Browsing Research Units by Subject "Desalination"
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A process for CO2 capture and brine salinity reduction through reaction with potassium hydroxide: A multi-stage evaluation
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article)Solvay and modified Solvay processes are facing a major challenge in reducing brine salinity to a level suitable for agriculture and industry. This challenge arises as a result of competing reactions and mixing limits ... -
Artificial neural network modeling of wastewater treatment and desalination using membrane processes: A review
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article Review)The freshwater scarcity is causing a major challenge due to the growing global population. The brackish water and seawater are the biggest sources of water on the planet. Therefore, using desalination and water treatment ... -
Assessing Desalination Governance and the Promise of Technology in the Arabian Peninsula
( AL SHARQ STRATEGIC RESEARCH , 2023 , Book chapter)Desalination is expected to grow across the Middle East and North Africa due to increased water scarcity. The cost of desalinated water has decreased significantly over the last decades, but it has not reflected the ... -
Cascaded design of desalination systems: A graphical approach
( American Chemical Society , 2021 , Article)A graphical technique to design staged desalination systems is introduced in this work by utilizing the concept of composite curves. Material recycle networks (MRNs), which are very popular graphical tools, also rely on ... -
Desalination in the GCC countries- a review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article Review)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are located in one of the most arid regions in the world with very less freshwater resources, and hence depending on desalination plants to tackle the water scarcity and satisfy ... -
Design and thermo-economic evaluation of an integrated concentrated solar power – Desalination tri-generation system
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)In this work, a concentrated solar power (CSP) tri-generation system that is capable of the simultaneous production of steam, power and freshwater is introduced. The abundantly available direct normal irradiance can ... -
The development of a process simulator transport model for RO systems
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)This paper introduces solute-solvent interactions onto a universal transport modeling approach that has been recently introduced for predicting RO membrane performance. The mathematical modeling framework utilizes chemical ... -
Effect of fin configuration parameters on performance of solar still: A review
( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)Drinking water is a necessity not only for humanity but also for the all living organisms available in the earth today. But the availability of the potable water is not in abundant amount; hence clean water is scarce in ... -
Electrocoagulation treatment of reject brine effluent from Solvay process
( Desalination Publications , 2019 , Article)Solvay process is an efficient treatment technique for reject brine from desalination, where salinity is reduced by removing Na+ by adding NH3 . However, in this process large amounts of NH3 are consumed and Cl– ... -
Electrodialysis based waste utilization methodology for the desalination industry
( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)High salinilty wastewater and carbon dioxide are major hurdles in implementing a sustainable desalination technology. This study proposes an electrodialysis (ED) technique for onsite utilization of desalination reject brine ... -
Emerging Brine Management Approaches for Sustainable Desalination in the GCC Countries
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Conference Paper)The major technologies employed in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) based commercial desalination facilities are classified into two categories: the membrane-based (mostly reverse osmosis (RO)) and thermal-based (primarily ... -
Governing desalination, managing the brine: A review and systematization of regulatory and socio-technical issues
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Desalination has become an attractive option for addressing water needs or solving problems of increasing water scarcity and short-term supply interruptions. However, several negative environmental impacts are associated ... -
Hybrid coagulation-NF membrane processes for brackish water treatment: Effect of pH and salt/calcium concentration
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)In order to reduce membrane fouling propensity, membrane technologies in water treatment and desalination processes have been coupled with coagulation process. However, the fouling issues still persisted. It is believed ... -
Impact of high turbidity on reverse osmosis: Evaluation of pretreatment processes
( Desalination Publications , 2020 , Article)This study evaluates the performance of sand filtration (SF) and ultra-filtration (UF) as pretreat-ment processes for reverse osmosis (RO) for seawater with turbidities of 4.8, 23.2, and 99.7 NTU. For seawater with a ... -
Membrane distillation: recent technological developments and advancements in membrane materials
( Springer Nature , 2022 , Article Review)Membrane distillation (MD) is a novel desalination technology that has potential to produce distilled quality water from high salinity brine streams. The driving force for MD is the vapor pressure difference across a ... -
Modeling and sensitivity analysis of the forward osmosis process to predict membrane flux using a novel combination of neural network and response surface methodology techniques
( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article)The forward osmosis (FO) process is an emerging technology that has been considered as an alternative to desalination due to its low energy consumption and less severe reversible fouling. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) ... -
Modeling of forward osmosis process using artificial neural networks (ANN) to predict the permeate flux
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Artificial neural networks (ANN) are black box models that are becoming more popular than transport-based models due to their high accuracy and less computational time in predictions. The literature shows a lack of ANN ... -
Nanoparticles functionalized ceramic membranes: fabrication, surface modification, and performance
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2021 , Article Review)Membrane technologies are used intensively for desalination and wastewater treatment. Water filtration using ceramic membranes exhibited high performance compared with polymeric membranes due to various properties such as ... -
Optimization of multiple fuel utilization options in Tri-generation systems
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)This work investigates the design of optimal tri-generation systems for heat, power and water production via multiple fuel selections, thus aiming to reduce the reliance on fossil fuel consumption. Generally speaking, ... -
Organically modified nanoclay filled thin-film nanocomposite membranes for reverse osmosis application
( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)This study validates, for the first time, the effectiveness of two nanoclays, that is, cloisite (CS)-15A and montmorillonite (MNT) at the polyamide (PA) active layer in the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. Cloisite-15A is ...