Browsing by Author "Benamor, A."
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Fabrication of high flux nanofiltration membrane via hydrogen bonding based co-deposition of polydopamine with poly(vinyl alcohol)
Wang T.; Qiblawey H.; Judd S.; Benamor A.; Nasser M.S.; Mohammadian A.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)The use of bio-inspired polydopamine (PDA) chemistry for membrane development has attracted increasing interest in recent years. This paper reports on the fabrication of new nanofiltration (NF) membrane with a robust and ... -
Hybrid coagulation-NF membrane process for brackish water treatment: Effect of antiscalant on water characteristics and membrane fouling
Ang, W.L.; Mohammad, A.W.; Benamor, A.; Hilal, N.; Leo, C.P. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)Antiscalants have been used to inhibit the formation of scales and reduce the risk of membrane scaling. However, issues such as the increased of biofouling tendency and contradictory observations of organic fouling propensity ... -
Hybrid coagulation-NF membrane processes for brackish water treatment: Effect of pH and salt/calcium concentration
Anga, W. L.; Mohammad, A. W.; Benamor, A.; Hilal, N. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)In order to reduce membrane fouling propensity, membrane technologies in water treatment and desalination processes have been coupled with coagulation process. However, the fouling issues still persisted. It is believed ... -
Impact of combined oil-in-water emulsions and particulate suspensions on ceramic membrane fouling and permeability recovery
Abdalla M.; Nasser M.; Kayvani Fard A.; Qiblawey H.; Benamor A.; Judd S.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)The application of crossflow ceramic microfiltration (CFCMF) to the removal of emulsified oil from a simple analogue of raw produced water (PW) arising from oil exploration has been studied. Outcomes relate to surfactant ... -
Influence of modified clay on the structure and performance of polysulfocomposite membrane
Teli S.B.; Benamor A.; Nasser M.S.; Ba-Abbad M.; Mohammad A.W. ( Desalination Publications , 2018 , Article)Highly porous modified clay material with large surface area known as ?Filtralite? was used as a filler for the preparation of polysulfone (PSf) composite membranes. Filtralite concentration in the membrane composition was ... -
Influence of polyelectrolyte structure and type on the degree of flocculation and rheological behavior of industrial MBR sludge
Yousefi S.A.; Nasser M.S.; Hussein I.A.; Benamor A.; El-Naas M.H. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article)The influence of polyelectrolyte's type and structure on the rheological characteristics of industrial highly stable membrane bioreactor (MBR) sludge have been investigated and were related to its degree of flocculation ... -
Influence of polyelectrolytes and other polymer complexes on the flocculation and rheological behaviors of clay minerals: A comprehensive review
Shaikh S.M.R.; Nasser M.S.; Hussein I.; Benamor A.; Onaizi S.A.; Qiblawey H.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article Review)Separation of clay minerals from industrial wastewaters is of great academic and practical importance. Current treatment techniques are either not economically viable, not environmentally friendly, or both. Thus, researchers ... -
Intercalation of ionic liquids into bentonite: Swelling and rheological behaviors
Nasser, M. S.; Onaizi, Sagheer A.; Hussein, I. A.; Saadd, M. A.; Al-Marri, M. J.; Benamor, A.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)In this study, direct intercalation of three different green ionic liquids (ILs) having different salt and cation sizes into bentonite interlayer is investigated. The ILs covered in this study are: 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium ... -
Investigation of the effect of polyelectrolyte structure and type on the electrokinetics and flocculation behavior of bentonite dispersions
Shaikh S.M.R.; Nasser M.S.; Hussein I.A.; Benamor A. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)The influence of surface charge type and density, and molecular weight of cationic, anionic and amphoteric polyacrylamide (PAM) on the electrokinetics, adsorption and flocculation behavior of highly stable bentonite ... -
Kinetics of CO 2 reaction with N-methyldiethanolamine and aminobutanol using stopped flow technique
Benamor A.; Mahmud N.; Nasser M.; Qiblawey H. ( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2018 , Conference Paper)Removal of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from natural gas streams is mandatory to avoid pipeline corrosion, increase the heating value of the gas and reduce the gas volume in case of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The use of ... -
Metal-oxide nanotubes functional material tailored for membrane water/wastewater treatment
Benamor A.; Nasser M.; El-Naas M.H.; Qiblawey H. ( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2019 , Conference Paper)Titanium Dioxide Nano-Tubes (TNTs) synthesized by hydrothermal method were used to prepare new polysulfone thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes. The TFN membranes contained different TNTs proportions (0.1, 0.3 and 0.5 ... -
Optimization of nickel oxide nanoparticle synthesis through the sol-gel method using Box-Behnken design
Ba-Abbad, M.M.; Chai, P.V.; Takriff, M.S.; Benamor, A.; Mohammad, A.W. ( Elsevier BV , 2015 , Article)In this study, nickel oxide nanoparticles were prepared using the sol-gel method. The process parameters were optimized to produce smaller size of nanoparticles such as molar ratio, solution pH and calcination temperatures. ... -
Organically modified nanoclay filled thin-film nanocomposite membranes for reverse osmosis application
Zaidi S.J.; Fadhillah F.; Saleem H.; Hawari A.; Benamor A. ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)This study validates, for the first time, the effectiveness of two nanoclays, that is, cloisite (CS)-15A and montmorillonite (MNT) at the polyamide (PA) active layer in the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane. Cloisite-15A is ... -
Reaction kinetics of carbon dioxide in aqueous blends of N-methyldiethanolamine and L-arginine using the stopped-flow technique
Mahmud N.; Benamor A.; Nasser M.; El-Naas M.H.; Tontiwachwuthikul P. ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Reduction of carbon dioxide emission from natural and industrial flue gases is paramount to help mitigate its effect on global warming. Efforts are continuously deployed worldwide to develop efficient technologies for CO ... -
Reaction Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide with 2-Amino-1-butanol in Aqueous Solutions Using a Stopped-Flow Technique
Benamor A.; Mahmud N.; Nasser M.S.; Tontiwachwuthikul P. ( American Chemical Society , 2018 , Article)Carbon capture and management plays an important role in the development of new technologies to mitigate anthropogenic global warming. In this work, for the first time, the kinetics of CO2 with aminobutanol (AB) using a ... -
Reducing energy consumption of CO2 desorption in CO2-loaded aqueous amine solution using Al2O3/HZSM-5 bifunctional catalysts
Zhang X.; Liu H.; Liang Z.; Idem R.; Tontiwachwuthikul P.; Jaber Al-Marri M.; Benamor A.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)The aim of this work is to find a potential way for great decrease in CO2 capture energy requirement. Here, for the first time, a series of bifunctional Al2O3/HZSM-5 catalysts (Al-ZSM) were prepared by the combined ... -
Synthesis of minimal-size ZnO nanoparticles through sol-gel method: Taguchi design optimisation
Chung, Y.T.; Ba-Abbad, M.M.; Mohammad, A.W.; Hairom, N.H.H.; Benamor, A. ( Elsevier BV , 2015 , Article)Zinc oxide (ZnO) has excellent potential to be used in water and wastewater treatment, either as a photocatalyst or in membrane incorporation. In this work, the synthesis of smaller ZnO NPs through a sol-gel approach was ... -
Thermal degradation of aqueous amine/amino acid solutions in the presence and absence of CO 2
Mahmud N.; Benamor A.; Soliman A.; Nasser M.S. ( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2018 , Conference Paper)The stability to thermal degradation of aqueous solutions of methyldiethanolamine (MDEA) and their mixtures with glycine (Gly), in the absence and the presence of CO 2 , was investigated by Gas chromatography-flame ionization ...