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Researchers reveal promising
A court representative in South
gains in producing sustainable
Africa will be drawn from UCT’s
fuels and chemicals with a
Faculty of Law.
MAKING
STRIDES
TOWARDS CO2
HYDROGENATION
TECHNOLOGY
CLOSER
TIES WITH
THE PERMANENT
COURT OF
ARBITRATION
significantly lower carbon
This has been achieved through a
memorandum of understanding (MoU)
signed between the Permanent Court of
Arbitration (PCA), based in The Hague, the
Netherlands, and UCT. The agreement also
includes the establishment of a fellowship
programme for UCT graduates at The Hague.
Dean of Law Professor Danwood Chirwa
recently signed the MoU with Ambassador
Hugo Siblesz, the secretary general of the
PCA in The Hague.
The PCA is a specialist intergovernmental
arbitral institute that specialises in the
administration of arbitration, conciliation
and other dispute resolution procedures
among various combinations of states,
state entities, intergovernmental
organisations and private parties.
The PCA also has a strong academic and
research arm through its association with
the International Council for Commercial
Arbitration (ICCA), which produces key
international arbitration publications.
footprint.
A team of researchers from the Catalysis
Institute at UCT and integrated energy
and chemical company Sasol have made
advancements in the use of commercial
iron catalysts produced cheaply and on
a large scale by Sasol. These will enable
conversion of biogenetically derived carbon
dioxide (CO2) and green hydrogen directly
to a variety of green chemicals and jet fuel.
According to the researchers, the iron
catalyst can achieve CO2 conversions
greater than 40% – producing ethylene and
light olefins, which can be used as chemical
feedstocks, and significant quantities of
kerosene‑range hydrocarbons (jet fuel).
For decades Sasol has been using its FischerTropsch (FT) technology to convert lowgrade coal and gas into synthetic fuels and
chemicals. In this partnership, Sasol blends its
expertise around FT catalysis and synthesis
gas conversion with UCT’s modelling and
in‑situ characterisation capabilities.
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