Browsing Research Articles (Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering) by UP Author "Swanepoel, Jonathan Kyle"

Browsing Research Articles (Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering) by UP Author "Swanepoel, Jonathan Kyle"

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  • Helically coiled solar cavity receiver for micro-scale direct steam generation 
    Swanepoel, Jonathan Kyle; Le Roux, Willem Gabriel; Lexmond, A.S. (Axel); Meyer, Josua P. (Elsevier, 2021-02)
    Concentrated solar systems have a large potential for power generation and water pumping in rural off-grid settlements with a high solar irradiance resource. With the use of a solar dish concentrator, superheated steam can ...
  • Initial experimental testing of a hybrid solar-dish Brayton cycle for combined heat and power (ST-CHP) 
    Swanepoel, Jonathan Kyle; Le Roux, Willem Gabriel; Roosendaal, Casey; Madani, Seyed H.; De Wet, Gideon Jacobus; Nikolaidis, Theoklis; Roosendaal, Westley; Onorati, Chase; Sciacovelli, Adriano; Liu, Yize; Mokobodi, Tlou; McGee, Duncan S.; Craig, K.J. (Kenneth) (Elsevier, 2024-07)
    The Solar Turbo Combined Heat and Power (ST-CHP) project developed a novel solar-gas hybrid prototype for combined heat and power generation in Pretoria, South Africa. A vacuum-membrane faceted parabolic dish with a ...
  • Performance analysis of a novel solar concentrator using lunar flux mapping techniques 
    Roosendaal, Casey; Swanepoel, Jonathan Kyle; Le Roux, Willem Gabriel (Elsevier, 2020-08)
    One of the most important issues faced today with regards to solar concentrators is the trade-off between cost and optical accuracy. In this paper, a new design aims to reduce costs while maintaining high optical accuracy ...