Waste to Fuel Initiative
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
Research Areas
Process modelling
Rework well-developed, robust technology in a way that decreases complexity and cost and allows for modular, off-grid applications.
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
Modelling and evaluation of a single pass reactor configuration for a Fischer-Tropsch biogas-to-distillate process
Modelling and evaluation of a single pass reactor configuration for a Fischer-Tropsch biogas-to-distillate process
Design of a single pass waste-to-liquid plant for remote fuel production.
Thermal annealing of Au/Ag modified Pt nanowires: influence of reactive gases on segregation behavior
Steam reforming of glycerol for syngas production using Pt-Ni nano particles
Thermodynamics of a lognormal distribution of cobalt crystalliites
Deactivation mechanisms in a Pt-Co/Al2O3 Fischer-Tropsch catalyst operated at high conversion
Manganese as a promoter for cobalt Fischer-Tropsch catalysts operated at high conversion
Activity and selectivity of Pt-Co/Al2O3 operating at high conversion
Platinum promoted cobalt supported on metal-organic framework
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
Eric van Steen
South African Reaction Engineering Research Chair
Ankur Bordoloi
Senior Scientist CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum
Chelsea Tucker
Waste to Fuel Initiative Research Coordinator
Dean H. Barrett
Joint Researcher at University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and National Centre for Energy and Materials research (Brazil)
Cristiane Barbieri Rodella
Leader of the XPD Group at Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
BRICS Researchers
Jyoti Ghatori
Aqueous Fischer-Tropsch
Sweta Kotnala
Glycerol reforming
Lovjeet Singh
Catalysts characterization and testing
Gerard Letaba
Catalyst synthesis
Avela Kunene
Catalyst testing
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Thobani Gambu
Fuel cell and computational catalysts
Sandeeran Govender
Fischer-Tropsch
Tracey Van Heerden
Computational catalysis
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Vuyisile Mahlaba
Reforming catalysis
Silethukuthula Mathe
Manganese promoted cobalt catalysts