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Ebrahim Mohiuddin1 , Yusuf Makarfi Isa1,2, Masikana M. Mdleleni1 \* and David Key1

1 PetroSA Synthetic Fuels Innovation Centre, South African Institute for Advanced Materials Chemistry, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

2 Chemical Engineering Department, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa

\*Address all correspondence to: masikana.mdleleni@petrosa.co.za

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