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Durban Metropolitan Area

• Adjusted the packing configuration in a column bed to simulate catalyst breakage.• Applied time and frequency data analysis techniques with Excel and MATLAB to determine disturbances in a packed column.• Addressed the applicability for using pressure fluctuations and load cells to identify maldistribution, Achieved 94% accuracy in diagnosing maldistribution.• Communicated with workshop technicians in configurating the experimental apparatus to ensure compliance with OHSA.

Durban Metropolitan Area

• Investigated plastic waste management methods to produce valuable end products, namely liquid fuel.• Analysed reaction temperature and time under thermo and thermo-catalytic pyrolysis for a destructive batch distillation, resulted in liquid fuel yield of 42%.