Browsing GPC Research by Author "El-Naas, Muftah"
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A comprehensive review of electrocoagulation for water treatment: Potentials and challenges
Mouss, Dina T.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Nasser, Mustafa; Al-Marri, Mohammed J. ( Academic Press , 2017 , Article Review)Electrocoagulation is an effective electrochemical approach for the treatment of different types of contaminated water and has received considerable attention in recent years due its high efficiency in dealing with numerous ... -
Adsorption of 4-Nitrophenol onto Iron Oxide Bentonite Nanocomposite: Process Optimization, Kinetics, Isotherms and Mechanism
Ewis, Dina; Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Mahmud, Nafis; Nasser, Mustafa; El-Naas, Muftah; Mohammad, Abdul Wahab... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)Despite its importance in chemical industry, 4-Nitrophenol (4-NP) is a persistent organic pollutant that has serious effects on the ecosystem. In the present study, Box–Behnken design in response surface methodology was ... -
Adsorption of organic pollutants by nanomaterial-based adsorbents: An overview
Awad, Abdelrahman M.; Jalab, Rem; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Nasser, Mustafa S.; Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.; El-Naas, Muftah; Mohammad, Abdul Wahab... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2020 , Article Review)Nanomaterial-based adsorbents have garnered increasing attention in water and wastewaters treatment applications due to their attractive properties and strong adsorption capabilities for various organic compounds. The ... -
Catalytic methane decomposition to carbon nanostructures and cox-free hydrogen: A mini-review
Gamal, Ahmed; Eid, Kamel; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Kumar, Dharmesh; Kumar, Anand ( MDPI AG , 2021 , Article Review)Catalytic methane decomposition (CMD) is a highly promising approach for the rational production of relatively COx-free hydrogen and carbon nanostructures, which are both important in multidisciplinary catalytic applications, ... -
Chromium removal from tannery wastewater by electrocoagulation: Optimization and sludge characterization
Genawi, Nahid M.; Ibrahim, Mohamed H.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Alshaik, Awad E. ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)The treatment of tannery effluent is of great interest as it contains a complexmixture ofpollutants, primarily chromium. The disposal of this wastewater can have adverse effects on the environment and aquatic life, which ... -
Comprehensive assessment and evaluation of correlations for gas-oil ratio, oil formation volume factor, gas viscosity, and gas density utilized in gas kick detection
Sleiti, Ahmad K.; Al-Ammari, Wahib A.; Abdelrazeq, Motasem; El-Naas, Muftah; Rahman, Mohammad Azizur; Barooah, Abinash; Hasan, Rashid; Manikonda, Kaushik... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier B.V. , 2021 , Article)For reliable gas kick detection modeling and simulation, the PVT properties of the gas must be predicted accurately. The property correlations available in open literature are developed mostly for certain regions and ... -
Copper removal from industrial wastewater: A comprehensive review
Al-Saydeh, Sajeda A.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Zaidi, Syed J. ( Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry , 2017 , Article Review)Copper is one of the most valuable and prevalent metals used in the industry. There are many techniques to treat different types of industrial wastewater that are contaminated with heavy metals such as copper. This article ... -
Correlating the physical solubility of CO2 in several amines to the concentrations of amine groups
El-Naas, Muftah H.; Ismail, Zahoor M.; Al-Marzouqib, Mohamed H. ( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)In this study, the physical solubilities of CO2 in several amine solutions at different concentrations and pressures were determined using the nitrous oxide N2O analogy. The solubilities of N2O in four aqueous amine ... -
Corrosion behavior of API-X120 carbon steel alloy in a GTL F-T process water environment at low COD concentration
Ewis, Dina; Talkhan, Ahmed Gomaa G.; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Qiblawey, Hazim; Nasser, Mustafa; Ba-Abbad, Muneer M. M.; El-Naas, Muftah... more authors ... less authors ( MDPI AG , 2020 , Article)The effect of temperature, time and rotation speed of FT-GTL process water on the corrosion rate of API X-120 carbon steel was investigated. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and potentiodynamic polarization techniques ... -
Effect of electrolytes on electrokinetics and flocculation behavior of bentonite-polyacrylamide dispersions
Shaikh, S.; Shaikh, Shifa M.R.; Nasser, Mustafa S.; Magzoub, Musaab; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Hussein, Ibnelwaleed A.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Qiblawey, Hazim... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)© 2018 Elsevier B.V. In this study, the influence of electrolytes on bentonite dispersions flocculated with different polyacrylamides varying in charge type, density and molecular weights has been investigated. The presence ... -
Enhanced Removal of Diesel Oil Using New Magnetic Bentonite-Based Adsorbents Combined with Different Carbon Sources
Ewis, Dina; Mahmud, Nafis; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.; Nasser, Mustafa; El-Naas, Muftah... more authors ... less authors ( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2022 , Article)In this work, new magnetic bentonite-based adsorbents combined with different carbon sources, namely, reduced graphene oxide and multiwall carbon nanotubes, were synthesized via co-precipitation method. The synthesized ... -
Enhancing gas loading and reducing energy consumption in acid gas removal systems: A simulation study based on real NGL plant data
Abotaleb, A.; Abotaleb, Ahmed; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Amhamed, Abdukarem ( Elsevier B.V. , 2018 , Article)© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Amine scrubbing with absorption and desorption is the most established technology for Acid Gas Removal (AGR) systems, but suffers from high regeneration energy requirements and, hence offers a good ... -
Evaluation of an activated carbon packed bed for the adsorption of phenols from petroleum refinery wastewater
El-Naas, Muftah H.; Alhaija, Manal A.; Al-Zuhair, Sulaiman ( Springer Verlag , 2017 , Article)The performance of an adsorption column packed with granular activated carbon was evaluated for the removal of phenols from refinery wastewater. The effects of phenol feed concentration (80–182 mg/l), feed flow rate (5–20 ... -
Investigation of gas-liquid flow using electrical resistance tomography and wavelet analysis techniques for early kick detection
Barooah, Abinash; Khan, Muhammad Saad; Rahman, Mohammad Azizur; Hasan, Abu Rashid; Manikonda, Kaushik; Abdelrazeq, Motasem; Sleiti, Ahmad Khalaf; El-Naas, Muftah; Hascakir, Berna... more authors ... less authors ( American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) , 2021 , Conference Paper)Gas kick is a well control problem and is defined as the sudden influx of formation gas into the wellbore. This sudden influx, if not controlled, may lead to a blowout problem. An accidental spark during a blowout can lead ... -
Optimization of a combined approach for the treatment of carbide slurry and capture of CO2
Hasan, Shereen; El-Naas, Muftah H. ( Science Publications , 2016 , Article)The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential use of electrocoagulation in the treatment of carbide slurry, a wastewater generated during the production of acetylene, and in the capture of carbon dioxide. An electrochemical ... -
A perforated electrode design for passivation reduction during the electrochemical treatment of produced water
Mohamed H., Ibrahim; Moussa, Dina T.; El-Naas, Muftah H.; Nasser, Mustafa S. ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Produced water refers to the water that is generated when oil and gas are extracted from the ground, and it usually includes the natural water layer within the reservoir (formation water) as well as the injected water. The ... -
Petroleum refinery wastewater treatment: A pilot scale study
El-Naas, Muftah H.; Surkatti, Riham; Al-Zuhair, Sulaiman ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)A three-step pilot plant was designed, fabricated and tested for the treatment of highly contaminated petroleum refinery wastewater. The three-step process consisted of an electrocoagulation (EC) unit, a biological treatment ... -
A practical approach to CO2 sequestration: Reactions with high salinity water
El-Naas, Muftah H ( OMICS , 2017 , Conference Paper)Carbon dioxide is known to be a major contributor to global warming and climate change and hence has an adverse effect on environmental sustainability. CO2 is emitted by various activities associated with industrial processes ... -
Removal of Oil Content from Oil-Water Emulsions Using Iron Oxide/Bentonite Nano Adsorbents
Ewis, Dina; Benamor, Abdelbaki; Ba-Abbad, Muneer M.; Nasser, Mustafa; El-Naas, Muftah; Qiblawey, Hazim... more authors ... less authors ( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Water scarcity is a challenge that is faced worldwide to secure sustainable good quality water resources. Produced water, associated with the production of gas and oil, usually comes as oil contaminated water, creating ... -
Special issue (GPS, 2016): The Fifth International Gas Processing Symposium (Qatar)
El-Naas, Muftah H.; Zacharia, Renju; Elbashir, Nimir; Zhang, Zhien; Dindoruk, Birol ( Elsevier , 2018 , Conference Paper)Special Issue: The 5th International Gas Processing Symposium, Qatar