Browsing by Author "El-Naas, Muftah"

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    • Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide into Formate: A Comprehensive Review 

      Al-Tamreh, Shaima A.; Ibrahim, Mohamed H.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Vaes, Jan; Pant, Deepak; ... more authors ( John Wiley and Sons Inc , 2021 , Article Review)
      Carbon dioxide conversion into useful products has been gaining considerable attention as a global-warming-mitigation technique. The electrochemical conversion of CO2 into high-value chemicals involves the utilization of ...

    • Evaluation of a novel gas-liquid contactor/reactor system for natural gas applications 

      El-Naas, Muftah H.; Mohammad, Ameera F.; Suleiman, Mabruk I.; Al Musharfy, Mohamed; Al-Marzouqi, Ali H. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)
      In this study, a novel system for contacting gases and liquids, which may be suitable for many applications involving gas-liquid contact or gas-liquid reactions, has been developed and characterized. The system consists ...

    • Evaluation of parameters controlling calcium recovery and CO2 uptake from desalination reject brine: An optimization approach 

      Mahmud, Nafis; Ibrahim, Mohamed H.; Fraga Alvarez, Daniela V.; Esposito, Daniel V.; El-Naas, Muftah H. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)
      A multistage process scheme for extracting valuable minerals from desalination reject brine while simultaneously sequestering CO2 has been proposed. As a part of the proposed scheme, simultaneous removal of calcium ions ...

    • Gas capture processes 

      Zhang, Zhien; Borhani, Tohid N.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Soltani, Salman M.; Yan, Yunfei ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Other)
      The increasing trends in gas emissions have had direct adverse impacts on human health and ecological habitats in the world. A variety of technologies have been deployed to mitigate the release of such gases, including ...

    • Improvement of PVA gel properties for cell immobilization 

      Surkatti, Rihama; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M.; Al-Naemi, Fatima; Onwusogh, Udeogu ( Avestia Publishing , 2019 , Conference Paper)
      This study investigates the characterization and the ability of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) gel to be used in the area of wastewater treatment as biomass immobilization matrix. The PVA matrix was prepared through the ...

    • Isolation and Identification of Organics-Degrading Bacteria From Gas-to-Liquid Process Water 

      Surkatti,Riham; Al Disi,Zulfa A.; El-Naas,Muftah H.; Zouari,Nabil; Van Loosdrecht,Mark C. M.; ... more authors ( Frontiers Media S.A. , 2021 , Article)
      The gas-to-liquid (GTL) process generates considerable amounts of wastewater that are highly acidic and characterized by its high chemical oxygen demand (COD) content, due to the presence of several organic pollutants, ...

    • Koh-based modified solvay process for removing na ions from high salinity reject brine at high temperatures 

      Mourad, Aya A-H. I.; Mohammad, Ameera F.; Al-Marzouqi, Ali H.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Al-Marzouqi, Mohamed H.; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2021 , Article)
      The traditional Solvay process and other modifications that are based on different types of alkaline material and waste promise to be effective in the reduction of reject brine salinity and the capture of CO2 . These ...

    • Magnesium recovery from desalination reject brine as pretreatment for membraneless electrolysis 

      Mahmud, Nafis; Alvarez, Daniela V. Fraga; Ibrahim, Mohamed H.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Esposito, Daniel V. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article)
      Alkali-earth metals pose a significant challenge to water treatment technologies and electrochemical processes due to their propensity to precipitate as metal hydroxides, which can deposit on membranes and/or electrodes ...

    • Mapping the desalination journal: A systematic bibliometric study over 54 years 

      Ashraf, Hafsa M.; Al-Sobhi, Saad A.; El-Naas, Muftah H. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article Review)
      Desalination is one of the most important techniques that can provide potable water to meet the ever-growing demand for fresh water in many regions. Over the years, desalination techniques have been significantly improved ...

    • Microbial degradation of chlorophenols 

      El-Naas, Muftah H.; Mousa, Hussein A.; El Gamal, Maisa ( Springer Berlin Heidelberg , 2017 , Article)
      Chlorophenols (CPs) are hazardous pollutant that are commonly encountered as major constituents of several types of wastewater such as industrial, refinery and pharmaceutical wastewater. They are also exposed to the ...

    • State of the Art in Separation Processes for Alternative Working Fluids in Clean and Efficient Power Generation 

      Alrebei, Odi F.; Amhamed, Abdulkarem I.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Hayajnh, Mahmoud; Orabi, Yasmeen A.; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2022 , Article Review)
      Gas turbines must now comply with much stricter emission control regulations. In fact, to combat the greenhouse effect, regulatory authorities have drastically reduced allowable emission levels. For example, in less than ...

    • Treatment of saline wastewater and carbon dioxide capture using electrodialysis 

      Mustafa, Jawad; Mohammad, Ameera F.; Mourad, Aya A-H. I.; Al-Marzouqi, Ali H.; El-Naas, Muftah H. ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2021 , Conference Paper)
      In this study, electrodialysis was used to achieve a combined action of capturing carbon dioxide and treating high-salinity water to produce hydrochloric acid, hydrogen gas, and carbonate and bicarbonate salts. Sodium ...

    • Utilization of steel-making dust in drilling fluids formulations 

      Magzoub, Musaab I.; Ibrahim, Mohamed H.; Nasser, Mustafa S.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Amani, Mahmood ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)
      Steelmaking is an energy-intensive process that generates considerable amounts of byproducts and wastes, which often pose major environmental and economic challenges to the steelmaking industry. One of these by-products ...

    • Zeolites nanocomposite membrane applications in CO2 capture 

      Zhang, Zhien; Ibrahim, Mohamed H.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Cai, Jianchao ( Elsevier , 2018 , Book chapter)
      Membrane technology is a novel and promising method for CO2 capture among the separation approaches. The chapter first introduces the various membrane materials and their preparation methods. Especially the zeolites membranes ...