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Johannes Pretorius

Stellenbosch University

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Scholarly Papers (5)

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1.

A Comparative Evaluation of Heat Dissipation Factors for Open-rack and Floating Solar Photovoltaic Installations

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 27 Aug 2023
Brendan Willemse, Shaun Nielsen, Johannes Pretorius, Michael Owen and Arnold Rix
Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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module temperature, open-rack PV, floating photovoltaic, Faiman model, heat dissipation factors

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Heat Dissipation Factors for Building-Attached Pv Modules

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 25 May 2022
Michael Owen, Johannes Pretorius, Brendan Buitendag and Cameron Nel
Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Solar PVRenewablesHeat transferThermal dissipation factorsRoof-mountedBuilding-attached

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Natural Draft Direct Dry Cooling System Performance at Various Application Scales Under Windless and Windy Conditions

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Nov 2023
Wian Strydom, Johannes Pretorius and Jaap Hoffmann
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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Natural draft direct dry cooling system, Air cooled condenser, Performance characterisation, Vertically arranged, System scaling, Wind speed

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Techno-Economic Assessment of Electricity Generation from a Medium-Scale CSP-PV Hybrid Plant Using Long-Duration Storage

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 04 Oct 2023
Craig McGregor, Johannes Pretorius, Annitta Attieh and Jaap Hoffmann
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering and Stellenbosch University - Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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Medium-scale CSP, CSP-PV hybrid, grid parity

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Investigation Into the Predicted Performance of a Cooling Fan for an sCO2 CSP Plant

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 Aug 2023
Francois Boshoff, S.J. van der Spuy, Johannes Pretorius and C.J. Meyer
Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch University and Stellenbosch University
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