ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

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

Elucidating biofouling over thermal and spatial gradients in seawater membrane distillation in hot climatic conditions
Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118983
Authors: Harun Elcik, Alla Alpatova, Graciela Gonzalez-Gil, Bastiaan Blankert, Najat A Amin, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Membrane distillation
  • Biofilm distribution
  • Temperature gradient
  • Intact cells
  • Thermophilic microbial communities
Unraveling the role of feed temperature and cross-flow velocity on organicfouling in membrane distillation using response surface methodology
Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.115971
Authors: Francesco Ricceri, Bastiaan Blankert, Noreddine Ghaffour, Alberto Tiraferri, Luca Fortunato
  • Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)
  • Membrane fouling
  • Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
  • Response surface methodology (RSM)
  • Central composite design (CCD)
  • Humic acid
Performance and implications of forward osmosis-membrane distillation hybrid system for simultaneous treatment of different real produced water streams
Year: 2022 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138479
Authors: Talal Alamoudi, Sofiane Soukane, Hyuk Soo Son, Yong Jin, Sandra C. Medina, Mustakeem Mustakeem, Veerabhadraiah Gudideni, Ali Al-Qahtani, Noreddine Ghaffour
  • Real produced water
  • Simultaneous treatment
  • FO-MD hybrid
  • FO fouling
  • MD fouling and wetting
  • Volatile rejection