The use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industry

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dc.contributor.advisorDutkiewicz, Ryszard Karolen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCochrane, Edward Denzil Dundonalden_ZA
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dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers the opportunities for the South African and Zimbabwean Saw-milling Industry to be self-sufficient in the generation of power for its own industrial electrical energy requirements. The analysis of the wood residue arising from saw-milling operations in the southern African context confirms that there is a substantial amount of fuel available for the main heating requirement of a wet saw-mill. This heat is generally supplied in the form of steam to the timber drying and conditioning kilns that form part of the timber production process. One of the principal arguments put forward for cogeneration is that by passing steam through a condensing or back pressure turbine the entire power demand of a saw-mill can be met as well as the heat for the kilning process. Due to the situation of unbalanced load that persists at nearly all the saw-mills, there is a surplus of power that is often difficult to dispose of economically.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCochrane, E. D. D. (1998). <i>The use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industry</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21758en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCochrane, Edward Denzil Dundonald. <i>"The use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industry."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21758en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCochrane, E. 1998. The use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industry. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cochrane, Edward Denzil Dundonald AB - This paper considers the opportunities for the South African and Zimbabwean Saw-milling Industry to be self-sufficient in the generation of power for its own industrial electrical energy requirements. The analysis of the wood residue arising from saw-milling operations in the southern African context confirms that there is a substantial amount of fuel available for the main heating requirement of a wet saw-mill. This heat is generally supplied in the form of steam to the timber drying and conditioning kilns that form part of the timber production process. One of the principal arguments put forward for cogeneration is that by passing steam through a condensing or back pressure turbine the entire power demand of a saw-mill can be met as well as the heat for the kilning process. Due to the situation of unbalanced load that persists at nearly all the saw-mills, there is a surplus of power that is often difficult to dispose of economically. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - The use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industry TI - The use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industry UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21758 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21758
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCochrane EDD. The use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industry. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21758en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnergy Researchen_ZA
dc.titleThe use of biomass for electric power generation in the South African and Zimbabwean saw-milling industryen_ZA
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