Removal of chloride from water and wastewater: removal mechanisms and recent trends

Y Li, Z Yang, K Yang, J Wei, Z Li, C Ma, X Yang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increased chloride concentration can cause salinization, which has become a serious and
widespread environmental problem nowadays. This review aims at providing …

[HTML][HTML] Biodesalination research trends: a bibliometric analysis and recent developments

ME Ahmed, AM Zafar, MA Hamouda, A Aly Hassan… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to rising population and industrialization, two-thirds of the world's population may suffer
water scarcity by 2025. Biodesalination is a promising sustainable practice targeting salt …

Biodesalination and treatment of raw hypersaline produced water samples using indigenous wastewater algal consortia

S Nadersha, AA Hassan - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Indigenous microalgae consortia present in domestic wastewater, were acclimatized to three
real produced water (PW) samples collected from different oil fields. PW, a byproduct of oil …

Seawater biodesalination treatment using Phormidium keutzingianum in attached growth-packed bed continuous flow stirred tank reactor

AM Zafar, AA Hassan - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Water scarcity is increasing worldwide due to rising population which is creating
opportunities to unlock alternative green desalination techniques for seawater, such as …

Biodesalination using halophytic cyanobacterium Phormidium keutzingianum from brackish to the hypersaline water

AM Zafar, MA Javed, AA Hassan, E Sahle-Demessie… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The biodesalination potential at different levels of salinity of Phormidium keutzingianum (P.
keutzingianum) was investigated. A wide range of salinity from brackish to hypersaline water …

Performance of immobilized microalgal strains for biodesalination of real seawater

AM Zafar, H Al Mosteka, AA Hassan - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, biodesalination was performed using four different microalgal strains (Euglena
deses, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Trichormus variabilis, and Scenedesmus obliquus) in …

Life cycle analysis of seawater biodesalination using algae

AM Zafar, BA Mohamed, Q Wang, AA Hassan - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
This study assesses environmental impacts of reverse osmosis and algae-based
biodesalination in four scenarios using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. These …

[HTML][HTML] Biodesalination performance of Phormidium keutzingianum concentrated using two methods (immobilization and centrifugation)

S Shaikhoun, AM Zafar, YH Wu, AA Hassan - Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
The biodesalination performance of the cyanophycean Phormidium keutzingianum
concentrated using two methods (centrifugation and immobilization) was evaluated for the …

Optimization of the biological salt removal process from artificial industrial wastewater with high TDS by Spirulina microalga using the response surface method

MA Ghalhari, R Mafigholami, A Takdastan… - Water Science & …, 2022 - iwaponline.com
This study aimed to examine the direct applicability of Spirulina maxima as a new
conceptual method for removing total dissolved solids (TDS) from artificial industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Microalgae Production on Biogas Digestate in Sub-Alpine Region of Europe—Development of Simple Management Decision Support Tool

L Resman, M Berden Zrimec, V Žitko, B Lazar… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
In a one-and-a-half-year study conducted in the ALS6 region in Europe (Ljubljana,
Slovenia), the cultivation of microalgae in anaerobic digestate from food waste, mainly …