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PRU Research Archive

Published research

PAMSA has sponsored a bursary programme for Masters of Engineering students. These students have explored various aspects of the pulp and paper industry, especially in areas of finding value in the process waste from pulp and paper making.

Henri le Roux

The use of spent pulping liquors as binders for chromite pellets

Adriano Chikande

Development of a tier 3 method for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from pulp and paper mills in South Africa

Mahlohonono Mafela

Experimental investigation and statistical analysis of pulp vacuum dewatering

Chelaine Maree

Lignin phenol formaldehyde resins synthesised using South African spent pulping liquor 

Sonja Boshoff

Characterization and fermentation of waste paper sludge for bioethanol production

Lia Bester

Development and optimisation of a process for cellulose nanoparticle production from waste paper sludge with enzymatic hydrolysis as an integral part

Logan Brown

Valorisation of paper recycling residue contaminated with plastic into valuable fuel products by pyrolysis

Farai Chireshe

Production of an upgraded bio-oil by catalytic pyrolysis of forest residues

Andre Joubert

Integration of Xylan extraction from E. Grandis, prior to pulping, into Kraft Mills

Jan-Erns Joubert

Pyrolysis of Eucalyptus grandis

Sinazo Njamela

Lignin polysaccharide networks in biomass and corresponding processed materials

Dirk Postma

Chemical and physical modification of wood based hemicelluloses for use in the pulp and paper industry

Angelo Ridout

Valorisation of paper waste sludge using pyrolysis processing

Charlie Robus

Production of bioethanol from paper sludge using simultaneous saccharification and fermentation

Madelein van Zyl

Valorisation of bio-aromatics from pulp mill residues and commercial forest species in South Africa

Anne Williams

The production of bioethanol and biogas from paper sludge

Priyashnie Govender

Use of South African spent pulping liquor to synthesise lignin phenol formaldehyde resins

Dominique Lisa Van Schalkwyk

Techno-economic and environmental analysis of bio-oil production from forest residues via non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis processes

Farai Chireshe

Production of an upgraded bio-oil by catalytic pyrolysis of forest residues

Anderson Chimphango

The valorisation of paper sludge for green composite material

Leshen Vurdiah

Application Of Water Network Optimizaton at Mpact Ltd, Springs Mill

Tinika N. Iswalal

A combination of experimental and programming based material balancing used with a numerical pinch analysis to reduce the water consumption at a tissue mill

Phillip Muyambo

Modeling aboveground biomass and nutrient export in South African Pinus elliottii

Jandri de la Rey

Energy efficiency in dual fluidised bed fast pyrolysis

Kwame Ohene Donkor

Paper industry process wastewater reclamation and potential clarification from paper sludge through integrated bio-energy production

Jayanth Ramlall

Carbon Flow Analysis of the South African Paper Converting, Paper Recycling and End User Stage of Paper

Oswald A. Alembong

Carbon flow analysis in the South African forest and the forestry sector

Bhavna Singh

The compostability and direct land application of paper mill sludge

Stubbe Adu-Poku

Plant-based carbon flow analysis of South African pulp mills

Philip Bester van Niekerk

Allometric models for aboveground biomass of Eucalyptus grandis x nitens

Ryan David Merckel

Paper industry process wastewater reclamation and potential clarification from paper sludge through integrated bio-energy production

Sinazo Nangamso Njamela

Lignin polysaccharide networks in biomass and corresponding processed materials