Browsing by Author "Das, Probir"
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Methane production enhancement from Tetraselmis biomass co-digestion using frying oil residue as co-substrate and ultrasonication as pretreatment
Firas, Feki; Cherif, Maroua; Masmoudi, Mohamed Ali; Chamkha, Mohamed; Saadaoui, Imen; Das, Probir; Sayadi, Sami... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Tetraselmis sp. microalgae biomass co-digestion with frying oil residue was investigated without or with an ultrasonication pretreatment to enhance methane production. Interestingly, compared to untreated Tetraselmis ... -
Microalgae biomass production in municipal wastewater and use of the produced biomass as sustainable biofertilizer
Abdul Hakim, Mohammed; Quadir, Mohammed Abdul; Thaher, Mehmoud Ibrahim; Aljabri, Hareb Mohammed S.J.; Alghasal, Ghamza Saed H S; Das, Probir... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Due to the lack of natural water sources, and cost and environmental issues associated with water desalination, Qatar currently emphasizes on the reuse of current wastewater sources, which includes conventional and ... -
Microalgae harvesting by pH adjusted coagulation-flocculation, recycling of the coagulant and the growth media
Das, Probir; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; Abdul Quadir, Mohammed; Hakim, MohdAbdul; Al-Jabri, Hareb Mohammed S.J.; Alghasal, Ghamza Saed H. S.... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Coagulation-flocculation can be considered as one of the least energy intensive microalgae biomass harvesting processes. However, cost of the coagulant and biomass contamination are two critical issues that need to be ... -
Microalgae: A potential bioagent for treatment of emerging contaminants from domestic wastewater
Sanjeet, Mehariya; Das, Probir; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; Abdul Quadir, Mohammed; Khan, Shoyeb; Sayadi, Sami; Hawari, Alaa H.; Verma, Pradeep; Bhatia, Shashi Kant; Karthikeyan, Obulisamy Parthiba; Zuorro, Antonio; Al-Jabri, Hareb... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)Water crisis around the world leads to a growing interest in emerging contaminants (ECs) that can affect human health and the environment. Research showed that thousands of compounds from domestic consumers, such as endocrine ... -
Microalgal bioremediation of brackish aquaculture wastewater
Kashem, Abdurahman Hafez Mohammed; Das, Probir; AbdulQuadir, Mohammad; Khan, Shoyeb; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; Alghasal, Ghamza; Hawari, Alaa H.; Al-Jabri, Hareb... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Rapid aquaculture industry development contributed to a major increase in aquaculture wastewater generation. In the context of a circular economy, aquaculture wastewater treatment should simultaneously recover nutrients ... -
Optimization of iron dosage for microalgal biomass production as a feedstock for biofuel
Das, Probir; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; Abdul Hakim, Mohammed Abdul Quadir Mohd; Al-Jabri, Hareb Mohammed S.J.; Alghasal, Ghamza Saed H.S. ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Summary: Biomass and metabolite production of three marine (Tetraselmis sp., Nannochloropsis sp., Chlorocystis sp.) and three freshwater microalgae (Scenedesmus sp., Chlorella sp., Monoraphidium sp.) were studied under ... -
Outdoor scale-up of Leptolyngbya sp.: Effect of light intensity and inoculum volume on photoinhibition and -oxidation
Schipper, Kira; Das, Probir; Al Muraikhi, Mariam; AbdulQuadir, Mohammed; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; Al Jabri, Hareb Mohammed S.J.; Wijffels, René H.; Barbosa, Maria J.... more authors ... less authors ( Wiley , 2021 , Article)The effect of light intensity and inoculum volume on the occurrence of photooxidation for Leptolyngbya sp. QUCCCM 56 was investigated, to facilitate the transition from small-scale laboratory experiments to large-scale ... -
Pilot-scale crossflow ultrafiltration of four different cell-sized marine microalgae to assess the ultrafiltration performance and energy requirements
Khan, Shoyeb; Das, Probir; Abdulquadir, Mohammed; Thaher, Mahmoud; Al-Ghasal, Ghamza; Hafez Mohammed Kashem, Abdurahman; Faisal, Mohamed; Sayadi, Sami; Al-Jabri, Hareb... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Four marine microalgae (e.g., Tetraselmis, Picochlorum, Dunaliella, and Synechococcus) with different cell sizes were harvested using pilot-scale ultrafiltration. Average permeate fluxes were 16.75, 19, 25.35, and 33.75 ... -
The Potential of Marine Microalgae for the Production of Food, Feed, and Fuel (3F)
Mahata, Chandan; Das, Probir; Khan, Shoyeb; Thaher, Mahmoud I.A.; Abdul Quadir, Mohammed; Annamalai, Senthil Nagappan; Al Jabri, Hareb... more authors ... less authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)Whole-cell microalgae biomass and their specific metabolites are excellent sources of renewable and alternative feedstock for various products. In most cases, the content and quality of whole-cell biomass or specific ... -
Pretreatment of cyanobacterial Chroococcidiopsis. biomass prior to hydrothermal liquefaction for enhanced hydrocarbon yield and energy recovery
khan, Shoyeb; Das, Probir; Abdul Quadir, Mohammed; Thaher, Mahmoud; Al Jabri, Hareb ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Chroococcidiopsis sp. was grown in 200 L open raceway pond. Biomass density and average biomass productivity were 0.41 g/L and 16.1 g/m2/d. Chroococcidiopsis biomass was harvested by self-settling. Self settled biomass was ... -
Production of biolubricant from renewable feedstocks from Qatar
Das, Probir; Khan, Shoyeb Rashid; Abdul Quadir, Mohammed; Thaher, Mahmoud; Chaudhary, Afeefa Kiran; Al Jabri, Hareb... more authors ... less authors ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)Due to increase in environmental pollution and decline in petroleum reserves, there is an increase in the demands of developing alternative renewable bio-based products. Petroleum and lubricant manufacturing companies are ... -
Production of phycocyanin from marine cyanobacteria in Open raceway pond
Abdul Quadir, Mohammed; Das, Probir; khan, Shoyeb; Thaher, Mahmoud; Al Jabri, Hareb ( Qatar University Press , 2020 , Poster)Phycocyanin is one of the major light harvesting accessory pigment present in microalgae and cyanobacteria. This water-soluble pigment protein exhibits antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective effects. Application ... -
Study the Potential Use of Waste Water Grown Microalgae Biomass as Biofertilizer
Das, Probir; Thaher, Mehmoud Ibrahim; Aljabri, Hareb Mohammed S.J.; Youssef, Talaat Abdelfattah Ahm ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Liquid wastewater streams that contain nitrogen must be treated before being discharged into the environment to prevent eutrophication. Already there are several existing conventional treatment technologies that can remove ... -
A study to investigate the energy recovery potential from different macromolecules of a low-lipid marine Tetraselmis sp. biomass through HTL process
Aljabri, Hareb; Das, Probir; Khan, Shoyeb; AbdulQuadir, Mohammad; Thaher, Mahmoud; Hawari, Alaa H.; Al-Shamary, Noora Mahmoud... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This study investigated the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of extracted major macromolecules from Tetraselmis sp. biomass. The carbohydrate fraction was first recovered from Tetraselmis biomass using pressurized heated ... -
Sustainable agriculture in the Arabian/Persian Gulf region utilizing marginal water resources: Making the best of a bad situation
Brown, J. Jed; Das, Probir; Al-Saidi, Mohammad ( MDPI AG , 2018 , Article Review)One way to encourage agricultural self-sufficiency in arid regions is to increase the productivity of conventional freshwater agriculture. Another way is to develop and implement novel strategies and technologies that do ... -
Sustainable production of toxin free marine microalgae biomass as fish feed in large scale open system in the Qatari desert
Das, Probir; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; Al-Jabri, Hareb Mohammed S.J.; Abdul Hakim, Mohammed Abdul Quadir Mohd ( Elsevier Ltd , 2015 , Article)Mass cultivation of microalgae biomass for feed should be cost effective and toxin free. Evaporation loss in Qatar can be as high as 2 cm/d. Hence, production of marine microalgae biomass in Qatar would also require ... -
Utilization of nitrogen-rich agricultural waste streams by microalgae for the production of protein and value-added compounds
Khan, Shoyeb; Das, Probir; Thaher, Mahmoud Ibrahim; AbdulQuadir, Mohammed; Mahata, Chandan; Al Jabri, Hareb... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2023 , Article)Current food and feed production practices via agricultural processes generate waste streams often rich in nitrogen. Conversion of the nitrogen in agricultural waste into valuable products would prevent environmental ...