ADVANCING SCIENCE

Scientific Contributions

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

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
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: 2025 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: 2025 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