ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Lignocellulose is the principal form of biomass in the biosphere and therefore the predominant renewable source in the environment. However, owing to the chemical and structural complexity of lignocellulose ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model was developed for the prediction of flotation rate constants in a stirred flotation tank and validated against experimental data. The model incorporated local, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sulphuric acid/oxygen pressure leaching is typically employed on Base Metal Refineries (BMRs) to selectively dissolve base metals from platinum group metal (PGM) bearing nickelcopper matte. Optimal ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this work was to determine if microwave treatment of a typical massive sulphide ore, prior to bio-leaching would induce micro-cracks and enhance value mineral exposure resulting in improved ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Future chemical production is faced with a challenge of limited material and energy resources. However, process intensification might play a significant role to alleviating this problem. Vision of process ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Gasification provides a proven alternative to the dependence on petroleum for the production of high value products such as liquid fuels and chemicals. Syngas, the main product from gasification can be ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Separation processes are an integral part of chemical engineering. The purity of a chemical product is among the principal factors influencing its value. Therefore, any method that can increase the ...

This dissertation covers research carried out over the past 25 years in the area of flotation. Flotation is one of the most widely used processes in the beneficiation of minerals. The process is characterized by a number ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Biological agents offer several opportunities to address the many challenges faced in intensive reticulated aquaculture. We therefore isolated and selected Bacillus spp. as potential biological agents, ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Silver/Zinc batteries are extensively used for applications where a power source with a high energy density is needed. A reactor was developed to manufacture the zinc electrodes for these batteries. ...

Existing thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs), used in the manufacturing of cardiovascular devices, still have unproven long-term biostability and may be prone to excessive plastic deformation when subjected to cyclic ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: There is growing interest to utilise xylan as speciality biopolymers in similar ways as high molecular weight polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose. The need to utilise xylan as alternative to ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the developed and developing world, the use of lipids for the production of alkyl esters, also known as biodiesel, showed phenomenal growth during the ten year period up to the end of 2007. The main ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The process route for the production of base and platinum-group metals from natural sulfide ores commonly requires the conversion of high-iron furnace matte into an iron-lean converter matte. This is ...

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Recent advances in inorganic material preparation for membrane fabrication have extended the use of membranes to high temperature and chemically harsh environments. This has allowed inorganic membranes to be integrated ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Efficient process design commonly relies on equation-of-state (EOS) models to provide reliable estimates of thermodynamic properties. The accuracy of EOS models, in turn, depends on the extent to which ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Conventional, advanced and fractionation pretreatment technologies were employed to recover and/or enhance the efficacy of the main constituents present in lignocellulosic biomass. Bamboo and triticale ...

Nickel-Copper sulphide ores are the most important Platinum Group Metal bearing ores. The South African deposits are exceptionally rich in the platinum group metals (PGMs) and production of the PGMs is the primary purpose ...

My applied engineering research and industrial application work of the past 20 years is presented in this dissertation. It is the conjecture of my work that only if thorough first principles knowledge of the depth of ...