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Thursday, 22 May 2014

In service study opportunity at BBE Energy in collaboration with the North West University

Recruiter:    North West University Location:    Pretoria
Category:    Engineering
Contract:    Annually
Available:    Immediate
Offer:    Bursary
Opportunity:
 BBE Energy in collaboration with NWU offer a great opportunity to do research and development on a wide variety of mining engineering subjects. The ideal candidate will further his/her academic qualifications while simultaneously work with a team of experts in the following engineering fields:
•    Ventilation  Recirculation
•    Auxiliary  Ventilation
•    Haulage Insulation
•    Ventilation and cooling on demand
•    Water vapour refrigeration
•    Split refrigeration
•    Liquid desiccant cooling in ventilation
•    Underground water efficiency
•    Water pumping optimisation
•    Compressed air replacement (Platinum mine)
•    Underground compressed air waste management
•    Compressed air: Reduce, eliminate or replace (Agitation – Gold mines)
•    Crushing and comminution
•    Concentrated solar thermal energy
•    CSP and Desalination of water on mines
Requirements:
•    SA Citizen
•    Registration as student (Honns / Masters or PhD) at a HEI;
•    Work in Pretoria on the projects (Research in collaboration with chair);
•    Should have own transport to get to work and back.
 
Contact:

Should you be interested, please forward your CV to:
   Tinus Vorster: tinus@tinel.co.za


Thursday, 27 March 2014

SOLEX open innovation





 

 




Original publication January 2014, www.solexinnovation.com

Also see "SOLEX – An Open Innovation Portal for Southern Africa, SOLEX Background", http://www.riis.co.za/?p=2162