Bosserez, Tom, Rongé, Jan, Martens, Johan A.

“…Navigating the microclimatic environment for the optimal control of water-from-air devices could be a challenge. An example of such a device is an air-based…”
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Data-Driven Modeling of Frequency Dynamics Observed in Operating Microgrids: A South African University Campus Case Study by Maritz, Jacques, Gorjão, Leonardo Rydin, Bester, P. Armand, Esterhuysen, Nicolaas, Erasmus, Stefaans, Riekert, Stephanus, Immelman, Reuben, Geldenhuys, Tiaan, Viljoen, Alexandra, Bodenstein, Charl

“…South Africa has been experiencing an energy crisis since 2007. Utility loadshedding became the main control for under-frequency events due to a mismatch in…”
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The Changing Competitive Landscape in Procurement of Scheduled Medicines in the Private Pharmaceutical Industry of South Africa by Ackerman, Jacques Maritz

“…The private pharmaceutical industry of South Africa consists of various players such as buyers, suppliers and intermediaries in the procurement system who…”
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The stochastic nature of power-grid frequency in South Africa by Gorjão, Leonardo Rydin, Maritz, Jacques

“…In this work, we explore two mechanisms that explain non-Gaussian behaviour of power-grid frequency recordings in the South African grid. We make use of a…”
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