Conference Program

Day 1: Sunday 13 November 2011

14:00-17:00 c*change Guest Lecture: Recent Developments in Catalyst Characterisation Presented by: Prof. Hans Niemantsverdriet

16:00 Registration

18:30 Süd-Chemie Mixer

Day 2: Monday 14 November 2011

7:15 Registration

SESSION 1: SESSION CHAIRS: MANIE VOSLOO & ALAN THOMPSON

7:50

Jason McPherson, CATSA Chairperson Opening and Welcome address

8:00

KEYNOTE: New Mechanistic Insight in Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts from Surface Science, Synchrotron and Computational Studies Hans Niemantsverdriet, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

8:40

Synthesis, characterization and catalytic application of nitrogen-base carbonyl complexes of molybdenum and tungsten in olefin epoxidation Aloice Ogweno, Department of Chemistry, University of the Western Cape

9:00

Supported ionic liquid phase (SILP) catalysts for ambient pressure and ultra-low temperature water-gas-shift reaction Marco Haumann, Chemical Reaction Engineering, FAU Busan Campus, Busan, Korea

9:20

Co-feeding ammonia during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis: Pathways to nitrogenated compounds Christian de Vries, Centre for Catalysis Research, c* change (DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town

9:40

PtRu electrocatalysts for the electro-oxidation of sulphur dioxide Sakumzi Gwicana, Research Focus Area for Chemical Resource Beneficiation: HySA Infrastructure Centre of Competence, PGM Group, North West University

10:00 Tea and Coffee Break, Viewing of Exhibition

SESSION 2: SESSION CHAIRS: OLAF CONRAD & GREG SMITH

10:30

KEYNOTE: Fundamentals and some practical aspects of electrocatalysis for energy conversion processes Günther Scherer, Electrochemistry Laboratory, General Energy Research Department, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland

11:10

Dehydroaromatization of Methane over Sn Doped Pt/Mo/H-ZSM-5 Zeolite Catalysts Themba Tshabalala, Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand

11:30

Promotion of Co/carbon sphere Fischer Tropsch catalysts by residual K and Mn from carbon oxidation by KMnO4 Mahluli Moyo, School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand

11:50

Effect of Fe on the activity and stability of Au/FeOx-TiO2 catalyst for CO Oxidation Mpfunzeni Raphulu, Advanced Materials Division, Mintek, Randburg

12:10

A Gibbs free energy review of molecular modeling results for phosphine Grubbs-type precatalysts Frans Marx, Focus Area for Chemical Resource Beneficiation: Catalysis & Synthesis, North-West University

12:30

Development of an in situ XRD cell for Fischer-Tropsch catalyst characterisation Brett Clapham, Centre for Catalysis Research, c*change (DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Catalysis), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town

12:50 Lunch

SESSION 3: SESSION CHAIRS: STEPHEN ROBERTS & CYRIL KNOTTENBELT

14:00

KEYNOTE: Catalytic Transformations of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Using Dendrimer Encapsulated Metal Particles Selwyn Mapolie, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, University of Stellenbosch

14:40

Kinetic study on the oxidative addition of iodomethane to [Rh(S,O-(N-benzoyl-N’,N’-diphenylthioureato))(CO)(PR1R2R3)] complexes Riekert Kotze, Department of Chemistry, University of Free State

15:00

Selectivity of Iron-based Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts: The difficulty in controlling product distribution Jez Cloete, Sasol Technology R&D,Sasolburg

15:20

Biopolymer-supported Rh complexes as recyclable hydroformylation catalysts Banothile Makhubela, Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town

15:40 Tea and Coffee Break, Viewing of Exhibition

16:00

Fabrication of the Membrane Electrode Assembly for Low Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Nabeel Hussain, Centre for Catalysis Research, HySA (DST Hydrogen Catalysis Competence Centre), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town

16:20

Catalyst restructuring studies: the facile synthesis of tripod-like carbon fibers by the decomposition of trichloroethylene Ahmed Shaikjee, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Strong Materials and the Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand

16:40

KEYNOTE: Reactivity of NHC Au(I)-C σ-bonds with carbon dioxide and other electrophiles. Mechanisms of gold catalysed reactions Ola Wendt, Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Department of Chemistry, Lund University

18:30 Poretech Challenge & Braai

Day 3: Tuesday 15 November 2011

7:30 Registration

SESSION 4: SESSION CHAIRS: DMITRI BESSARABOV & HOLGER FRIEDRICH

8:00

KEYNOTE: Electrochemical Promotion of Hydrogen Production from Methanol at Low Temperature Caroline Cloutier, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and Clean Energy Research Center, University of British-Columbia, Canada

8:40

Synthesis, characterisation and potential employment of Pt-modified TiO2 towards laser induced H2 production Anzel Falch, Research Focus Area for Chemical Resource Beneficiation: PGM Group, North-West University

9:00

Chemical Reactivity: A Computational Chemistry Approach Jeanet Conradie, Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State

9:20

Ideal hydrocracking catalysts in the combined Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and hydrocracking process for improved diesel yields Roald Brosius, Centre for Catalysis Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town.

9:40

An electrochemical study on the oxidation of aqueous SO2 on polycrystalline Rh and Pt catalysts Marcelle Smit, Research Focus Area for Chemical Resource Beneficiation: PGM Group, HySA Infrastructure Centre of Competence, North-West University

10:00 Tea and Coffee Break, Viewing of Exhibition

SESSION 5: SESSION CHAIR: JASON McPHERSON

10:30

KEYNOTE: Improved heterogeneous catalysts. Do we need a sea-change in catalyst preparation? Mike Scurrell, Molecular Sciences Institute, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand.

11:10

Electrochemical study of tris(-diketonato) iron(III) complexes Marrigje Conradie, Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State

11:30

Frontier molecular orbital coefficients as chemical reactivity indicators in olefin metathesis Jean du Toit, Research Focus Area for Chemical Resource Beneficiation: Catalysis and Synthesis, North-West University

11:50 CATSA AGM

12:50 Lunch

SESSION 6: SESSION CHAIRS: CORNIE VAN SITTERT & DESMOND YOUNG

14:00 Poster Session

15:40 Tea and Coffee Break, Viewing of Exhibition

16:00

MoVTeNbO containing mixed metal oxide catalysts for the activation of n-octane Thobekile C. Makatini, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal

16:20

Oxidative dehydrogenation of n-octane using V2O5 supported Hydroxyapatite Venkata Dasireddy, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal

16:40

Carbon surface chemistry on a model Fischer-Tropsch catalyst C.J. Weststrate, Sasol Technology Netherlands B.V., Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

19:00 Conference Banquet

Day 4: Wednesday 16 November 2011

7:30 Registration

SESSION 7: SESSION CHAIRS: MICHAEL CLAEYS & WERNER JANSE VAN RENSBURG

8:00

KEYNOTE: Catalysis with gold and gold palladium nanoparticles Graham Hutchings, Cardiff Catalysis Institute, School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, UK

8:40

The local structure of hydroxyl species on TiO2(110): A combine photoelectron diffraction and DFT study Tsenolo Lerotholi, School of Chemistry, University of Witwatersrand

9:00

The potential of microkinetic analyses in understanding the Fischer-Tropsch mechanism based on cobalt surface models Jan-Albert van den Berg, Materials Science & Computational Chemistry, Sasol Technology R&D

9:20

Nitrogen-functionalized NHCs as heteroditopic ligands in Palladium complexes: structural implications for catalysis Stefan Warsink, Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam

9:40

Model Heterogeneous Catalysts on Silicon Wafers for Simple Organic Reactions Jannie Swarts, Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State

10:00 Tea and Coffee Break, Viewing of Exhibition

SESSION 8: SESSION CHAIRS: JACK FLETCHER & COBUS KRIEK

10:30

KEYNOTE: Controlling selectivity in alkyne hydrogenation reactions James Anderson, Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Group, Dept of Chemistry, King’s College, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK

11:10

Reducing the aromatic content of gasoline range hydrocarbons obtained from bioethanol Yusuf Isa, A.V. Topchiev, Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Moscow Russia

11:30

Synthesis, electrochemistry and computational calculations (DFT) of gamma substituted β-diketones Mpondi Stuurman-Molefe, Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State

11:50

Carbon induced surface reconstruction Ionel Ciobîcă, Sasol Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands BV

12:10

Sub-ambient Temperature Pt/C Precipitation Synthesis Method for Methanol and Hydrogen Oxidation Catalysts on MWCNT-Fuel Cell Application Sivapregasen Naidoo. University of Cape Town, Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health Research, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town

12:30

Cobalt catalyzed hydroesterification of a wide range of olefins Hendrik van Rensburg, Sasol Technology UK, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, Scotland

12:50 Closing remarks and invitation to CATSA2012

13:15 Lunch

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