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Maximum energy recovery and reuse in industrial cities
Processing plants are usually concentrated in industrial areas or cities. Carbon footprints of such areas tend to be very high and improvements in energy efficiency is becoming increasingly important. However, energy integration across such cities is a largely unexplored research area. This project [...]
Optimal Design of Membrane-Based Desalination Processes
Qatar heavily depends on seawater desalination to provide fresh water for domestic and industrial use. Membrane-based desalination processes in the form of reverse osmosis are considered more energy efficient, less capital intensive and more environmentally benign than their thermal counterparts. Re [...]
Inland Desalination with Zero Liquid Discharge for Brackish Groundwater
Because of seawater intrusion and other human activities, groundwater quality is deteriorating in the gulf region. This has led to the use of inland desalination to produce good quality water. Clearly, any desalination process produces two streams; a clean water product stream and a reject concentra [...]
Study of Residual Chlorine and Chlorinated By-Products at Messaaeid Industrial Area
The Supreme Council for the Environment & Natural Reserves (SCENR) has issued new environmental standards that are aimed at reducing the environmental impact of the processing facilities. The new regulations specify that the maximum concentration of free residual chlorine is 0.05 mg/L for discha [...]
Development of a Water Resources Map for Qatar
A detailed data repository of water resources in Qatar is developed to capture data for the development of water management strategies. The water map takes the form of a GIS that includes information on (a) quantities and qualities of all significant water sources, their location, their or [...]
Hazardous Waste Treatment
Our work concerns the hazardous chlorinated organics found in industrial waste discharges that are a potential threat to the environment. It is well known that a chemical reduction/oxidation process can convert chemically hazardous contaminants to non-hazardous or less toxic compounds that are more [...]
Seawater for Process Cooling
The project investigates the environmental impact of adding anti-biofouling chemicals (a form of biocides) to seawater discharged into the Arabian Gulf. Seawater-induced biofouling - caused by the build-up of living organisms - of heat exchangers and related equipment is a standard problem that is [...]