Staff Profile

Research Interests

• Renewable energy technologies
• Augmented wind turbines
• Biomass and biogas
• Energy economics

Publications:

• Mukumba P.,Makaka G.,Mamphweli S. and Masukume P. (2019). Design, construction and mathematical modelling of the performance of a biogas digester for a family, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. DOI:10.1080/20421338.2019.1577028
• Mukumba P.,Makaka G.,Mamphweli S., Xuza V. and Masukume P. (2019. An assessment of the biodegradability of a bio-digester with different  mixing ratios. In: Waste to Energy (WtE), pp. 107-126. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
• Masukume P.,Makaka G., and Mukumba P. (2018). Optimization of the power output of a bare wind turbine by the use of a conical diffuser. Sustainability, 2018, 10(8), 2647
• Masukume P.,Makaka G., and Mukumba P. (2018). Wind Speed Augmentation Model for Empty Conical Diffusers for Use in Diffuser Augmented Wind Turbines. International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology (IJRASET), Volume 6 Issue V, May 2018
• Masukume P.,Makaka G., and Tinarwo D. (2016). Optimum Geometrical Shape Paramenters for Conical Diffuers in Ducted Wind Turbines. International Journal for Energy and Power Enginering. Vol. 5, No. 6, pp. 177 181. DOI:10.11648/j.ijepe.20160506.11
• Masukume P.,Makaka G., and Tinarwo D. (2014). Technoeconomic Analysis of Ducted Wind turbines and Their Slow Acceptance on the Market. Journal of Renewable Energy, Vol. 2014, Article ID 952379, Hindawi Publishing Cooperation.
• Masukume P.,Makaka G., and Tinarwo D. (2014). An Assessment of the Wind Energy Potential of the Amatole District in The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, in the Proceedings of SAIP 2013: 58 th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics. Pp. 476
• Masukume P.,Makaka G., and Tinarwo D. (2014).  An Assessment of the Wind Energy Potential of the Nkokobe Municipality in The Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Fort Hare Papers, Multidiscplinary Journal  of the University of Fort Hare, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 32-42

Conferences:

• Masukume P.,Makaka G., “Assessment of wind energy potential in the Amatole District in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa”, SAIP conference July 7 – 13, 2013, Durban.
• Masukume P.,Makaka G., “Technoeconomic analysis of ducted wind turbines and their slow acceptance on the market”, Walter Sisulu University 5th International Research Conference-Implementation of  Science to Green Energy, 22-24 August 2013.