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Waste to Fuel Initiative

Waste to Fuel

BRICS Waste to Fuel is a research collaboration working the development of platinum-based catalysts for modular reforming, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and fuel cell applications. 

 The collaboration includes researchers from the Catalysis Institute, Cape Town (South Africa), the Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (India) and the Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, Campinas (Brazil).

BRICS Waste to Fuel was nominated for a

IChemE Global Award in the Energy Category in 2020

Overview

Research Areas

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Process modelling

Rework well-developed, robust technology in a way that decreases complexity and cost and allows for modular, off-grid applications.

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Catalyst development

Developing catalysts that have favorable activity, selectivity and stability for each of the catalytic processes within the decentralized diesel process.

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Projects 

Projects

Modelling and evaluation of a single pass reactor configuration for a Fischer-Tropsch biogas-to-distillate process

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Modelling and evaluation of a single pass reactor configuration for a Fischer-Tropsch biogas-to-distillate process

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Design of a single pass waste-to-liquid plant for remote fuel production.

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Thermal annealing of Au/Ag modified Pt nanowires: influence of reactive gases on segregation behavior

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Steam reforming of glycerol for syngas production using Pt-Ni nano particles

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Thermodynamics of a lognormal distribution of cobalt crystalliites 

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Deactivation mechanisms in a Pt-Co/Al2O3 Fischer-Tropsch catalyst operated at high conversion

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Manganese as a promoter for cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts operated at high conversion

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Activity and selectivity of Pt-Co/Al2O3 operating at high conversion

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Platinum promoted cobalt supported on metal-organic framework 

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The effect of platinum deposition order on the active surface of Pt-Co/SiO2 for the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis

Methane tri-reforming over bimetallic Pt catalysts

Zinc aluminate as a novel support for high conversion Fischer-Tropsch 

BRICS Team

Scientific group leading the project

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Eric van Steen

South African Reaction Engineering Research Chair

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Ankur Bordoloi

Senior Scientist CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum

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Chelsea Tucker

Waste to Fuel Initiative Research Coordinator

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Dean H. Barrett

Joint Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and National Centre for Energy and Materials research (Brazil)

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Cristiane Barbieri Rodella

Leader of the XPD Group at Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory

BRICS Researchers

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Jyoti Ghatori

Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch 

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Sweta Kotnala

Glycerol reforming

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Lovjeet Singh

Catalysts characterization and testing

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Gerard Letaba

Catalyst synthesis

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Avela Kunene

Catalyst testing

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Thobani Gambu

Fuel cell and computational catalysts

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Sandeeran Govender

Fischer-Tropsch

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Tracey Van Heerden

Computational catalysis

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Vuyisile Mahlaba

Reforming catalysis

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Silethukuthula Mathe

Manganese promoted cobalt catalysts

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