Materials Science and Engineering

Biography

David Lokhat is the Head of the Reactor Technology Research Group of the School of Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. His research interests are in catalysis and reactor engineering, specifically process intensification, high temperature processes and applications in fluorochemistry. In 2013, he received the South African Institute of Chemical Engineers Innovation Award for the development of a novel continuous process to produce a fluorochemical intermediate.

Abstract

Abstract : Highly dispersed zinc based sorbents for hot gas desulphurization: Synthesis and application