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Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

Specialist process engineering design with a focus on hydrometallurgy and fluorochemical engineering

Specialist process engineering design with a focus on fluorochemicals and battery materials.

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

• Process development with a focus on fluorine, hydrogen fluoride and chlorine systems• Pilot/demonstration plant design • Flow sheet development• Technology commercialization

Pelindaba

Role and Responsibilities:• Process development with a focus on fluorine and hydrogen fluoride systems• Bench-top studies• Pilot plant design and optimization• Cost estimation• Flow sheet developmentAchievements• 3 Innovations Disclosures in the energy storage domain

Pelindaba

Role and Responsibilities:• Design and commissioning of a vacuum system• Development of new experimental methods and techniques• Writing of technical reports and works instructions• Development of technology for commercialization• Plant and process optimization• Data fitting and predictive modelling • Computational fluid dynamics• Molecular simulations of solid-gas/solid-liquid systems• Permeation analysisAchievements:• Designed and commissioned a fluorination pilot-scale reaction system• Optimized surface fluorination routes currently used - increased reactor usage by 25% and reduced reactor turn-around time by 20%• Developed model to predict barrier properties of fluorinated materials using reaction parameters as input variables

Durban Area, South Africa

Role and Responsibilities:• Development of new experimental apparatus• Development of new experimental methods and techniques• Writing of technical reports• Development of technology for commercializationAchievements:• Completed initial lab work indicating the financial viability of proceeding to pilot-scale production of a food product

Durban

Demonstrated 4th year practical in process dynamics and control. Provided guidance to students when tuning a PID control valve.

Durban

Demonstrated 3rd year practical in reactor technology. Provided insight into various reactors and their residence time distributions

Durban

Tutored Aspen to 3rd year students on the design of heat exchangers. Assisted the course co-ordinator in developing tutorial questions as well as a design problem that students undertook as an assignment.

Durban

Designed a high pressure cell to be used for measurements in the Thermodynamics Research Unit. The cell was used as part of an MSc project.

Durban

Commissioned a Bubble Column Reactor at the School of Engineering. Applied knowledge of fluid flow and phase equilibria to ascertain the applicability of the apparatus. The reactor is currently used for laboratory/industry projects.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemical Engineering

The study focused on the development of a small scale apparatus to test and optimize various surface fluorination techniques to address.

Master Of Science (Msc), Chemical Engineering

The study focused on the use of adsorption techniques in the separation of close boiling hydrocarbons as an alternative/supplement.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Chemical Engineering

National Senior Certificate