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Oelof joined the EPPEI programme in 2014 as a part time PhD student and completed this degree in only four years, making him one of Eskom’s very first EPPEI PhD Graduates. His dissertation ‘Optimisation in Plant Operations for a 100 MW CSP Central Receiver CSP Plant with Focus on the Plant Operating Strategies’ investigated the dynamic behaviour in plant operations for CSP operated plants. Boundary conditions such as the weather conditions and plant operating strategies play a key role in the plant operational optimisation. He delivered a simulation model capable of demonstrating various operating strategies and resulting key performance indicators from optimisation.
Today Oelof is serving as a CSP technical advisor to Eskom, a research engineer in solar thermal energy systems and works as a professional senior engineer on various renewable and non-renewable energy projects.
CRSES hosts the EPPEI Specialisation Centre in Renewable Energy at Stellenbosch University. For more information on the EPPEI programme, see: http://www.eppei.co.za
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