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YOUNG SCIENTIST’S PROJECT AIMS TO
REMOVE CO2 PRODUCED BY INDUSTRY
female learners received awards and certificates. A cherry Interest for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology
on top was that these high performers received Corporate continues to grow amongst young people in South Africa.
Gifts provided by SANEDI to celebrate and incentivise This was evidenced during the 2018 Eskom Expo for Young
them. Professional women practising in different STEMI Scientists Regional Science Fairs in Gauteng and KwaZulu-
fields were also invited to motivate the learners. Natal Provinces respectively.

STEMI Role Model Women motivating female learners in South African Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage (SACCCS)
celebrating the centenary of the two South African icons. Tshilidzi Tshivhase & Rofhiwa Raselavhe conducting an interview
with Ms Nyeleti Mashale about her CARBON EATER project.
Eskom Expo for Young Scientists (Eskom Expo) is South
Africa’s primary and only existing science fair for school
learners, where they have an opportunity to exhibit their
own scientific investigations and engineering projects.
Eskom Expo brings together learners, teachers, professional
organisations and educational bodies and government
departments to increase awareness in the field of Science,
Technology, Engineering, Maths and Innovation (STEMI).
This year saw more than ten (10) Carbon Capture, Utilisation
& Storage (CCUS) projects developed by learners during the
Ms Confidence Phaahla, SANEDI representative sharing Eskom Expo Regional finals. A CCUS project that stood-out
invaluable information with the female learners pursuing STEMI was the CARBON EATER project developed by Ms Nyeleti
qualifications. Mashale, a Grade 11 learner from Sir Pierre Van Ryneveld
High School in Kempton Park during the Ekurhuleni
The following Organisations and Academia participated in
girl learner career development day: Regional Eskom Science Fair Finals held on 18 August 2018.
This unique project aims to reduce CO2 emissions. It won
• South African National Energy Development her the CCS Special Award category introduced in 2015 by
Institute (SANEDI) the South African National Energy Development Institute
(SANEDI).
• South African Agency of Science and Technology
Advancement (SAASTA) The Carbon Eater aims to absorb the carbon dioxide (CO2)
• South African National Space Agency (SANSA) emitted by factories during the combustion of fossil fuels
thus mitigating against climate change. The apparatus
• University of Johannesburg (UJ) works by means of a built cylindrical tube protruding from
the ground extending vertically to the top of the funnel
• University of Limpopo (UL)
that is used to absorb the CO2 from burnt coal. The tube
• Department of Health consists of sodium hydroxide and a vacuum which acts as a
magnet for flue gases emitted post-combustion.
• University of Witwatersrand (Wits)

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