Member Profile
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Sibongiseni Gaqa
Country of origin: South Africa Currently in: South Africa, Port Elizabeth General field of specialization: Chemical Sciences-
Degrees
2014 Master Chemical Sciences2012 Undergraduate Chemical Sciences2009 Undergraduate Chemical Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Engineering sciences
I am a final year PhD (chemistry) candidate, working on a project titled “The recovery, beneficiation and agglomeration of discard coal using microalgae biomass”,
Publications resulting from Research:
Sibongiseni Gaqa, Paul Watts, The agglomeration of coal fines using wet microalgae biomass. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa. https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3469.
S. Gaqa, S. Mamphweli, D. Katwire and E. Meyer, The properties and suitability of various biomass / coal blends for co-gasification in a downdraft biomass gasifier, 58th SAIP Conference, University of Zululand, South Africa, 08 - 12 July 2013. (http://events.saip.org.za/contributionDisplay.py?contribId=526&sessionId=10&confId=32 ).
S Gaqa, S Mamphweli, D Katwire and E Meyer, Synergistic evaluation of biomass / coal blends for the purpose of co-gasification (http://ijee.ieefoundation.org/vol5/issue2/IJEE_08_v5n2.pdf ).
S. Gaqa, S. Mamphweli, D. Katwire and E. Meyer, The properties and suitability of various biomass/coal blends for co-gasification in a downdraft biomass gasifier. (http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=49413#.VGMvB2cxg-4).
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchHigher Education StudyI am currently working on the research project on the Recovery, Beneficiation and Agglomeration of waste coal using wet microalgae biomass.
Workshop and Conference Attended
2016 Univerity Of Fort Hare, Alice Renewable Energy Postgraduate Symposium (REPS 2016)2015 Thistle Brighton hotel, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment 20152014 Centurion, Pretoria The International Conference on Chemical Engineering and Advanced Computational Technologies2013 University of Zululand 58th SAIP Conference2012 Birchwood hotel in Boksburg, Johannesburg 1st National Global Change Conference2012 Univerity of Pretoria 57th SAIP Conference2018 Elangeni Hotel, Durban, South Africa 3rd BRICS Young Scientists ForumPresentation given
2016The agglomeration of coal fines using wet microalgae biomass as a sole binderUniversity of Fort HareEvent: Renewable Energy Postgraduate Symposium2018Beneficiation of waste coal using Scenedesmus microalgae biomassElangeni Hotel, Durban, South AfricaEvent: 3rd BRICS Young Scientist Forum
