تصفح حسب المؤلف "McKay G."
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A techno-economic-environmental study evaluating the potential of oxygen-steam biomass gasification for the generation of value-added products
AlNouss A.; McKay G.; Al-Ansari T. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)The production of renewable chemicals and fuels is driving modern society towards a type of sustainable development which involves a decreasing dependency on fossil fuels and the minimisation of waste. Biomass, a waste ... -
Novel bioadsorbents based on date pits for organophosphorus pesticide remediation from water
Hassan S.S.; Al-Ghouti M.A.; Abu-Dieyeh M.; McKay G. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)The aim of the study was to examine the efficiency of date pits as an adsorbent to remove the organophosphate pesticide (profenofos) from water. A thermodynamic study was carried out to determine the homogeneity and ... -
Osmotic pressure estimation using the Pitzer equation for forward osmosis modelling
Khraisheh, Majeda; Dawas N.; Nasser M.S.; Al-Marri M.J.; Hussien M.A.; Adham S.; McKay G.... more authors ... less authors ( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2020 , Article)Forward osmosis (FO) has received widespread recognition in the past decade due to its potential low energy production of water. This study presents a new model analysis for predicting the water flux in FO systems when ... -
Removal of boron from water using adsorbents derived from waste tire rubber
Babiker E.; Al-Ghouti M.A.; Zouari N.; McKay G. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)In the current study, the remediation of boron by adsorption from water was investigated at different pH values, initial boron concentration, adsorbent dosage and particle size using adsorbents prepared from waste tire ... -
Steel-Making dust as a potential adsorbent for the removal of lead (II) from an aqueous solution
Bouabidi Z.B.; El-Naas M.H.; Cortes D.; McKay G. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)The presence of high concentrations of toxic heavy metals such as lead Pb(II) in water is a major hazard to human health and may have a detrimental effect on the aquatic life and the environment. Implementing an efficient ... -
Synthesis and evaluation of copper-supported titanium oxide nanotubes as electrocatalyst for the electrochemical reduction of carbon oxide to organics
Hossain S.K.S.; Saleem J.; Rahman S.; Zaidi S.M.J.; McKay G.; Cheng C.K.... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2019 , Article)Carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is considered as the prime reason for the global warming effect and one of the useful ways to transform it into an array of valuable products is through electrochemical reduction of CO 2 (ERC). This ...