ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

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

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
Computational fluid dynamics simulations of solar-assisted, spacer-filled direct contact membrane distillation: Seeking performance improvement
Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.116181
Authors: Abolfazl Ansari, Fariba Malekpour Galogahi, Graeme Millar, Fernanda Helfer, Noreddine Ghaffour, Sofiane Soukane
  • Direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD)
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Temperature polarisation
  • Concentration polarisation
  • Solar absorber
  • spacer filament
  • Water treatment
Computational fluid dynamics modelling of air-gap membrane distillation: Spacer-filled and solar-assisted modules
Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.116207
Authors: Abolfazl Ansari, Fariba Malekpour Galogahi, Graeme Millar, Fernanda Helfer
  • Air-gap membrane distillation (AGMD)
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
  • Solar absorber
  • Spacer
  • Temperature and concentration polarisation
Recent advances and future prospects in direct solar desalination systems using membrane distillation technology
Year: 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.135737
Authors: Ahmad Bamasag, Eydhah Almatrafi, Talal Alqahtani, Patrick Phelan, Misbah Ullah
  • Direct solar desalination
  • Membrane distillation
  • Photothermal membranes