• Biotechnology for gas-to-liquid (GTL)wastewater treatment: A review 

      Surkatti, Riham; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M.; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Al-Naemi, Fatima; ... more authors ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article Review)
      Gas-to-liquid (GTL) technology involves the conversion of natural gas into several liquid hydrocarbon products. The Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) process is the most widely applied approach for GTL, and it is the main source of ...
    • 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, ...