Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability

Dr Z Phiri

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Science
Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Qualifications

  • PhD in Chemical Engineering (North-West University)

Fields of academic interests

  • Fate and remediation of water pollutants emanating from coal utilisation
  • Green energy

Field of Specialisation

Clean coal technologies

Journal articles

  1. Phiri, Z., Everson, R. C., Neomagus, H. W. J. P., and Wood, B. J. 2018. Transformation of nitrogen functional forms and the accompanying chemical-structural properties emanating from pyrolysis of bituminous coals. Applied Energy, 216 414–427.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.107.   
  2. Phiri, Z., Everson, R. C., Neomagus, H. W. J. P., Engelbrecht, A. D., Wood, B. J., and
    Nyangwa, B. 2018. Release of nitrogenous volatile species from South African bituminous coals during pyrolysis. Energy & Fuels, 32 4606–4616. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03356.
  3. Phiri, Z., Everson, R. C., Neomagus, H. W. J. P., and Wood, B. J. 2017. The effect of acid demineralising bituminous coals and de-ashing the respective chars on nitrogen functional forms. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 125 127–135. https: //doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2017.04.009.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Academic Achievement Award issued by the Fossil Fuel Foundation of Africa in recognition of an outstanding research on the reduction of nitric oxide by chars derived from South African discard coals (2011).

Projects

Impact of coal utilisation activities on water quality

Other

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?user=jAgYJAUAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCHID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6389-8490