Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Prof B Patel (Associate Chair – Higher Degrees)

College of Science, Engineering and Technology
School of Engineering
Department: Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor
Tel: 011 471 2829
E-mail: patelb@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • PhD (Chemical Engineering) – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Bsc (Eng) (Chemical Engineering) – University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

NRF Rating

Y2

Fields of academic interests

Research Interests

  • Process synthesis, design, integration and intensification

  • Sustainable design of biorefineries, energy systems and chemical processes

Field of Specialisation

  • Process synthesis

  • Bio-energy

Journal articles

  • Litheko, LA & Patel, B. 2021. Waste-to-DME: process synthesis and sustainability evaluation. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 50:1641–1646
  • Seedat, N, Kauchali, S & Patel, B. 2021. A graphical method for the preliminary design of ternary simple distillation columns at finite reflux. South African Journal of Chemical Engineering 37(7):99–109.
  • Nkosi, N, Muzenda, E, Mamvura, TA, Belaid, M & Patel, B. 2020. The development of a waste tyre pyrolysis production plant business model for the Gauteng region, South Africa. Processes 8(7):766.
  • Seedat, N, Kauchali, S & Patel, B. 2020. Novel representation of vapour–liquid equilibrium curves for multicomponent systems: design of total reflux distillation columns. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 155:22–39.

Information about further publications can be found at:

https://scholar.google.co.za/citations?hl=en&user=XeuXdkcAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

 

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

Professional Affiliation

  • Member of SAIChE

Awards and Honours

  • NRF Y rated Researcher (2014-2019)

Projects

  • Valorisation of paper sludge

Other

Biography

Prof Bilal Patel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Chemical Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), Unisa. He received his doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2007. As part of his studies he developed a new framework for the synthesis and evaluation of chemical processes. He was employed as a consultant at the Centre of Material and Process Synthesis (COMPS), University of the Witwatersrand, from 2007 to 2012. He joined Unisa in July 2012.