Electricity + Control March 2017

DRIVES, MOTORS + SWITCHGEAR

TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT

Principal author, Shaveen Maharaj, is completing his M. Eng

degree in the Department of Electronic Engineering, at the

Durban University of Technology (DUT). He is an academic in

the School of Education at DUT. His current areas of interest

include alternate energy strategies and process control.

Poobalan Govender (now deceased) was an academic in the

Department of Electronic Engineering at Durban University of Technology. His

research areas included alternate energy strategies, applied artificial intel-

ligence and process control. Enquiries: Email

References

[1] Destouni G, Frank H. 2010. ‘Renewable Energy, Royal Swedish

Academy of Sciences’. [Online] Vol. 39, pp.18-21. Available: http://

Chen WK Linear Networks and Systems. Belmont, CA: Wads-

worth, 1993, pp. 123–135.

[2] Bagavathiappan S, Lahiri BB, Saravanan T, John Philip and Jaya-

kumar T. September 2013. Infrared thermography for condition

monitoring – A review. Infrared Physics &Technology. [Online] Vol.

60, pp. 35-55. Available:

, October 2013.

[3] Hendricks T and Choate WT. Engineering Scoping Study of

Thermoelectric Generator Systems for Industrial Waste Heat

Recovery. Internet:

ing/industries_technologies/imf/pdfs/teg_final_report_13.pdf,

November, 2006.

[4] Thekdi Dr AC. Waste Heat Management Options Industrial

Process Heating Systems. Internet

NwChpDocs/WasteHeatManagementOptions_Thekdi.pdf, August

20, 2009.

[5] Rowe DM, Min G. 1998. Evaluation of thermoelectric modules for

power generation. Journal of power sources. [Online] Vol. 73(2),

pp. 193-198. Available:

[6] Maharaj S, Govender P. A Seebeck System for Wasted Electrical

Energy Harvesting. ICCBN, 2013, pp. 534-554.

[7] Maharaj S, Govender P. A Prototype Thermoelectric Co-genera-

tion Unit. Domestic Usage of Energy, 2014, pp. 197-202.

Presented at CPUT’s ICUE 2016.