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A Calibration Procedure for Field and UAV-Based Uncooled Thermal Infrared Instruments

Sensors, 2020
Thermal infrared cameras provide unique information on surface temperature that can benefit a range of environmental, industrial and agricultural applications. However, the use of uncooled thermal cameras for field and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based
Bruno Aragon, Kasper Johansen, Stephen Parkes, Yoann Malbeteau, Samir Al-Mashharawi, Talal Al-Amoudi, Cristhian F. Andrade, Darren Turner, Arko Lucieer, Matthew F. McCabe   +9 more
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Characterization of new and fouled SWRO membranes by ATR/FTIR spectroscopy

Applied Water Science, 2018
Attenuated total reflection (ATR)–Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy was used to characterize the chemical nature of fouling species on different spiral wound membranes operated at Al-Jubail SWRO plant.
Mohammed Mahmoodur Rahman, Saad Al-Sulaimi, A. M. Farooque   +2 more
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Efficient PFOA removal from drinking water by a dual-functional mixed-matrix-composite nanofiltration membrane

npj Clean Water, 2023
Drinking water contamination by per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is a global concern. Nanofiltration is a promising PFAS removal technology due to its scalability and cost-effectiveness.
Mohit Chaudhary, Michal Sela-Adler, Avner Ronen, Oded Nir   +3 more
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ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PRODUCED WATER FROM SARIR OIL FIELD IN SIRT BASIN, LIBYA [PDF]

Journal of Environmental Science, 2019
Production of oil and gas is accompanied with large volumes of produced water. Produced water is separated from the oil and gas and either re injected into the reservoir or discharged to the environment.
Osamah M. A. Shahlol, Heba Isawi, Mohamed G. El-Malky, Abd El-Hameed M. Al-Aassar, Adel Elzwi   +4 more
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Selected physical and chemical cleanings remove biofilm in seawater membrane distillation without causing pore wetting

npj Clean Water, 2023
Membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging process with a proven ability to recover freshwater from streams with a wide range of salinities. However, MD is susceptible to biofouling.
Najat A. Amin, Harun Elcik, Alla Alpatova, Graciela Gonzalez-Gil, Bastiaan Blankert, Nadia Farhat, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Noreddine Ghaffour   +7 more
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Adopting the circular model: opportunities and challenges of transforming wastewater treatment plants into resource recovery factories in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2022
With the ever-growing population, water, energy, and resources need to be used carefully, reused, and renewed. There is an increasing global interest in resource recovery from ‘waste’, which is driven by sustainability and environmental concerns and ...
Muhammad Ali, Pei-Ying Hong, Himanshu Mishra, Johannes Vrouwenvelder, Pascal E. Saikaly   +4 more
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Fungal and marine shell fouling in desalination plant equipment

Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 2019
The Saudi Arabian Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) aims to maintain an uninterrupted desalinated water output and has tasked its Desalination Technologies Research Institute (DTRI) with trouble-shooting operational problems and unusual events ...
Mohamed O. Saeed, Ghazzai F. Al-Otaibi, M. I. Mohamed Ershath   +2 more
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Competition of two highly specialized and efficient acetoclastic electroactive bacteria for acetate in biofilm anode of microbial electrolysis cell

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021
Maintaining functional stability of microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) treating wastewater depends on maintaining functional redundancy of efficient electroactive bacteria (EAB) on the anode biofilm.
Veerraghavulu Sapireddy, Krishna P. Katuri, Ali Muhammad, Pascal E. Saikaly   +3 more
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Characteristics of Evapotranspiration of Urban Lawns in a Sub-Tropical Megacity and Its Measurement by the ‘Three Temperature Model + Infrared Remote Sensing’ Method

Remote Sensing, 2017
Evapotranspiration (ET) is one of the most important factors in urban water and energy regimes. Because of the extremely high spatial heterogeneity of urban area, accurately measuring ET using conventional methods remains a challenge due to their fetch ...
Guoyu Qiu, Shenglin Tan, Yue Wang, Xiaohui Yu, Chunhua Yan   +4 more
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Designing a next generation solar crystallizer for real seawater brine treatment with zero liquid discharge

Nature Communications, 2021
Proper disposal of industrial brine remains a critical environmental challenge. Here, the authors devise a solar crystallizer and propose a salt crystallization inhibition strategy, which together provide a low-cost and sustainable solution for ...
Chenlin Zhang, Yusuf Shi, Le Shi, Hongxia Li, Renyuan Li, Seunghyun Hong, Sifei Zhuo, Tiejun Zhang, Peng Wang   +8 more
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