Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Nicol, W
BIng(Chem)(Pret) PhD(Wits) - Senior Lecturer
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3796
Fax number: 012 362 5173
E-mail address: wnicol@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Process modelling and control
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
du Toit EL, Nicol W: 2004. The rate inhibiting effect of water as a product on reactions catalysed by cation exchange resins: Formation of mesityl oxide from acetone as case study. Applied Catalysis A-General, 227 (1-2), pp 219-225.
Nicol W, du Toit EL: 2004. One-step methyl isobutyl ketone synthesis from acetone and hydrogen using Amberlyst CH28. Chemical Engineering and Processing, 43 (12), pp 1539-1545.
du Toit EL, Schwarzer R, Nicol W: 2004. Acetone condensation on a cation exchange resin catalyst: The Pseudo Equilibrium effect. Chemical Engineering Science, 59, pp 5545-5550.
Van der Merwe W, Maree C, Nicol W: 2004. Nature of residual liquid holdup in packed beds of spherical particles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 43, pp 8363-8368.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
du Toit EL, Nicol W: 2004. Modelling the rate inhibiting effect of water as a product on reactions catalysed by cation exchange resins. In Ion Exchange Technology for Today and Tomorrow, / 4-7 July, Society of Chemical Industry (SCI), pp 269-275.
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