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Michael Simon
Researcher at University of Fort Hare
Publications - 43
Citations - 560
Michael Simon is an academic researcher from University of Fort Hare. The author has contributed to research in topics: Air source heat pumps & Coefficient of performance. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 43 publications receiving 429 citations.
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Detection and analysis of hot-spot formation in solar cells
Michael Simon,Edson L. Meyer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, infrared thermography (IR) was used to map the surface temperature distribution of solar cells while in the reverse bias mode, and it was observed that some cells exhibited an inhomogeneity of the surface temperatures resulting in localized heating (hot-spot).
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An Overview of the Control of Bacterial Pathogens in Cattle Manure
Christy E. Manyi-Loh,Sampson Mamphweli,Edson L. Meyer,Golden Makaka,Michael Simon,Anthony I. Okoh +5 more
TL;DR: The bacterial composition of cattle manure as well as methods engaged in the control of pathogenic microbes present in manure are reviewed and recommendations that need to be respected and implemented in order to prevent microbial contamination of the environment, animals and humans are reviewed.
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Inactivation of selected bacterial pathogens in dairy cattle manure by mesophilic anaerobic digestion (balloon type digester).
Christy E. Manyi-Loh,Sampson Mamphweli,Edson L. Meyer,Anthony I. Okoh,Golden Makaka,Michael Simon +5 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that the specific bacterial pathogens in manure can be considerably reduced through anaerobic digestion after 133 days, and the highest p-value i.e., 0.957 for E. coli showed the statistical significance of its model and the strongest correlation between its reductions with days of digestion.
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Mathematical modeling and simulation application to visualize the performance of retrofit heat pump water heater under first hour heating rating
TL;DR: In this article, a robust mathematical multiple linear regression models were built and were used in the modeled blocks in the simulation application developed in Simulink of MATLAB to measure the desired predictors of the power consumption and coefficient of performance of the ASHP water heater.
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The effects of spectral evaluation of c‐Si modules
Michael Simon,Edson L. Meyer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a methodology for quantifying outdoor spectral effects of c-Si modules commonly found in the African continent is presented, which indicates that these modules are affected as the spectrum shifts during seasons although these devices are perceived (without outdoor data) that their performance is not influenced by seasonal changes in outdoor spectrum.