Lecturer in Dept. EEC Engineering (2002 - )

Head of Residence: House Asterhof
Dept. of Accomodation and Residence Affairs (2007 - 2011)

Mr Werner Badenhorst
Department of Electrical Electronic & Computer Engineering
University of Pretoria
Private Bag X20
0028
South Africa

Room 7-40
Engineering III Building
Main Campus
University of Pretoria
Lynnwood Road
Hatfield
Pretoria

Tel. +27 12 420-2587
Fax. +27 12 362-5000
E-mail: werner.badenhorst at eng.up.ac.za

B.Eng. Electrical (Cum Laude) (Pret)
M.Eng. Electrical (Cum Laude) (Pret)

Professional Engineer

Certified Energy Manager Course (CEM) (May 2009, 83%)
Certified Measurement and Verification Professional Course (CMVP) (Oct 2009, 80%)

Electrical Machines ELX 311 (2009 - )
Electrical Engineering EIR 220(2009)
Energy Systems EEM 410 (2005-2007)
Microprocessors EMK 310 (2003,2004)
Electrical Engineering EIR 210 (2002)

Electric Circuits EBN 122 (2011 - )
Power System Components EKK 320 (2010)
Power System Analysis EKS 320 (2007 - 2009)
Electrotechnics ETN 420 (2004-2006)
Electrical Engineering EIR 220(2003)
Electrotechnics ETN 322 (2002)

Average 8 students per year since 2003
Topics include:

• Linear Gate Motor
• Small scale conveyor belt control system
• Multi Zone Induction Cooker
• Bi-directional single phase energy meter
• Multiplug energy meter with control and protection
• Wind speed and direction logger and analyser
• Low power current harmonic analyser and active filter
• 42V DC generator control
• Three phase load balancing
• 3-phase power data logger
• Real time residential energy metering and billing
• Pump Scheduling Control System
• Single-phase non-intrusive appliance load monitoring system

Energy Management EES 732 (2009,2010 )

Fundamental Electrical Circuit Analysis for SAAF students (2005 - 2009)

Bioengineering: Finite element analysis of cochleae and cochlear implants (2011 - )
Energy Management and Energy System Modelling (2005 - 2010)

Finite element analysis of cochleae and cochlear implants.
Modelling of a deep level mine rock winder system for demand side management applications.

[1] W. Badenhorst, J. Zhang, X. Xia, Optimal hoist scheduling of a deep level mine twin rock winder system for demand side management, Electric Power Systems Research, vol. 81(2011), pp. 1088-1095.

[4] W. Badenhorst, J. Zhang, X. Xia, An MPC approach to deep level mine rock winder hoist control, Proceedings of the IFAC Conference on CMTEE, Vilamoura, Portugal, 29-31 March 2010.
[3] B. Dieme, W. Badenhorst, A multiplug energy meter with control and protection, Proceedings of the Domestic Use of Energy (DUE) Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, 30 - 31 March 2010.
[2] W. Badenhorst, J. Zhang, X. Xia, A near optimal hoist scheduling for deep level mine rock winders, Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Power Plants and Power Systems Control, Tampere, Finland, 5-8 July 2009.
[1] W. Badenhorst, G.J. Delport, Non-intrusive Load Monitoring of Commercial Appliances, Proceedings of the Domestic Use of Energy (DUE) Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, April 2001.