ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

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

Solar-driven surface-heating membrane distillation using Ti3C2Tx MXene-coated spacers
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141129
Authors: Noora Almarzooqi, Rawan Abu Alwan, Faisal AlMarzooqi, Seunghyun Hong, Hassan A. Arafat
  • Surface Heating Membrane Distillation
  • Solar Energy
  • Photothermal Evaporation
  • MXene
  • Metallic spacer
  • Spray coating
Novel coiled hollow fiber module for high-performance membrane distillation
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121127
Authors: Sarah Almahfoodh, Adnan Qamar, Sarah Kerdi
2024 roadmap on membrane desalination technology at the water-energy nexus
Year: 2024 DOI:10.1088/2515-7655/ad2cf2
Authors: Antonio Politano, Raed A Al-Juboori, Sultan Alnajdi, Albraa Alsaati, Athanassia Athanassiou, Maya Bar-Sadan, Ali Naderi Beni, Davide Campi, Anna Cupolillo, Gianluca D'Olimpio
  • Water-energy Nexus
  • Membrane Desalination
  • Renewable Energy Integration
  • Nutrient Circular Economy
Hybrid membrane and thermal seawater desalination processes powered by fossil fuels: A comprehensive review, future challenges and prospects
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2024.117694
Authors: Mudhar Al-Obaidi, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Md Tanvir Sowgath, Salih Alsadaie, Alejandro Ruiz-García, Mohamed Khayet, Iqbal M. Mujtaba
  • Seawater Desalination
  • Hybrid Systems
  • Reverse Osmosis
  • Thermal Desalination
  • Economic
  • Challenges
Optimizing electrocoagulation pre-treatment efficiency during simultaneous treatment of different produced water streams in a FO-MD hybrid system
Year: 2024 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.126290
Authors: Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, Abdullah Alqulayti, Victor Manuel Torres Serrano, Veerabhadraiah Gudideni, Ivan C. Yan
  • Forward Osmosis Fouling
  • Membrane Distillation Fouling
  • Membrane Scaling
  • Electrocoagulation
  • Pre-treatment