ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

Through research papers, patents, and PhD dissertations, we push the boundaries of knowledge, driving innovation in desalination and water treatment.

Pre-pilot forward osmosis – Membrane distillation hybrid system for sustainable produced water treatment and reducing volume of hazardous waste in oil and gas industry
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.106628
Authors: Hyuk Soo Son, Alla Alpatova, Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, Sofiane Soukane, Sandra C. Medina, Veerabhadraiah Gudideni, Ali Al-Qahtani, Dalaver H. Anjum, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Processed water treatment
  • Desalination
  • Scale-up system
  • Membrane fouling
  • Partial wetting
  • Membrane Scaling
Evaluation of liquid ferrate role on controlling assimilable organic carbon (AOC) formation for seawater desalination pretreatment during harmful algal blooms
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100940
Authors: Abdullah H. Alshahri, Abdullah H.A. Dehwah, Harvey Winters, Noreddine Ghaffour, Thomas M. Missimer
  • seawater desalination pretreatment
  • Harmful algal blooms
  • Coagulation
  • Ferrate
  • assimilable organic carbon (AOC)
  • biofouling
Balancing Surface Chemistry and Flake Size of MXene‐Based Electrodes for Bioelectrochemical Reactors
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202406223
Authors: Pewee. D. Kolubah, Hend Omar Mohamed, Ananda Rao Hari, Yue Ping, Mohamed Ben Hassine, Pia Dally, M. Obaid, Xiangming Xu, Jehad K. El-Demellawi, Pascal E. Saikaly, Mario Lanza, Noreddine Ghaffour, Pedro Castaño
  • MXenes
  • Energy harvesting
  • Bioelectrochemical systems
  • Delamination methods
Superhydrophobic pancake-like graphene oxide for zero liquid discharge solar desalination of real brines
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.130478
Authors: Sarah Almahfoodh, M. Obaid, Sofiane Soukane, Khalid Alhamdan, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Graphene
  • Photothermal
  • Solar interfacial desalination
  • Desalination
  • Brine
  • ZLD
Sustainable energy production from domestic wastewater via bioelectrochemical reactors using MXene efficient electrodes decorated with transition metal nanoparticles
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113793
Authors: Pewee D. Kolubah, Hend Omar Mohamed, Mohamed N. Hedhili, Mohamed Ben Hassine, Rubén Díaz-Rúa, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, M. Obaid, Noreddine Ghaffour, Pascal Saikaly, Pedro Castaño
  • Microbial fuel cells
  • Biofilm attachment
  • Iron oxide
  • Power generation
  • Anode modification

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