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Yusuf N, Govindan R, Al-Ansari T. Energy markets restructure beyond 2022 and its implications on Qatar LNG sales strategy: Business forecasting and trend analysis. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27682. [PMID: 38601637 PMCID: PMC11004706 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 02/07/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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The emergence of new suppliers and energy resources has reshaped the energy market in terms of contractual structures and pricing systems. The market shifts were accelerated in response to the latest Russian-Ukraine crisis, impacting natural gas supply chains from financing projects to contracting volumes. The increased demand for liquified natural gas volumes intensified the need to switch from long-term oil-indexed contracts to short-term gas-indexed contracts. Those shifts were anticipated to influence the selling strategies for the expected added 49 MTPA of Qatari LNG, wherein increasing the share of spot selling would be reflected in higher economic performance. This study used forecasted prices to investigate potential Qatari LNG selling strategies. Initially, projections of the most dominant pricing systems used for pricing Qatari LNG (i.e., brent, Henry Hub, Title Transfer Facility, and Japan Korea Marker) were estimated between 2023 and 2040. While Qatar has been relying on long-term oil-indexed contracts, the second step estimated annual LNG revenues under different combinations of selling strategies (i.e., long-term and spot sales). Finally, the influence of varying brent slopes on the estimated revenues was measured. Due to data limitations and non-stationarity, the double exponential smoothing model was selected among the different tested models. Considering current market dynamics, forecasts of the double exponential smoothing model showed an upward price trend until 2040. An annual average increase of 1.24% for the studied pricing systems was reported. Reducing the share of long-term brent-indexed contracts to 70% and dedicating the remaining 30% of volumes to spot sales yielded the highest premiums for revenue estimates. An average annual revenue of $62 bn was reported for the 70/30 strategy, around 6% higher than the 100% brent-indexed contracts strategy. The findings revealed that diversifying the selling approach and introducing spot sales can enhance revenues. From the buyers' perspective, the outcomes support policymakers in understanding the implications of escalated prices driven by a lack of liquidity investments.
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- Noor Yusuf
- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Alherbawi M, Parthasarathy P, Elkhalifa S, Al-Ansari T, McKay G. Techno-economic and environmental analyses of the pyrolysis of food waste to produce bio-products. Heliyon 2024; 10:e27713. [PMID: 38524540 PMCID: PMC10958366 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2023] [Revised: 02/29/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/26/2024] Open
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Food waste has become a source of concern as it is generated abundantly worldwide and needs to be valorised into new products. In this study, cucumber, tomato, and carrot wastes were investigated as pyrolysis feedstocks as a single component (cucumber), a binary component mixture (cucumber and tomato), and a ternary component blend (cucumber, tomato, and carrot). Fourteen scenarios were simulated and evaluated based on varying the feedstock blend (single, binary, and tertiary), temperature (300 and 500 °C), and feedstock moisture content (5, 20, and 40%). Using an established empirical model, the effect of these parameters on product yields, techno-economic implications, energy requirements, and life cycle analysis (LCA) outcomes were investigated. The best performers of each scenario were determined, and their strengths and weaknesses were identified and compared with other scenarios. In terms of product yields, all three systems (single, binary, and tertiary) followed a similar pattern: bio-oil yields increased as temperature and feedstock moisture content increased, while biochar yields decreased as temperature and feedstock moisture content increased. The production of syngas, on the other hand, was only observed at elevated temperatures. The total energy requirement exhibited an increase with increasing temperature and feedstock moisture content. The economic evaluation revealed that the return on investment (ROI) value for the single component at 5% moisture content at 300 °C is 29%, with a payback period (PB) of only 3.4 years, which is potentially very appealing. The water footprint increased with increasing pyrolysis temperature but decreased with increasing moisture content in all scenarios. The land footprint is observed to remain constant despite changes in process conditions. The study's findings contribute to the pyrolysis process's scalability, technological advancement, and commercialisation.
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- Mohammad Alherbawi
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Khan W, Minallah N, Sher M, khan MA, Rehman AU, Al-Ansari T, Bermak A. Advancing crop classification in smallholder agriculture: A multifaceted approach combining frequency-domain image co-registration, transformer-based parcel segmentation, and Bi-LSTM for crop classification. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0299350. [PMID: 38427638 PMCID: PMC10906854 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024] Open
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Agricultural Remote Sensing has the potential to enhance agricultural monitoring in smallholder economies to mitigate losses. However, its widespread adoption faces challenges, such as diminishing farm sizes, lack of reliable data-sets and high cost related to commercial satellite imagery. This research focuses on opportunities, practices and novel approaches for effective utilization of remote sensing in agriculture applications for smallholder economies. The work entails insights from experiments using datasets representative of major crops during different growing seasons. We propose an optimized solution for addressing challenges associated with remote sensing-based crop mapping in smallholder agriculture farms. Open source tools and data are used for inter and intra-sensor image registration, with a root mean square error of 0.3 or less. We also propose and emphasize on the use of delineated vegetation parcels through Segment Anything Model for Geospatial (SAM-GEOs). Furthermore a Bidirectional-Long Short-Term Memory-based (Bi-LSTM) deep learning model is developed and trained for crop classification, achieving results with accuracy of more than 94% and 96% for validation sets of two data sets collected in the field, during 2 growing seasons.
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- Waleed Khan
- National Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
- Department of Computer Systems Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- National Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
- Department of Computer Systems Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- National Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
- Department of Computer Systems Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- National Center for Big Data and Cloud Computing, University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan
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- Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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George W, Al-Ansari T. GM-Ledger: Blockchain-Based Certificate Authentication for International Food Trade. Foods 2023; 12:3914. [PMID: 37959033 PMCID: PMC10648726 DOI: 10.3390/foods12213914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Maritime transportation plays a critical role for many Arab countries and their food security and has evolved into a complex system that involves a plethora of supply chain stakeholders spread around the globe. This inherent complexity brings huge security challenges, including cargo loss and high burdens in cargo document inspection. The emerging blockchain technology provides a promising tool to build a unified maritime cargo tracking system critical for cargo security. This is because blockchains are a tamper-proof distributed ledger technology that can store and track data in a secure and transparent manner. Using the State of Qatar as a case study, this research introduces the Global Maritime Ledger (GM-Ledger), which will aid authorities in verifying, signing and transacting food certificates in an efficient manner. The methodology of this research includes reviewing past publications, identifying the requirements of various players in the Qatari food import-export industry and then creating a smart contract framework that will efficiently manage the work with necessary human intervention as and when required. The result of this work is the formation of a solid framework that can be employed in future works. This work realized that employing web3 solutions for the food import sector is highly viable and that with the right social, economic and policy reforms, it is possible to transform the entire food system to bear healthy transparency and power balance in global supply chains. In conclusion, this study argues that BCT has the ability to assist the government and other players to minimize fraud and maximize food supply chain stakeholder participation.
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Doha P.O. Box 34110, Qatar;
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Ismail M, Al-Ansari T. Enhancing sustainability through resource efficiency in beef production systems using a sliding time window-based approach and frame scores. Heliyon 2023; 9:e17773. [PMID: 37496899 PMCID: PMC10366399 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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The food needs of the increasing global population, inefficiencies in supply chains, customer expectations and environmental concerns are the challenges to meeting resource-intensive protein needs sustainably. Collectively, this increases the need to enhance sustainability in the beef sector. This study proposes a sliding time-window-based multi-period livestock production model using mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) to simultaneously balance economic and environmental losses. It identifies the optimal finishing time using frame score (FS) and feed conversion ratio (FCR), targeting flexibility by allowing variable growth periods to reduce food/nutritional losses while meeting the variability in demands with minimum inventory levels. Furthermore, sequencing and assigning animals to facilities with optimum separation time is applied to avoid bad handling of animals and ensure quality meat with hygienic standards for longer shelf life. The system boundary of the proposed model includes beef farms and processing facilities. Compared to the recently proposed batch processing models over seven months with a herd size of 1980 animals, the findings reduce the average forage needed by ∼126.90 kips and methane emissions by ∼2560 kg, with a significant benefit in terms of the live animals' weight gain by ∼10,276 lbs.
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Yusuf N, Govindan R, Al-Fagih L, Al-Ansari T. Strategic and flexible LNG production under uncertain future demand and natural gas prices. Heliyon 2023; 9:e16358. [PMID: 37265620 PMCID: PMC10230200 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/03/2023] Open
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The expectation in global demand for liquified natural gas (LNG) remains bullish in the coming years. Despite the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the oil price wars between OPEC and Russia in 2020, causing oversupply and falling prices, the LNG markets continue to demonstrate flexibility and resilience in delivering the needs of different sectors, whilst helping achieve the emissions targets. This is attributed to the high competitiveness amongst LNG producers and suppliers, providing greater confidence for medium-to-long term demand. However, the uncertainties in the current outlook for the return of demand and price growth in the post-COVID period pose difficulty for new liquefaction project investment decisions in the pre-Investment Decision Phase (pre-FID). Accordingly, the consideration of new production and selling strategies is needed in the early design stages of projects to cope with the shift in buyers' sentiments favouring increased reliance on spot and short-term uncontracted volumes, as well as incorporating additional flexibility into long-term contracts. In this study, the economic valuation of the flexible Air Product's AP-X liquefaction technology was investigated considering the modelling of price volatilities, using the mean-reverting jump-diffusion pricing model and Monte Carlo simulation, assuming different demand level scenarios in the high-income Asia Pacific markets based on historical trends. The results clearly demonstrate that embedding flexibility within an LNG production system allows producers and suppliers to diversify selling strategies, and take advantage of the lucrative market conditions when demand and prices increase, and hedge against market risks when demand and prices are low.
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- Noor Yusuf
- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
- School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Kingston University London, Kingston upon Thames, UK
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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Alansary O, Al-Ansari T. Defining 'free zones': A systematic review of literature. Heliyon 2023; 9:e15344. [PMID: 37151622 PMCID: PMC10161583 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Revised: 03/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023] Open
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For decades, the notion of 'Free Zones' has remained complex and ambiguous. Despite considerable efforts in this regard, the concept of 'Free Zones' and its components have not been sufficiently explored. To further consolidate the related literature, this study conducted a literature review on the terminology of the Free Zone and its components using a systematic review method based on literature and international organizations such as the UNCTAD. This study provides needed general knowledge about the nature of Free Zones. It also presents the classifications and types of economic zones, and provides insight into what distinguishes Free Zones and economic zones from one another. Furthermore, it aggregates the Free Zone into its constituting components, concluding with insight into future research by identifying relevant challenges and gaps.
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Abdullatif Y, Sodiq A, Mir N, Bicer Y, Al-Ansari T, El-Naas MH, Amhamed AI. Emerging trends in direct air capture of CO 2: a review of technology options targeting net-zero emissions. RSC Adv 2023; 13:5687-5722. [PMID: 36816069 PMCID: PMC9930410 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra07940b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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The increasing concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has compelled researchers and policymakers to seek urgent solutions to address the current global climate change challenges. In order to keep the global mean temperature at approximately 1.5 °C above the preindustrial era, the world needs increased deployment of negative emission technologies. Among all the negative emissions technologies reported, direct air capture (DAC) is positioned to deliver the needed CO2 removal in the atmosphere. DAC technology is independent of the emissions origin, and the capture machine can be located close to the storage or utilization sites or in a location where renewable energy is abundant or where the price of energy is low-cost. Notwithstanding these inherent qualities, DAC technology still has a few drawbacks that need to be addressed before the technology can be widely deployed. As a result, this review focuses on emerging trends in direct air capture (DAC) of CO2, the main drivers of DAC systems, and the required development for commercialization. The main findings point to undeniable facts that DAC's overall system energy requirement is high, and it is the main bottleneck in DAC commercialization.
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- Yasser Abdullatif
- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
- Qatar Environment and Energy Institute (QEERI) Doha Qatar
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Institute (QEERI) Doha Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation Education City Doha Qatar
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Almanassra IW, Jaber L, Backer SN, Chatla A, Kochkodan V, Al-Ansari T, Shanableh A, Atieh MA. Oxidized carbide-derived carbon as a novel filler for improved antifouling characteristics and permeate flux of hybrid polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membranes. Chemosphere 2023; 313:137425. [PMID: 36460158 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Polyethersulfone (PES) is a widely used polymer for ultrafiltration (UF) membrane fabrication. In the current study, carbide-derived carbon (CDC) oxidized by acid treatment was utilized as a filler to fabricate a novel PES composites UF membranes. The successful oxidation of CDC was validated from presence of oxygen containing functional groups and improved oxygen content, from 5.08 at.% for CDC to 26.22 at.% for oxidized CDC (OCDC). The OCDC PES UF membranes were prepared at different loadings of OCDC between 0.5 and 3.0 wt%. The membrane porosity, pore size and surface free energy found to be improved while a noticeable reduction in water contact angle was observed with OCDC loading implying the improved hydrophilicity of PES membranes. Consequently, the pure water flux found to improve from 151.6 to 569.6 (L/(m2. h)) for the 3.0 wt% modified OCDC membrane (M-3) which is 3.8 folds of the bare PES membrane. The antifouling characteristics were evaluated by humic acid (HA) filtration. The results revealed a significant enhancement in HA rejection with OCDC loading, the highest rejection was 96.8% for M-3 membrane. Additionally, the adsorption capacity of OCDC modified membranes found to decrease with OCDC loading indicating improved rejection of HA from the membrane surface. Moreover, M-3 demonstrated the maximum flux recovery ratio (FRR) of 92.3%. Reusability of the fabricated membranes was evaluated by deionized water/humic acid cycling filtration. The FRR was higher than 86.7% over three cycles of pure water/HA filtration for 140 min, indicated the excellent stability and reusability of the membranes. Overall, the OCDC was an effective filler for enhancing the PES UF membranes antifouling and permeability properties.
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- Ismail W Almanassra
- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 27272, United Arab Emirates
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical and Water Desalination Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Alrebei OF, Al-Ansari T, Al-Kuwari MS, Amhamed A. Evaluating the Food Profile in Qatar within the Energy-Water-Food Nexus Approach. Foods 2023; 12:foods12020230. [PMID: 36673322 PMCID: PMC9857933 DOI: 10.3390/foods12020230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Finding a balance between the capacity for production and the rising demand for food is the first step toward achieving food security. To achieve sustainable development on a national scale, decision-makers must use an energy, water, and food nexus approach that considers the relationships and interactions among these three resources as well as the synergies and trade-offs that result from the way they are handled. Therefore, this paper evaluates the Energy-Water-Food Nexus Profile of Qatar at a superstructural level by applying the Business-As-Usual (BAU) storyline; thus, trends of past data have been used to provide future projections to 2050 using the statistical prediction tools such as the compound annual growth rates of food demand (CAGRFD), international supply (CAGRFI), and the average local food supply change factor (c¯). Once the BAU storyline has been generated, the source-to-demand correlations have been defined for each food category. Such correlations include the annual and average ratios of the local food supply to the total demand (i.e., αi and α¯) and the ratios of the local food supply to the international supply (i.e., βi and β¯). In addition, as an effort to identify the required action to reach food self-sustainability, the additional local food supply to achieve (xi,add) and its ratio to the local demand (γ) have been defined. The highest average ratio of the local food supply to the total demand (αi) was found for the meat category, which was estimated to be 48.3%. Finally, to evaluate the feasibility of attaining food self-sustainability in Qatar, the water consumption (Vw,i) and its corresponding required energy for each food category have been estimated.
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- Odi Fawwaz Alrebei
- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha 34110, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha 34110, Qatar
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- Environmental and Municipal Studies Institute, Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha 7634, Qatar
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha 34110, Qatar
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Tariq R, Inayat A, Shahbaz M, Zeb H, Ghenai C, Al-Ansari T, Kim J. Kinetic and thermodynamic evaluation of pyrolysis of jeans waste via coats-redfern method. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-022-1248-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Alherbawi M, McKay G, Govindan R, Haji M, Al-Ansari T. A novel approach on the delineation of a multipurpose energy-greenbelt to produce biofuel and combat desertification in arid regions. J Environ Manage 2022; 323:116223. [PMID: 36261981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Revised: 08/06/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Jatropha curcas L. (JCL) is one of the most prominent energy crops due to its superior agronomical traits, where it can grow in non-arable lands and harsh climates with minimal water requirements. A significant number of studies were published on the utilisation of JCL for biofuel production, whereas there are no studies on its use in greenbelt (GB) or windbreak technologies reported thus far. Meanwhile, a few approaches on the delineation of greenbelts to fight desertification in the arid regions exist in literature. This study presents a novel approach to delineate a multipurpose energy-greenbelt using JCL crop for biofuel production, as well as to preserve the soil and enhance air quality, thereby helping to combat desertification and sand-dust storms (SDS). The methodology is demonstrated using a case study in the state of Qatar for the diversification of its renewable energy resources. Moreover, Qatar is also suffering from land degradation due to erosion factors and desert creep. A multi-dimensional approach is proposed for this purpose using satellite and meteorological data to initially select the optimal plantation sites that potentially contribute to the highest possible biofuel yield. The spatial analysis was carried out using the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique for multi-criteria decision making in the geographic information system (ArcGIS). In addition, the Landsat and MODIS satellite imagery were utilised in combination with historical records from the weather stations to evaluate the patterns of SDS, land degradation and urban expansion, to best define optimal GB pathway. COMSOL Multiphysics software was subsequently employed to evaluate the performance of Jatropha-GB and determine its optimal density. The different solutions for GB delineation spans 166.6-227.8 km length and (6 × 6 m) of field density. It is expected that the economic and environmental benefits from the derived GB configuration include: (a) protection of up to 87% of Qatar farms against further deterioration; (b) yield of up to 36 M gallon of green liquid fuels; (c) capture of 0.33 M tonnes of CO2 per 1 km GB-depth annually; and (d) provide a better air quality for around 95% of the Qatar population.
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- Mohammad Alherbawi
- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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Yaqot M, Menezes BC, Al-Ansari T. Roadmap to Precision Agriculture Under Circular Economy Constraints. J Info Know Mgmt 2022. [DOI: 10.1142/s0219649222500927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Today’s smart and sustainable agricultural enterprises are founded on the intercorrelation between Industry 4.0 (I4) technologies and circular economy (CE) fundaments. At the industrial level, it is mandatory to constrain the design, operation, and control of the next generation of manufacturing, logistics, and supply chain systems that respect economic, environmental, and social aspects. At the individual level, behaviours and preferences require re-do (as recycling) and a re-do-not (as rethinking) actions to reduce human inefficiencies and excesses in the economy and impacts on the environment. Both industrial and individual levels are responsible for the growth of a harmonious industry and society into a new I4–CE mandate intertwined with sustainable development concerns. Particularly, this paper reveals how the state-of-the-art I4 technologies could promote CE initiatives in the agriculture industry by addressing such technologies as a foundation for the so-called precision agriculture (PA). The outcomes of this paper are as follows: (a) address the mutually advantageous linkage between PA and CE; (b) detailed knowledge of the potential contributions of PA technologies to the regenerate, share, optimise, loop, virtualise, and exchange (ReSOLVE) as a CE model; (c) propose an action plan for future study integrating smart PA and CE principles based on green supply chain management theories.
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- Mohammed Yaqot
- Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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Almanassra IW, Al-Ansari T, Ihsanullah I, Kochkodan V, Chatla A, Atieh MA, Shanableh A, Laoui T. Carbide-derived carbon as an extraordinary material for the removal of chromium from an aqueous solution. Chemosphere 2022; 307:135953. [PMID: 35964727 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In the present work, the adsorptive removal of chromium (Cr) from water by carbide-derived carbon (CDC) was investigated. The morphology and structure of the CDC were characterized by using FTIR, SEM, TEM, XRD, and N2 adsorption-desorption measurements. The effect of adsorption parameters including contact time, initial Cr concentration, temperature, initial solution pH, and CDC dosage was examined on the removal of Cr ions. The kinetic analysis revealed that the experimental data on the removal of Cr ions on CDC is well correlated with the pseudo-second order kinetic model (with R2 > 0.999), while the equilibrium data were fitted by the Redlich-Peterson isotherm model (with R2 > 0.992). The Langmuir and Sips models were also in good compliance with the equilibrium data, indicating a monolayer coverage of Cr ions onto the CDC surface with some heterogeneous active adsorption sites. The CDC revealed a notable Langmuir adsorption capacity of 159.1 mg/g for Cr ions at pH 6 and room temperature. The thermodynamic analysis illustrated that the Cr ions elimination by CDC is a feasible adsorption process and endothermic in nature. After five adsorption/desorption cycles, less than 18% reduction in the adsorption capacity was obtained indicating the stability and reusability of the CDC. Moreover, the CDC demonstrated an excellent potential in removing the Cr ions from real brackish water. According to the adsorption data, both physical and chemical adsorption processes occurred, and the adsorption was mainly controlled by electrostatic interactions with a possible reduction of hexavalent Cr to trivalent Cr at acidic conditions.
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- Ismail W Almanassra
- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Center for Environment and Water, Research Institute, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, PO Box 34110, Doha, Qatar
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Chemical and Water Desalination Engineering Program, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Shaikh AA, AlNouss A, Al-Ansari T. A Heat Integration Case Study for the Dehydration and Condensate Stabilization Units in LNG Plants for Economic and Energy Savings. Comput Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.108062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Al Mannai A, Al-Ansari T, Saoud KM. Quantification of Serum Exosome Biomarkers Using 3D Nanoporous Gold and Spectrophotometry. Sensors (Basel) 2022; 22:6347. [PMID: 36080806 PMCID: PMC9460504 DOI: 10.3390/s22176347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Tumor-derived exosomes may provide biomarkers for cancer treatment. Using sputtering technology, an affinity-based device to capture exosomes was developed using nanoporous substrate (NPG)-coated silicon microscopy. Immunology-based techniques detect and purify exosomes using gold coating with a specific antigen. Inverted fluorescent microscopy was used to detect target exosomes quantitatively utilizing fluorescent nanospheres as the label. We quantified the expression of CD63 surface protein markers on exosomes from conditioned culture media of breast cancer cells. The exosomes that targeted specific proteins with controls were statistically analyzed and compared to those that targeted non-specific proteins. Results from SEM showed that the exosomes were circular, between 30 and 150 nanometers in size. The porous gold substrates captured more exosomes than the nonporous substrates. Nitric acid treatments at different times resulted in a variety of pore sizes. Despite the increase in the size of the pores, the number of exosomes found in the porous gold substrate treated for 10 min nearly doubled compared to the one treated for 5 min. In this work, a fluorescence biosensor was developed to detect breast cancer exosomes using nanoporous gold substrates (NPG). Assay and model exosomes of specific breast cancer cells showed that exosomes exhibit diagnostic surface protein markers, reflecting the protein profile of their parent cells. Furthermore, the specific binding between the exosome surface antibodies and the targets identified the CD63 biomarkers on the exosome, suggesting these markers' diagnostic potential. This study can accelerate exosome research in determining tumor-related exosomes and develop novel cancer diagnostic methods.
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- Amera Al Mannai
- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha P.O. Box 34111, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha P.O. Box 34111, Qatar
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- Liberal Arts and Science Program, Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha P.O. Box 8095, Qatar
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Al-Thani NA, Al-Ansari T, Haouari M. Integrated TOPSIS-COV approach for selecting a sustainable PET waste management technology: A case study in Qatar. Heliyon 2022; 8:e10274. [PMID: 36061036 PMCID: PMC9434055 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Zuhara S, Mackey HR, Al-Ansari T, McKay G. A review of prospects and current scenarios of biomass co-pyrolysis for water treatment. Biomass Convers Biorefin 2022:1-30. [PMID: 35855911 PMCID: PMC9277991 DOI: 10.1007/s13399-022-03011-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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With ever-growing population comes an increase in waste and wastewater generated. There is ongoing research to not only reduce the waste but also to increase its value commercially. One method is pyrolysis, a process that converts wastes, at temperatures usually above 300 °C in a pyrolysis unit, to carbon-rich biochars among with other useful products. These chars are known to be beneficial as they can be used for water treatment applications; certain studies also reveal improvements in the biochar quality especially on the surface area and pore volume by imparting thermal and chemical activation methods, which eventually improves the uptake of pollutants during the removal of inorganic and organic contaminants in water. Research based on single waste valorisation into biochar applications for water treatment has been extended and applied to the pyrolysis of two or more feedstocks, termed co-pyrolysis, and its implementation for water treatment. The co-pyrolysis research mainly covers activation, applications, predictive calculations, and modelling studies, including isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic adsorption analyses. This paper focuses on the copyrolysis biochar production studies for activated adsorbents, adsorption mechanisms, pollutant removal capacities, regeneration, and real water treatment studies to understand the implementation of these co-pyrolyzed chars in water treatment applications. Finally, some prospects to identify the future progress and opportunities in this area of research are also described. This review provides a way to manage solid waste in a sustainable manner, while developing materials that can be utilized for water treatment, providing a double target approach to pollution management.
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- Shifa Zuhara
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
- Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Haji M, Govindan R, Al-Ansari T. A computational modelling approach based on the ‘Energy - Water - Food nexus node’ to support decision-making for sustainable and resilient food security. Comput Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.107846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Mariyam S, Zuhara S, Al-Ansari T, Mackey H, McKay G. Novel high capacity model for copper binary ion exchange on e-waste derived adsorbent resin. ADSORPTION 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10450-022-00360-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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AbstractHeavy metal water pollution is a global concern in recent years. Copper is a toxic metal at higher concentrations (> 20 μg /g) and needs to be removed using ion exchanger systems. This study investigates the removal efficiencies of copper by the non-metallic fraction (NMF) waste printed circuit boards (PCBs). The high maximum adsorption capacity of copper by the PCB-derived material after activation with KOH was 2.65 mmol/g, and the experimental isotherm was best correlated by the Temkin model. Finally, this study presents a novel dual site adsorption/ion exchange mechanism, wherein the potassium (from the activation) and calcium (present in the structure) served as ion exchange sites for the copper in the solution. Therefore, this recycling study, focusing on cyclic environmental management, converts a major waste material to an activated ion exchange resin (high capacity) for the removal of copper from wastewater solutions and successfully regenerates the resin for re-use while producing an acidic copper solution for recovery by electrolysius or chemical salt precipitation.
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Al-Yaeeshi AA, Al-Ansari T. Developing operational resilience within CO2 utilisation networks: Towards ensuring business continuity through risk management. Comput Chem Eng 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2022.107746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Khan S, Ali S, Khan A, Wang B, Al-Ansari T, Bermak A. Substrate Treatment Evaluation and Their Impact on Printing Results for Wearable Electronics. Front Electron 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/felec.2021.777434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This paper presents a comparative study on the treatment techniques for flexible polymeric substrates and their impact on the printing results. Substrate treatments are central to optimization of the printing processes and a strict set of requirements are needed to achieve uniform and acceptable printing results. Therefore, this research is highlighting the most significant treatment methods used for fine-tuning the surface properties of different polymeric substrates. Besides the two commonly used treatment techniques of oxygen plasma and ultraviolet ozone, a new method of using surface cleaning liquid is applied for rapid treatment of polymeric substrates. Comparative study is carried out on the basis of cleaning steps required for substrate preparation, processing, robustness as well as on the final printed results on the substrates. All the three treatment techniques with similar processing protocol are applied on a single type of polyimide (PI) substrate. To further validate the applicability and manufacture of practical devices, the liquid cleaning method is also applied on Polyethylene terephthalate substrates for making proof-of-concept wearable temperature sensor. From the study it is concluded that the liquid surface cleaning method is advantageous in terms of easy processing, robustness and producing uniform printing results on diverse polymeric substrates.
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Almanassra IW, Kochkodan V, Mckay G, Atieh MA, Al-Ansari T. Kinetic and thermodynamic investigations of surfactants adsorption from water by carbide-derived carbon. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 2021; 56:1206-1220. [PMID: 34618658 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2021.1973822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The objective of the study is to investigate the potential of carbide-derived carbon (CDC) for the adsorptive removal of nonionic t-octylphenoxy poly ethoxy ethanol (TX-100), anionic sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) and cationic 1-hexadecylpyridinium bromide (HDPB) surfactants from water. The CDC was characterized using TEM, SEM, FTIR, BET, EDS, XPS methods and zeta potential measurements. The effects of adsorption parameters included initial surfactant concentration, contact time, temperature, and pH of the feed solution were evaluated. The adsorption capacity and mechanism were determined by modeling the isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic data. The kinetics results demonstrated that the adsorption of the surfactant by CDC obeys the pseudo 2nd order model. The thermodynamic results have shown that surfactants adsorption by CDC is an endothermic and spontaneous process. The Sips model agreed with the adsorption isotherm data of SDBS with R2 of 0.987, while both Freundlich and Redlich-Peterson models comply well with adsorption data for TX-100 and HDPB. The hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions were found the dominant mechanisms of the adsorption of the surfactant by CDC. The adsorption capacities of CDC were found to be 442.4, 462.0 and 578.4 mg/g for SDBS, HDPB and TX-100, respectively.
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- Ismail W Almanassra
- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
- Desalination Research Group, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Desalination Research Group, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Fouladi J, Al-Ansari T. Conceptualising multi-scale thermodynamics within the energy-water-food nexus: Progress towards resource and waste management. Comput Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Abdelaal A, Pradhan S, AlNouss A, Tong Y, Al-Ansari T, McKay G, Mackey HR. The impact of pyrolysis conditions on orange peel biochar physicochemical properties for sandy soil. Waste Manag Res 2021; 39:995-1004. [PMID: 33327900 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x20978456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The citrus industry is considered one of the main contributors to agricultural waste. Peels are commonly used in the food industry or as feedstock in biorefining. In this study, the potential of waste orange peel biochar for agricultural applications in sandy soil was investigated. This will not only increase the percentage of agricultural waste recycling, but also lead to more sustainable agriculture with environmental benefits such as carbon sequestration. Biochar was produced through slow pyrolysis in the temperature range 300-600°C and at two holding durations (10 min and 60 min). Both factors had a significant impact on the physicochemical characteristics of biochar in the heating region 300-450°C. However, varying the holding time for pyrolysis temperatures beyond 450°C had a diminishing effect on biochar properties compared with the impact of increasing pyrolysis temperature. The study also looked at certain properties that are specific to agricultural application not previously reported for orange peel. Very high cation exchange capacities of 70 cmol kg-1 were achieved at 300°C, whereas water holding capacity was not strongly influenced by pyrolysis conditions. Preliminary planting tests indicate potential for improving agricultural sustainability in sandy soils. The technoeconomic analysis of biochar showed that the pyrolysis process can be profitable with sufficient plant capacity.
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- Ali Abdelaal
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Qatar Energy and Environment Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
- Division of Engineering Decision and Management Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
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Naqvi SR, Tariq R, Shahbaz M, Naqvi M, Aslam M, Khan Z, Mackey H, Mckay G, Al-Ansari T. Recent developments on sewage sludge pyrolysis and its kinetics: Resources recovery, thermogravimetric platforms, and innovative prospects. Comput Chem Eng 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Almanassra IW, Kochkodan V, Mckay G, Atieh MA, Al-Ansari T. Review of phosphate removal from water by carbonaceous sorbents. J Environ Manage 2021; 287:112245. [PMID: 33735679 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 02/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the last decades, phosphate is considered the main cause of eutrophication and has received substantial attention from the scientific community. Phosphate is a major pollutant that deteriorates water quality, which has been increasing in water resources, primarily due to the increasing global population and corresponding activities. Adsorption technology is amongst the different technologies used to decrease the phosphate levels in water, and has been found to be highly effective even at low phosphate concentrations. Carbonaceous materials and their composites have been widely used for phosphate removal due to their exceptional surface properties and high phosphate sorption capacity. Considering the importance of the topic, this study reviews the reported literature in the field of adsorptive removal of phosphate over various carbon-based adsorbents such as activated carbon, charcoal, graphene, graphene oxide, graphite and carbon nanotubes. Moreover, insights into the adsorption behaviour, experimental parameters, mechanisms, thermodynamics, effect of coexisting ions and the possible desorption processes of phosphate onto modified and unmodified carbonaceous adsorbents are also considered. Finally, research challenges and gaps have been highlighted.
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- Ismail W Almanassra
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar.
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Desalination Research Group, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar; Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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Parthasarathy P, Fernandez A, Al-Ansari T, Mackey HR, Rodriguez R, McKay G. Thermal degradation characteristics and gasification kinetics of camel manure using thermogravimetric analysis. J Environ Manage 2021; 287:112345. [PMID: 33735671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this work, the sustainable valorisation of camel manure has been studied using thermogravimetric analysis. The gasification tests were performed from ambient conditions to 950 °C at 10, 20, and 50 °C/min under an O2 environment. The TGA data were applied to determine the kinetics of the O2 gasification. Single-heating rate models (Arrhenius and Coats-Redfern) and multi-heating rate models (Distributed activation energy, Friedman, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, Starink, and Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose) were applied to estimate the kinetics of the process. Between the two single-heating rate models, the Coats-Redfern method fitted best with the experimental data. Among the multi-heating rate models, the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa model fitted best with the experimental results. The kinetic parameters-frequency factor, activation energy, and order of reaction were estimated using the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa model (the best-fitting model) and the estimated kinetic parameters were used to calculate the thermodynamic properties-Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, and entropy. The information on these kinetic and thermodynamic properties can be useful for the design of gasifiers and for optimising the O2 gasification operating conditions.
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- Prakash Parthasarathy
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar.
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- Instituto de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería (UNSJ), Grupo Vinculado al PROBIEN (CONICET-UNCo), San Juan, Argentina
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar; Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Instituto de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería (UNSJ), Grupo Vinculado al PROBIEN (CONICET-UNCo), San Juan, Argentina
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar.
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Parthasarathy P, Fernandez A, Al-Ansari T, Mackey HR, Rodriguez R, McKay G. Thermal degradation characteristics and gasification kinetics of camel manure using thermogravimetric analysis. J Environ Manage 2021; 287:112345. [PMID: 33735671 DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 01/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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In this work, the sustainable valorisation of camel manure has been studied using thermogravimetric analysis. The gasification tests were performed from ambient conditions to 950 °C at 10, 20, and 50 °C/min under an O2 environment. The TGA data were applied to determine the kinetics of the O2 gasification. Single-heating rate models (Arrhenius and Coats-Redfern) and multi-heating rate models (Distributed activation energy, Friedman, Flynn-Wall-Ozawa, Starink, and Kissinger-Akahira-Sunose) were applied to estimate the kinetics of the process. Between the two single-heating rate models, the Coats-Redfern method fitted best with the experimental data. Among the multi-heating rate models, the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa model fitted best with the experimental results. The kinetic parameters-frequency factor, activation energy, and order of reaction were estimated using the Flynn-Wall-Ozawa model (the best-fitting model) and the estimated kinetic parameters were used to calculate the thermodynamic properties-Gibbs free energy, enthalpy, and entropy. The information on these kinetic and thermodynamic properties can be useful for the design of gasifiers and for optimising the O2 gasification operating conditions.
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- Prakash Parthasarathy
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar.
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- Instituto de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería (UNSJ), Grupo Vinculado al PROBIEN (CONICET-UNCo), San Juan, Argentina
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar; Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar
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- Instituto de Ingeniería Química, Facultad de Ingeniería (UNSJ), Grupo Vinculado al PROBIEN (CONICET-UNCo), San Juan, Argentina
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, P.O. Box:, 34110, Education City, Doha, Qatar.
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AlNouss A, Parthasarathy P, Mackey HR, Al-Ansari T, McKay G. Pyrolysis Study of Different Fruit Wastes Using an Aspen Plus Model. Front Sustain Food Syst 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.604001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Large quantities of fruit wastes are generated during the consumption and processing of fruits. The disposal of fruit wastes in an environmentally benign way is a challenging task. The biochar production from fruit wastes by pyrolysis is receiving huge attention because it can alleviate pollution of fruit wastes and provide a supply of biochar sustainably. In this study, five fruit waste types—orange peel, banana peel, mango endocarp, apricot kernel shell, and date pits—are examined. An Aspen Plus simulation tool was employed to develop a steady-state model to predict the pyrolysis product yields of the fruit wastes. The details of the proximate and elemental analyses of the fruit wastes were applied as input parameters in the model, and the simulation was carried out at 300–600°C and 1 atm pressure. Among the fruit wastes, the date pits presented the highest char yield (50.92 wt.%), while the mango endocarp offered the highest syngas yield (54.23 wt.%). From the simulation results, it can be inferred that the date pits are best suited for biochar production, whereas the mango endocarp and orange peel are appropriate for syngas generation. The study is further analyzed by studying the optimization of biomass feedstock blend to yield the highest char relative to bio-oil and syngas. The optimization results demonstrate apricot kernel shell and date pits to dominate the feedstock blend. It is hoped that the current outcomes will be helpful in the selection of appropriate feedstocks for biochar generation through pyrolysis.
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Almanassra IW, Okonkwo EC, Alhassan O, Atieh MA, Kochkodan V, Al-Ansari T. Stability and thermophysical properties test of carbide-derived carbon thermal fluid; a comparison between functionalized and emulsified suspensions. POWDER TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2020.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Almanassra IW, Kochkodan V, Ponnusamy G, Mckay G, Ali Atieh M, Al-Ansari T. Carbide Derived Carbon (CDC) as novel adsorbent for ibuprofen removal from synthetic water and treated sewage effluent. J Environ Health Sci Eng 2020; 18:1375-1390. [PMID: 33312649 PMCID: PMC7721931 DOI: 10.1007/s40201-020-00554-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Pharmaceuticals are becoming one of the largest environmental concerns when it comes to the water treatment industry. Increased usage of these chemicals poses a serious risk to ecology and human health due to their leakage into surface waters. In the present study, carbide derived carbon (CDC) was used for the first time as a new adsorbent to remove ibuprofen from synthetic water and wastewater effluent. METHODS The morphology, chemical composition, surface area and surface charge of the CDC particles were investigated using the transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, BET analysis and zeta potential measurements. The effects of CDC dosage, temperature, initial pH and agitation speed on the adsorption process were examined by using batch adsorption experiments. Moreover, the adsorption kinetics, thermodynamics, and isotherms were investigated. RESULTS Adsorption and kinetic equilibrium data demonstrate that the adsorption of ibuprofen onto the CDC obeys the Langmuir isotherm model and the kinetics follow the pseudo-2nd order mechanism. The thermodynamic results reveal that ibuprofen adsorption is endothermic and spontaneous. The ibuprofen removal by CDC was mainly controlled by the electrostatic forces at high pH of the feed solution and by the dispersive interactions in acidic media. The ibuprofen removal is promoted at high temperature, high agitation speed and low pH. The highest adsorption capacity of ibuprofen onto the CDC was 367 mg/g at pH 3. Furthermore, the CDC efficiently removed ibuprofen from spiked treated sewage effluent. CONCLUSIONS The obtained data indicate that the CDC provides a fast and efficient adsorptive removal of ibuprofen both from a model aqueous solution and treated sewage effluent.
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- Ismail W. Almanassra
- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar
- Doha, Qatar
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- Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, PO Box 5825, Doha, Qatar
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- College of Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Desalination Research Group, Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, PO Box 27272, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Sustainable Development, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
- Doha, Qatar
- Division of Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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Shahbaz M, Taqvi SAA, Inayat M, Inayat A, Sulaiman SA, McKay G, Al-Ansari T. Air catalytic biomass (PKS) gasification in a fixed-bed downdraft gasifier using waste bottom ash as catalyst with NARX neural network modelling. Comput Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2020.107048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Lahlou FZ, Mackey HR, McKay G, Onwusogh U, Al-Ansari T. Water planning framework for alfalfa fields using treated wastewater fertigation in Qatar: An energy-water-food nexus approach. Comput Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2020.106999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Hijab MS, Parthasarathy P, Li P, Mackey HR, Al-Ansari T, Mohammed RR, McKay G. Active Carbon from Microwave Date Stones for Toxic Dye Removal: Setting the Design Capacity. Chem Eng Technol 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ceat.202000059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mouhammad S. Hijab
- Hamad Bin Khalifa University Division of Sustainable Development College of Science and Engineering P.O. Box 5825 34110 Education City, Doha Qatar
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- Hamad Bin Khalifa University Division of Sustainable Development College of Science and Engineering P.O. Box 5825 34110 Education City, Doha Qatar
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- Hamad Bin Khalifa University Division of Sustainable Development College of Science and Engineering P.O. Box 5825 34110 Education City, Doha Qatar
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- Hamad Bin Khalifa University Division of Sustainable Development College of Science and Engineering P.O. Box 5825 34110 Education City, Doha Qatar
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- Hamad Bin Khalifa University Division of Sustainable Development College of Science and Engineering P.O. Box 5825 34110 Education City, Doha Qatar
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- Mosul Technical Institute College of Engineering Northern Technical University Mosul Iraq
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- Hamad Bin Khalifa University Division of Sustainable Development College of Science and Engineering P.O. Box 5825 34110 Education City, Doha Qatar
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Ghiat I, AlNouss A, Mckay G, Al-Ansari T. Modelling and simulation of a biomass-based integrated gasification combined cycle with carbon capture: comparison between monoethanolamine and potassium carbonate. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020. [DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/463/1/012019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Ghiat I, AlNouss A, McKay G, Al-Ansari T. Biomass-based integrated gasification combined cycle with post-combustion CO2 recovery by potassium carbonate: Techno-economic and environmental analysis. Comput Chem Eng 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2020.106758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mahmood F, Ghiat I, Govindan R, Al-Ansari T. Reduced-order Modelling (ROM) Approach for Optimal Microclimate Control in Agricultural Greenhouses. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823377-1.50314-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Lahlou FZ, Namany S, Mackey HR, Al-Ansari T. Treated Industrial Wastewater as a Water and Nutrients Source for Tomatoes Cultivation: an Optimisation Approach. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823377-1.50304-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Elkhalifa S, AlNouss A, Al-Ansari T, Mackey HR, Parthasarathy P, Mckay G. Simulation of Food Waste Pyrolysis for the Production of Biochar: A Qatar Case Study. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818634-3.50151-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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AlNouss A, Mckay G, Al-Ansari T. Optimum Utilization of Biomass for the Production of Power and Fuels using Gasification. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64235-6.50258-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Namany S, Al-Ansari T, Govindan R. Integrated techno-economic optimization for the design and operations of energy, water and food nexus systems constrained as non-cooperative games. 13th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE 2018) 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64241-7.50162-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Govindan R, Al-Ansari T, Korre A, Shah N. Assessment of technology portfolios with enhanced economic and environmental performance for the energy, water and food nexus. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-64235-6.50095-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Otoom S, Culligan K, Al-Assoomi B, Al-Ansari T. Analysis of drug prescriptions in primary health care centres in Bahrain. East Mediterr Health J 2010; 16:511-515. [PMID: 20799550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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- S Otoom
- Medical University of Bahrain, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Busaiteen, Bahrain.
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