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Scientific Contributions

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

Precise biofilm thickness prediction in SWRO desalination from planar camera images by DNN models

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00451-9

Authors: Henry J. Tanudjaja, Najat A Amin, Adnan Qamar, Sarah Kerdi, Hussain Basamh, Thomas Altmann, Ratul Das, Noreddine Ghaffour

Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Membranes
Biofilm thickness prediction
Biofouling detection
Deep neural networks (DNN)
Convolutional neural networks (CNN)
Desalination membranes
SWRO biofouling
Membrane fouling analysis

Dual Repurposing of End-of-Life BWRO Membranes: Ultrafiltration Membranes for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Cation Exchange Membranes for Fungal Microbial Fuel Cells

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes15010005

Authors: Anissa Somrani, Mehri Shabani, Zaineb Mohamed, Kholoud Abohelal, Salam. S. Alsharari, Ahmed Hannachi, Noreddine Ghaffour, Maxime Pontié

BW30-400
Cl2 attack
cation exchange membrane
Ultrafiltration (UF) membrane
fungal microbial fuel cell
recycling of SWE

Transforming end-of-life SWRO desalination membranes into nanofiltration membranes for the treatment of brackish water and wastewater

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-88818-3

Authors: Anissa Somrani, Zaineb Mohamed, Kholoud Abohelal, Sara Larhrib, Noreddine Ghaffour, Maxime Pontié

Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Membranes
End-of-Life Membrane Repurposing
Brackish Water Treatment
Sustainable Water Treatment Solutions
Desalination Membrane Reuse

Spacer Designs for Improved Hydrodynamics and Filtration Efficiency in Sea Water Reverse Osmosis

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes15010032

Authors: Sarah Kerdi, Adnan Qamar, Henry J. Tanudjaja, Noreddine Ghaffour

Feed spacers
Reverse osmosis (RO)
direct numerical simulations
Concentration polarization
hydrodynamics

Algal organic matter (AOM) characterization and removal efficiency using various seawater desalination pretreatment techniques

Year: 2025 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2025.118558

Authors: Mohammed Al Namazi, L.I. Sheng, Abdallatif Abdalrhman, Gary L. Amy, TorOve Leiknes, Noreddine Ghaffour

Fouling
Ceramic UF membrane
Seawater Desalination
Pretreatment
Dual media filter
Dissolved air flotation

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