Browsing Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology by Author "Loots, Ione"

Browsing Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology by Author "Loots, Ione"

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  • Bloemwater conduit hydropower plant launched 
    Van Dijk, Marco; Kgwale, Mokutu; Bhagwan, Jay; Loots, Ione (South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2015-06)
    On 31 March 2015 the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, unveiled Bloemwater's conduit hydropower facility at the Brandkop Reservoir, and celebrated the major scientific and engineering achievements made ...
  • Conduit-hydropower potential in the City of Tshwane water distribution system : a discussion of potential applications, financial and other benefits 
    Loots, Ione; Van Dijk, Marco; Van Vuuren, S.J.; Bhagwan, Jay; Kurtz, Adriaan (South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2014-10)
    In water distribution networks, water is often fed under gravity from a higher reservoir to another reservoir at a lower level. The residual pressure head at the receiving reservoir is then dissipated through control ...
  • A decision support system for conduct hydropower development 
    Loots, Ione (University of Pretoria, 2013)
    Cheap and reliable electricity is an essential stimulus for economic and social development. Currently fossil fuels are used for the majority of global electricity generation, but energy shortages and pressure on all ...
  • Development of a procedure and tool for retrofit hydropower evaluation at South African dams 
    Schroeder, Reinhard; Loots, Ione; Van Dijik, Marco; Coetzee, Gert Louis (South African Water Research Commission, 2023-07)
    South Africa is in a critical power situation and is in dire need of additional generation capacity. Thus, renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and hydropower should be evaluated to identify highpotential and ...
  • Quantifying the influence of urban development on runoff in South Africa 
    Loots, Ione; Smithers, Jeffrey Colin; Kjeldsen, Thomas Rodding (Taylor and Francis, 2023)
    It is widely accepted that urban development results in larger flood peak discharges with faster catchment response times, larger total runoff volumes and lower base flow volumes. However, these effects have not previously ...
  • A review of low head hydropower technologies and applications in a South African context 
    Loots, Ione; Van Dijk, Marco; Barta, Bo; Van Vuuren, S.J.; Bhagwan, Jay (Elsevier, 2015-10)
    This paper provides a review of available low head hydropower technologies, followed by the identification of sites where the technologies can be implemented, applied specifically to a South African context. The potential ...
  • Small-scale hydropower development for rural electrification in South Africa 
    Van Dijk, Marco; Van Vuuren, Fanie; Bhagwan, Jay; Loots, Ione (South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2014-06)
    Although the electrification of urban areas and some informal settlements in South Africa has been achieved during recent years, many rural areas still require intervention to provide a reliable and sustainable electricity ...