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MONDAY MAY 22nd
| 9:30 | Registration opens |
| 10:30 – 16:00 | Workshop on Circular Desalination: Value Chains and Sustainability Organised by Professor Dimitris Xevgenos, TU-Delft |
| 18:00 | Reception at Parklane Hotel |
TUESDAY MAY 23rd
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 | Opening Ceremony Ursula Annunziata, EDS President Lia Georgiou, Acting Director of the Water Development Department Chrystalla Stylianou, Department of the Environment Thomas Altmann, ACWA Power, Executive Vice President Innovation & New Technology Carmit Ram and Menahem Priel, Mekorot Tariq Al Ghaffari, SWCC, Acting President DTRI Arnoldas Milukas, EU Project. European Research Executive Agency, Head of Unit Dimitris Xevgenos, Delft University of Technology Stavros G. Caramondani, Chairman of Caramondani Petros Xenophontos, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Ursula Annunziata to introduce Miriam Balaban and Iris Suztkover-Gutman. Remembrance of the esteemed and inspirational Professor David Hasson |
| 11:00 | Exhibition Opening |
| 11:30 | Panel session Shining a light on Health and Safety Challenges in Desalination Plants Moderator: Doug Eisberg, Avista Special guest of honour: Ms Evangelitsa Tsoulofta, Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance Panellists: Tom Pankratz, GWI Atul Kakkar, Pentair David Jimenez, H2O Innovation Jorge Juan Malfeito Sanchez, Acciona Olga Sallangos, Caramondani Ahmed Abdalhamid Ahmad Aldwimr, SWCC |
| 13:00 | Lunch |
| Rooms: | CITRUS | AMPHORA | JASMINE | ROSE |
| 14:00–15:40 | Session 1 SWRO plants operation Chair: Menahem Priel, Alvaro Lagartos | Session 2 Sustainability: Economic, social and environmental issues Chair: Mike Sinfield, Ursula Annunziata | Session 3 Thermal systems and cogeneration/ultra pure water production Chair: Guillermo Zaragoza, Alexei Pervov | Session 4 Brine mining and valorizarion Chair: Giorgio Micale, Nikolay Voutchkov |
| 14:00 | 16 Monitoring and assessing fouling potential along the pre-treatment of an SWRO desalination plant in the Middle East Almotasembellah Abushaban, Sergio G. Salinas-Rodriguez, Delia Pastorelli, Jan C. Schippers, Maria D. Kennedy | 19 Reverse osmosis plants environmental performance index Amr Mohamed Seoudy, Hatem Mohamed Seoudy | 182 Cogeneration of water and electricity by combining advanced membrane distillation with concentrated solar power B. Ortega-Delgado, J.A. Andrés-Mañas, P. Palenzuela, G. Zaragoza | 22 Integrated system for creating value of discharge brine Ammar A. Alnumani, Eslam Alwaznani |
| 14:20 | 151 Ten years operation of UF and RO Limassol Desalination Plant in Cyprus – challenges and performance Maria Angeles Perez Macia, Lorena Barbera Campos, Erineos Koutsakos, Menahem Priel, Carmit Ram | 190 Desalination biomonitoring using biological responses of transplants of the seagrass Posidonia oceanica Fabio Blanco-Murillo, Lázaro Marín-Guirao, Jose Luis Sánchez-Lizaso, Claudio A. Sáez | 169 Enhancing of efficiency in CSP-MED desalination system Amr Mohamed Mahmoud, Ahmad Saeed Abdrahim Al Ghamdi | 68 Sea4Value. Moving lab design and construction for seawater brine valorization N. Hernández, M. Sauchelli, J. Arévalo, V. Monsalvo, F. Rogalla |
| 14:40 | 159 Renovating and re- operating a 12-year-old SWRO desalination plant – the Larnaca plant experience Erineos Koutsakos, Menahem Priel, Vasilis Panagi | 34 Case study: Directly comparing OPEX and CO2 emissions associated with phosphonate and dendrimer antiscalants at Ashkelon SWRO plant Mike Sinfield, Daniela Vidal, Stephen P. Chesters, Shai Dreizin | 124 Experimental evaluation of MED at high top brine temperatures with no divalent ions in feed water Juan Miguel Serrano, Lidia Roca, Diego-César Alarcón- Padilla, Patricia Palenzuela | 146 Towards brine valorisation and internal chemicals production in seawater desalination plants A. Campione, D. Pastorelli, F. Vicari, A. Tamburini, A. Cipollina, G. Micale |
| 15:00 | 160 Maintain SWRO desalination plants for prolonged periods in stand by mode – the Limassol plant experience Erineos Koutsakos, Carmit Cram, Menahem Priel, Kypros Michail | 115 Expansion of the first integrated UF-RO plant after more than 25 years of successful operation Herman Smit, Irina Zaikina, Bram Martijn, Almohanad Abusultan | 9 Retrofit in an ultrapure water treatment plant for a thermosolar power plant in the south of Spain Rafael Buendía-Candel, Patricia Terrero-Rodríguez, Alfonso Angel Pozo-Redondo, Elena Campos-Pozuelo, Raúl Lemes-de León, Domingo Zarzo-Martínez | 145 Reducing climate change impacts by chemicals production through brine valorisation in seawater desalination plants R. Serra, F. Vicari, E. Judenne, E. Victor |
| 15:20 | 111 Evaluation of second generation TFN SWRO membranes with industry’s highest salt rejection at Dhekhelia SWRO pilot study in Cyprus Alvaro Lagartos, Olga Sallangos, Christodoulos Christodoulos | 95 Cost-based optimization of a forward osmosis/crystallization/reverse osmosis hybrid process with high-temperature operation Jeongwoo Moon, Joon Ha Kim, Kiho Park | 109 A study on pressure loss and contamination analysis ultrapure water supply piping using computational fluid dynamics Hyeongrak Cho, Song Lee, Yongjun Choi, Sangho Lee | 212 NEOM’s innovative solution to brine management: creating 3D printable concrete Noura Chelab |
| 15:40–16:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 16:00–17:40 | Session 5 Pretreatment/Filtration Chair: Jochen Kallenberg, Rafael Buendía-Candel | Session 6 Electrodialysis/ Electrodialysis reversal Chair: Felix Broens, Moshe Herzberg | Session 7 Renewable energy powered desalination/desalination technologies Chair: John Webley, Antonio Casañas | Session 8 Brine valorization/brine concentration Chair: Heike Glade, Jack Gilron |
| 16:00 | 8 Validation of different filtration media for pretreatment of the RO process in Alicante desalination plant Rafael Buendía-Candel, Helena Montero-Madrid, Jochen Kallenberg, Sofia Pastor Gonzalez, Elena Campos-Pozuelo, Patricia Terrero-Rodríguez, Domingo Zarzo-Martínez | 46 Semi-batch electrodialysis reversal: a simplified architecture and control method for flexible, low-cost, off-grid desalination Jonathan T. Bessette, S.R. Pratt, J. Tran, A.G. Winter | 11 Membrane thermal systems for affordable renewable desalination John Webley, Michael Greene, Igor Kiryakin | 17 SWRO brine characterization in the Canary Islands (Spain) and open testbed brine valorization platform (DESAL+ LIVING LAB) Ángel Rivero-Falcón, Baltasar Peñate Suárez |
| 16:20 | 144 Ultrafiltration as pre- treatment for seawater RO desalination – SUEZ experience Emmanuelle Filloux, I. Le Moigne, A. Brehant, Delia Pastorelli | 195 Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes for the sustainable production of chemicals from seawater brines at pilot plant scale C. Cassaro, G. Virruso, A. Culcasi, A. Cipollina, A. Tamburini, G. Micale | 168 Zero carbon/environmental champion: conversion of thermal desalination plant to seawater reverse osmosis plant Khaled Almedbel, Fawzi Al Saidi, Tariq Nada, Sami Al Harbi, Mohsen Alsalmi, Wael Mamon Khaldi, Abdulraheem Al Thobiti, Majed Khaldi, Amir Hasdi | 134 Designing for the future: a value-sensitive approach to integrated desalination and brine treatment Rodoula Ktori, Mar Palmeros Parada, Mark van Loosdrecht, Dimitris Xevgenos |
| 16:40 | 75 Biological oxygen-dosed activated carbon (BODAC) filtration: a promising technology for fouling prevention in RO membranes Sara Ribeiro Pinela, Amanda Larasati, Roel J.W. Meulepas, Maria Cristina Gagliano, Robbert Kleerebezem, Harry Bruning, Huub H.M. Rijnaarts | 196 An experimental investigation of ion transport properties and membrane selectivity using multi- ionic solution in electrodialysis with bipolar membrane Antonia Filingeri, Julio Lopez, Andrea Culcasi, Andrea Cipollina, José Luis Cortina, Alessandro Tamburini, Giorgio Micale | 89 Combination of pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) with capacitive deionization (CDI) driven by solar power: effect of feed water properties Seoyeon Lee, Hyeongrhak Jo, Sangho Lee | 200 Corrosion-resistant polymer- based evaporator for brine concentration Jan-Hendrik Imholze, Heike Glade |
| 17:00 | 56 Suitability of clayey soils from Jalore and Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, for the production of 3-litre ceramic water filters S. Duhan, S.K. Adari, N. Kanwar, S. Gupta, A.K. Nighojkar, M. Ahmad, P.K. Dammala, M. Chhabra, A.K. Plappally | 112 LIFE INDESAL: Improving efficiency and circularity of seawater desalination with a novel integrated process Luca Sbardella, German Santos, Inmaculada Ortiz, Simon Grasman, Olga Ferrer, Jorge Malfeito | 47 A comparison of hybrid batch-operated membrane distillation and osmotically-assisted reverse osmosis for solar-powered zero-liquid-discharge applications V. Fthenakis, Z. Zhang, A.A. Atia, J.A. Andrés-Mañas, G. Zaragoza | 210 Influence of bicarbonate/carbonate removal on magnesium hydroxide slurry: A pilot study F. Vassallo, C. Morgante, F. Vicari, A. Cipollina, A. Tamburini, G. Micale |
| 17:20 | 42 Long-term reliability assessment of ceramic water filters: strength and electro-kinetic parameter studies Meraj Ahmad, Sunil Duhan, Raj Kumar Satankar, Usha K Aravind, Anand Plappally | 70 Enhanced oil recovery – polymer flooding produced water desalination by high temperature electrodialysis Lukas Václavík, Richard Kondáš | 215 Desalination technologies, design and enhancement Saline Water Conversion Corporation | 214 NEOM integrated selective desalination and brine processing Robert Garner |
| Rooms: | CITRUS | AMPHORA | JASMINE | ROSE |
| 16:00–17:40 | Session 5 Pretreatment/Filtration | Session 6 Electrodialysis/ Electrodialysis reversal | Session 7 Renewable energy powered desalination/desalination technologies | Session 8 Brine valorization/brine concentration |
| 16:00 | 8 Validation of different filtration media for pretreatment of the RO process in Alicante desalination plant Rafael Buendía-Candel, Helena Montero-Madrid, Jochen Kallenberg, Sofia Pastor Gonzalez, Elena Campos-Pozuelo, Patricia Terrero-Rodríguez, Domingo Zarzo-Martínez | 46 Semi-batch electrodialysis reversal: a simplified architecture and control method for flexible, low-cost, off-grid desalination Jonathan T. Bessette, S.R. Pratt, J. Tran, A.G. Winter | 11 Membrane thermal systems for affordable renewable desalination John Webley, Michael Greene, Igor Kiryakin | 17 SWRO brine characterization in the Canary Islands (Spain) and open testbed brine valorization platform (DESAL+ LIVING LAB) Ángel Rivero-Falcón, Baltasar Peñate Suárez |
| 16:20 | 144 Ultrafiltration as pre- treatment for seawater RO desalination – SUEZ experience Emmanuelle Filloux, I. Le Moigne, A. Brehant, Delia Pastorelli | 195 Electrodialysis with bipolar membranes for the sustainable production of chemicals from seawater brines at pilot plant scale C. Cassaro, G. Virruso, A. Culcasi, A. Cipollina, A. Tamburini, G. Micale | 168 Zero carbon/environmental champion: conversion of thermal desalination plant to seawater reverse osmosis plant Khaled Almedbel, Fawzi Al Saidi, Tariq Nada, Sami Al Harbi, Mohsen Alsalmi, Wael Mamon Khaldi, Abdulraheem Al Thobiti, Majed Khaldi, Amir Hasdi | 134 Designing for the future: a value-sensitive approach to integrated desalination and brine treatment Rodoula Ktori, Mar Palmeros Parada, Mark van Loosdrecht, Dimitris Xevgenos |
| 16:40 | 75 Biological oxygen-dosed activated carbon (BODAC) filtration: a promising technology for fouling prevention in RO membranes Sara Ribeiro Pinela, Amanda Larasati, Roel J.W. Meulepas, Maria Cristina Gagliano, Robbert Kleerebezem, Harry Bruning, Huub H.M. Rijnaarts | 196 An experimental investigation of ion transport properties and membrane selectivity using multi- ionic solution in electrodialysis with bipolar membrane Antonia Filingeri, Julio Lopez, Andrea Culcasi, Andrea Cipollina, José Luis Cortina, Alessandro Tamburini, Giorgio Micale | 89 Combination of pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) with capacitive deionization (CDI) driven by solar power: effect of feed water properties Seoyeon Lee, Hyeongrhak Jo, Sangho Lee | 200 Corrosion-resistant polymer- based evaporator for brine concentration Jan-Hendrik Imholze, Heike Glade |
| 17:00 | 56 Suitability of clayey soils from Jalore and Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India, for the production of 3-litre ceramic water filters S. Duhan, S.K. Adari, N. Kanwar, S. Gupta, A.K. Nighojkar, M. Ahmad, P.K. Dammala, M. Chhabra, A.K. Plappally | 112 LIFE INDESAL: Improving efficiency and circularity of seawater desalination with a novel integrated process Luca Sbardella, German Santos, Inmaculada Ortiz, Simon Grasman, Olga Ferrer, Jorge Malfeito | 47 A comparison of hybrid batch-operated membrane distillation and osmotically-assisted reverse osmosis for solar-powered zero-liquid-discharge applications V. Fthenakis, Z. Zhang, A.A. Atia, J.A. Andrés-Mañas, G. Zaragoza | 210 Influence of bicarbonate/carbonate removal on magnesium hydroxide slurry: A pilot study F. Vassallo, C. Morgante, F. Vicari, A. Cipollina, A. Tamburini, G. Micale |
| 17:20 | 42 Long-term reliability assessment of ceramic water filters: strength and electro-kinetic parameter studies Meraj Ahmad, Sunil Duhan, Raj Kumar Satankar, Usha K Aravind, Anand Plappally | 70 Enhanced oil recovery – polymer flooding produced water desalination by high temperature electrodialysis Lukas Václavík, Richard Kondáš | 215 Desalination technologies, design and enhancement SWWC | 214 NEOM integrated selective desalination and brine processing Robert Garner |
| PARK ROOM –– POSTER SESSION |
| 37 The microbial growth potential of antiscalants used in seawater desalination Ghadeer Hasanin, Ana Maria Mosquera, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Thomas Altmann, Ratul Das, Paulus J. Buijs, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Graciela Gonzalez-Gil 39 Integrated oxy-combustion power generation with carbon capture and humidification dehumidification desalination cycle Binash Imteyaz, Furqan Tahir 45 Co-design of an off-grid communi- ty desalination system in the Navajo Nation Melissa Brei, Jimmy Tran, Jeffrey Costello, Amos G. Winter V 74 Near-ZLD BWRO recovery based on monovalent selective ED J. Gilron, M. Elimelech 78 Water reuse in the textile industry with integrated treatments: mem- branes and advanced oxidation processes K. Ayedi, V. Innocenzi, M. Prisciandaro 85 Effect of the modification of poly- phenylsulfone substrate membrane with Pluronic block copolymers on the performance of thin film compos- ite membranes for nanofiltration T.V. Plisko, K.S. Burts, A.V. Penkova, A.V. Bildyukevich 128 A numerical analysis of the electromagnetic field effect on direct contact membrane distillation per- formance Kabbir Ali, Ahmad A. Alwan, Emad Alhseinat, Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Ali |
WEDNESDAY MAY 24th
| Rooms: | CITRUS | AMPHORA | JASMINE | ROSE |
| 8:30–10:50 | Session 9 Membrane distillation I Chair: Marco Tagliabue, Guillermo Zaragoza | Session 10 Biofouling Chair: Harvey Winters, Moshe Herzberg | Session 11 Novel materials, processes and applications I Chair: Viktor Kochkodan | Session 12 Energy recovery/Energy consumption Chair: Christine Kleffner, Beat Schneider |
| 8:30 | 57 Air gap membrane distillation (AGMD) unit with an internal gap circulating fan for water desalination Dahiru U. Lawal | 36 BioPhree: next generation solution to remove and re-use phosphate; no more biofouling in membrane systems? Pim de Jager, Raimonda Busiauskaite, Koos Baas | 96 Novel feed spacer designs for efficient spiral wound modules S. Kerdi, A. Qamar, J.S. Vrouwenvelder, N. Ghaffour | 14 Industrial applications of high- pressure membrane processes – Demonstration and evaluation of energy recovery at 120 bar Christine Kleffner, Gerd Braun, Eric Kadaj, Angel Abajas Errasti |
| 8:50 | 131 A detailed numerical analysis of the performance of air gap membrane distillation using PVDF and PTFE membranes Kabbir Ali, Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Ali, Hassan A. Arafat | 38 Pretreatment selection to control membrane desalination biofouling: method development Yasmeen M. Nadreen, Ratul Das, Thomas Altmann, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Graciela Gonzalez-Gil | 23 Novel ultrafiltration polyether sulfone membranes incorporated with graphene oxide and acacia gum: preparation and antifouling properties Ahmad Najjar, Viktor Kochkodan | 55 Danfoss MPE 70 active ERD – field installations and operation results Francisco Jiménez-Castellanos, Francisco Javier Lorenzo Moral |
| 9:10 | 58 Early wetting detection in membrane distillation based on electrically-conductive membrane spacers A. Alpatova, A. Qamar, M. Alhaddad, S. Kerdi, H.S. Son, N. Amin, N. Ghaffour | 132 The link between concentration polarization in seawater reverse osmosis and membrane biofouling — how to control membrane biofouling Harvey Winters, Jared Fulton, Marisol Garcia | 186 New high rejection reverse osmosis elements: Experimental study showing improved rejection Maria Pérez Macia, Guillem Gilabert Oriol, Claudia Niewersch, Mireia Font, Javier Dewisme, Guillem Navarro, Daniel Algar, Harith Al-Omar | 129 Energy recovery system: long- term assessment, improvement and evolution to next generation ERD Rolando A. Bosleman, David Kim- Hak |
| 9:30 | 105 Photothermal membrane distillation for seawater desalination Marcello Pagliero, Antonio Comité, Camilla Costa, Ilaria Rizzard | 165 Functions of multispecies sessile bacteria on reverse osmosis membrane dictates biofilm characteristics rather than microbial community structure Noya Ran, Gil Sorek, Revital Sharon-Gojman, Moshe Herzberg, Osnat Gillor | 127 Innovation beyond product specifications: the advantage of superior membrane durability in reverse osmosis installations worldwide Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Harith Al-Omar, Maria Angeles Perez Macia, Daniela Drössler | 156 DWEER energy recovery system – Larnaca operation experience and optimization Beat Schneider, Erineos Koutsakos, Menahem Priel, Antonis Kydonakis |
| 9:50–10:10 | Coffee break |
| 10:10-11:30 | Utilities panel session “Keeping It Safe” and “Security and Sources” Moderator: Emilio Gabbrielli Panellists: Menahem Priel, Mekorot Development and Enterprise, Ltd. Ahmad Gamal, Holding Company for Water and Wastewater Robert Garner, NEOM Nicos Neocleous, CWA |
| Rooms: | CITRUS | AMPHORA | JASMINE | ROSE |
| 11:30–12:00 | Coffee break | |||
| 12:00–13:40 | Session 13 Membrane distillation II Chair: Marcelo Pagliero, Isabel Requena | Session 14 Biofouling and intakes Chair: Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Paul Newbury | Session 15 Novel materials, processes and applications II Chair: Nicholas Nelson, Antonella DeLuca | Session 16 Energy efficiency/Water-energy nexus Chair: Rolando Bosleman, Georg Herborg |
| 12:00 | 102 Treatment of concentrated brines using sweeping gas membrane distillation Marco Tagliabue, Filomena Castaldo, Marcello Pagliero, Andrea Iebole, Antonio Comite | 152 RO membrane protection facilitated by direct, accurate, and automatic measurement of ultra-low range chlorine residual B.J. Verdonk, V.B. Malkov | 163 Remineralization of desalinated water with calcium carbonate: a comparative study for a 281 MLD SWRO plant A. De Luca, J. Martin, N. Nelson, D. Pastorelli | 40 High-pressure pumps for maximum energy efficiency Francisco Javier Lorenzo Moral, Georg Herborg, Francisco Jiménez-Castellanos |
| 12:20 | 126 Minimizing brine discharge by membrane distillation: challenges and opportunities Abdul-Kareem Turaani, Avner Ronen, Edo Bar-Zeev | 183 FilmTecTM SW30XFR-400/34 – A case study showing biofouling reduction achieved in a Desalination installation Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Hardik Pandya, Maria Pérez, Antonio Casañas | 79 A novel semi-empirical model for lifetime prediction of gravity based ceramic filter and permeability estimation S. Gupta, S. Duhan, S. Sarkar, P. Munsi, A.K. Plappally | 83 Condition monitoring for axial piston pumps Georg Herborg, Francisco Jiménez- Castellanos |
| 12:40 | 93 Ammonia recovery from wastewater by membrane distillation crystallization using reverse osmosis brine Hyungho Park, Juyoung Lee, Yongjun Choi, Sangho Lee | 154 Testing of DuPontTM B-FreeTM technology in Arabic Gulf water at Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (SEWA) Hamriyah Desalination Plant Gerard Massons, Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Marc Slagt, Rajesh Balakrishnan, Hardik Pandya, Alaa Elsayed, Harith Al-Omar, Josef Wunram | 5 Operating experience of a new generation of reverse osmosis spiral-wound membrane elements by Membranium at power industry facilities V.G. Dzyubenko, A.K. Borodastov | 120 Performance of a high-pressure, high recovery batch RO system Ebrahim Hosseinipour, Somayeh Karimi, Philip Davies |
| 13:00 | 187 Preliminary results for batch operation with membrane distillation modules in V-AGMD for brine concentration I. Requena, J.A. Andrés-Mañas, G. Zaragoza | 44 Cleaning of seawater inlet pipelines based on both pigging and chemical dosing Simon Bell, Paul Newbury | 51 Hydraulic injection desalination – a breakthrough for this millennia Thomas Altmann, Eusebi Nomen, Alex Hanganu, Justin Robert, Ratul Das | 118 From energy storage devices to electrochemical water desalination J.J. Lado, E. García-Quismondo, N. Hernández, J. Arévalo, V. Monsalvo, F. Rogalla |
| 13:20 | 65 Hierarchical superhydrophobic composite membrane for enhanced distillation with excellent fouling resistance Prexa Shah, Youmin Hou, Michael Kappl, Hans-Jürgen Butt | 214 Future directions for desalination membranes biofouling research Johannes Vrouwenvelder, Graciela Gonzalez Gil, Bastiaan Blankert, Nadia Farhat, Ratul Das, Paul Buijs, Thomas Altmann | 122 Metal plating wastewater treatment using hybrid semi batch-batch reverse osmosis (HSBRO) S. Karimi, R. Engstler, E. Hosseinipour, S. Barbe, P.A. Davies | 143 A fresh look at mega-scale SWRO: using brine-staged reverse osmosis to optimize energy efficiency and membrane performance Eli Oklejas, Juan de Beristain, Rory Weaver |
| 13:40–14:40 | Lunch | |||
| 14:40–16:00 | Session 17 SWRO plants operation/performance Chair: Nuria Adroer, Ruben Gomez | Session 18 Forward osmosis Chair: Haleema Saleem | Session 19 Membrane processes/ membranes for water treatment Chair: Alvaro Lagartos, Takahito Nakao | Session 20 Wastewater treatment Chair: Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Iris Sutzkover-Gutman |
| 14:40 | 175 Process optimization for ion-exchangers system as a pre-treatment to 2nd pass at Via-Maris (Palmachim) desalination plant Elad Barak | 101 Development of the commercial-sized hollow fiber forward osmosis (FO) membrane module and its commercial applications Joomi Han, Yuki Miura, Takahito Nakao, Shohei Goda, Masahiro Yasukawa | 13 Identification and quantification of membrane material deformation occurring at high-pressure operation of spiral- wound elements Christine Kleffner, Gerd Braun | 153 Nanofiltration innovation: performance of new FilmTecTM NF270- 440 element in municipal wastewater operation Gerard Massons, Guillem Gilabert- Oriol, Claudia Niewersch, Zoe Zhou |
| 15:00 | 50 RO-TRACK: Data driven predictive analytics for seawater reverse osmosis desalination plants Muhammad Ghifari Ridwan, Thomas Altmann, Ahmed Yosri, Ratul Das | 43 Feasibility of poly (vinyl alcohol)/poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride) polymeric network hydrogel as draw solute for forward osmosis process Ali Altaee, Senthilmurugan Subbiah, Ananya Bardhan | 26 Development of hollow fiber membranes with highly enhanced compaction resistance for osmotically assisted reverse osmosis and its commercial applications Takahito Nakao, Shohei Goda, Yuki Miura, Masahiro Yasukawa | 106 Ultra-tight capillary UF in fit-for- purpose water treatment systems in the biochemical industry L. Vredenbregt, L. Rodenkam Melchiorsen, J. Jaehrig, M. Lesscher |
| 15:20 | 103 Sustainable antiscalant for municipal reverse osmosis plants M.C. Royo, N. Adroer, J. Aumatell, E. Cortada, A. Vega, O. Villanueva, P. Rodrigo, D. Gutiérrez, I. Marian | 179 Graphene quantum dots- embedded thin-film composite forward osmosis membrane with advanced nanofiber substrate for desalination Haleema Saleem, Syed Javaid Zaidi, Pei Sean Goh, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail | 110 Fundamental troubleshooting practices for BWRO systems across various industries in Europe with TFN membranes Alvaro Lagartos, Raul Santos | 53 Performance model for reverse osmosis Ahmed Yousry, Muhammad Chiari Ridwan, Sarika Patil, Ratul Das, Thomas Altmann |
| 15:40 | 180 Multi-criteria analysis for sustainable development of desalination plants in Chile Iván Sola, José Luis Sánchez- Lizaso, Domingo Zarzo, Claudio Sáez | 125 Biomimetic reverse osmosis membrane for brackish water desalination J. Arevalo, L. Mendes, J. Benecke, K. Hanh, V. Monsalvo, F. Rogalla, Marc Sauchelli | 121 Multi-stage NF for use in greenhouse cooling and irrigation: experimental results and prospects Paris Pasqualin, Philip Davies | |
| 16:00–16:30 | Coffee break | |||
| 16:30–17:30 | Session 21 Brine management and recovery Chair: Alexei Pervov, Emmanuel Van Houtte | Session 22 Pretreatment Chair: Felix Broens, Ratul Das | Session 23 Membranes for water treatment Chair: Jan Radel | Session 24 Membrane fouling Chair: Daniele Strongone, Beatriz Calderon |
| 16:30 | 6 Treatment of mining discharges with RO with concentrate utilization and heavy metals harvesting A.G. Pervov, Htet Zaw Aung, D.V. Spitsov | 147 Dissolved air flotation systems: advantages for RO pre- treatment and recent improvements R. Caball, D. Pastorelli, C. Barbe | 64 Hydrogel membrane for wastewater treatment Ali Altaee, Ibrar Ibrar, Lilian Alsaka, Alaa H. Hawari | 7 Reversing severe membrane fouling, the methodology of developing an ideal CIP protocol when nothing seems to work Joshua Utter, Daniele Strongone |
| 16:50 | 80 Natural treatment based on willows for concentrate of reverse osmosis Emmanuel Van Houtte, Thomas Rogier, Jonas Van Eeghem, Vincent Winnock de Grave, Johan Verbauwhede | 52 Effectiveness of ceramic ultrafiltration membranes as pre- treatment for SWRO Ratul Das, Aatman Shah, Ali Ben Haj Hamida, Thomas Altmann | 117 The next generation of multi-capillary PES in-out ultrafiltration membrane Jan Rädel, Christian Staaks, Pedro Cortes Reyes, Khalid Suleiman M. Al Ameen, Michael Hoffmann, Michaela Krug, Guillem Gillabert Oriol, Harith Alomar, Martin Heijnen | 91 Effect of the main hardness cations (calcium and magnesium) on formation of colloidal silica and silica-rich nanoparticles, as well as membrane fouling during reverse osmosis treating brackish water Esmaeil Sarabian, Greg Birkett, Steven Prat |
| 17:10 | 92 Analysis and control of silica fouling in high recovery semi- batch RO process Juyoung Yun, Song Lee, Hyeongrak Cho, Yongjun Choi, Sangho Lee | 209 A novel air saturator and nozzle with 3D printed parts for dissolved air flotation (DAF) as pretreatment for reverse osmosis systems Morteza Solhi Anari, Abolfazl Akhlaghi, Mohammadali Bidari, Alireza Bazargan | 15 Treatment of groundwater characterized with elevated molybdenum level by adsorption using carbide-derived carbon Yehia Manawi, Simjo Simson, Jenny Lawler, Viktor Kochkodan | 113 Application of LG NanoH2O™ second generation thin-film nanocomposite membranes for wastewater treatment in a steel plant Lihua Wang, Younghoon Ko, Tayu Wu, Yasushi Maeda, Beatriz Calderon |
| 19:00 | GALA DINNER – Leaving the venue at 17:45 |
THURSDAY MAY 25th
| 9:00–10:10 Innovation Workshop for the Seven Finalists for the Miriam Balaban Innovation Award and Round Table discussion Moderated by Domingo Zarzo Martinez and Nikolay Voutchkov. The seven finalists — Juan Buceta, Pronoe Earth, Angel Rivero Falcon, ITC, Eli Oklejas, FEDCO, Carmelo Morgante, Unipa Italy, Francisco Jimenez-Castellanos, Danfoss, Jan Radel, Dupont, Jonathan Bessette, MIT — will give 5 minute presentations on their innovations. This will be followed by a round table discussion on the finalist’s innovations and a wrap presentation by Nickolay Voutchkov on innovation and focusing on presentations from the finalists. |
| 10:10–10:30 | Coffee break | |||
| Rooms: | CITRUS | AMPHORA | JASMINE | ROSE |
| 10:30–11:50 | Session 25 Membrane fouling/ Reverse osmosis Chair: Moshe Herzberg, Hans Vrouwenvelder | Session 26 Contaminant removal Chair: Patricia Terrero, Bart Verdonk | Session 27 Offshore desalination and hydrogen production Chair: Borja Blanco, Christian Abelsson | Session 28 Machine learning and digitization Chair: Mike Dixon, Maria Angeles Perez-Macia |
| 10:30 | 166 Unraveling pH effects on UF membrane fouling by extracellular polymeric substances: Adsorption and conformation analyzed with localized surface plasmon resonance Noya Ran, Revital Sharon-Gojman, Sara Larsson, Osnat Gillor, Meagan S. Mauter, Moshe Herzberg | 72 Experiences of desalination for agriculture in Spain: technology, economics and innovation Patricia Terrero, Domingo Zarzo | 178 Membrane design of a subsea desalination system Borja Blanco, Beatriz Garcia, Jo Jernsletten, Guillem Gilabert- Oriol, Verónica García-Molina | 63 Machine learning framework for efficient and predictive reverse osmosis desalination Najat Amin, Adnan Qamar, Sarah Kerdi, Ratul Das, Thomas Altmann, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Noreddine Ghaffour |
| 10:50 | 181 Fouling of reverse osmosis membrane with effluent organic matter: componential role of hydrophobicity N. Stein, R. Sharon-Gojman, M.S. Mauter, R. Bernstein, M. Herzber | 3 Boron removal through water softening in presence of ettringite M. Tagliabue, M. Baric, N. Zubin, G. Marra, S. Perucchini, C. Mazzara, E. Lagrotta | 82 Subsea desalination – significant energy savings and greatly reduced environmental impact Christian Abelsson, Alexander Fuglesang | 88 A machine learning deployment to a large seawater reverse osmosis plant to save energy Mike Dixon, Nick Herold, Miller Truby, Katie Higgins, Sandro Hansen |
| 11:10 | 69 Analysis of fouling potential in capacitive deionization (CDI) in the presence of organic matters and hardness ions Yesol Kim, Hyeongrak Cho, Yongjun Choi, Jaewuk Koo, Sangho Lee | 164 Boron rejection with RO facilitated by direct, accurate, and automatic measurement of boron B.J. Verdonk, L. Navarro | 139 Offshore green hydrogen production and the challenges for desalination Tom Ruiter, Heike Glade | 54 Intelligent framework for coagulant dosing optimization in industrial-scale desalination Muhammad Ghifari Ridwan, Ratul Das, Thomas Altmann |
| 11:30 | 49 Fuel cell combined with turbine and then integrated with reverse osmosis (RO) Abdulrahman Alharbi | 208 Blending desalinated water and treated surface water: a case study at Cyprus’s Tersefanou Water Treatment Plant J. Philippou | 170 Utilize hydrogen from electrochlorination Ahmad Al Ghamdi, Amr Mahmoud, Basil Al-Rajhi | 150 DuPont Water App: Transforming the digital space of desalination María Ángeles Pérez-Maciá, Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Javier Suárez, Laura Galindo, Veronica Garcia-Molina, Rafael Buendia Candel |
| 11:50–12:10 | Coffee break | |||
| 12:10–13:50 | Session 29 SWRO desalination Chair: Iris Sutzkover-Gutman, Antonio Casanas | Session 30 Post treatment / pretreatment Chair: Nicholas Nelson, Christopher M. Fellows | Session 31 Modelling/simulation Chair: Bastian Blankert, Nikhil Dilip Pawar | Session 32 Mineral recovery/brine concentration Chair: Giorgio Micale, Dimitrios Xevgenos |
| 12:10 | 157 Microbiological monitoring of SWRO desalination plants during prolonged standby periods – the Cyprus challenge and experience gained during the past 10 years Erineos Koutsakos, Aristos Loucaides, Louisa Christodoulou, Christie Stylianou, Kypros Michail | 30 Magnesium supplementation of drinking water Christopher Michael Fellows, Seungwon Ihm | 31 Two-dimensional ion transport modelling of water desalination by reverse osmosis system considering the real roughness membrane effect Fernan David Martinez Jimenez, Bastiaan Blankert, Cristian Picioreanu | 201 Minimum liquid discharge desalination: a pilot study in Lampedusa island F. Vassallo, C. Morgante, C. Cassaro, G. Virruso, D. Diamantidou, N. Van Linden, G. Scelfo, A. Tamburini, S. Randazzo, A. Trezzi, A. Cipollina, G. Micale, D. Xevgenos |
| 12:30 | 158 SWRO desalination as the sole contributor to drinking water sustainability in Cyprus – 25 years of experience Aristos Loucaides, Erineos Koutsakos, Christie Stylianou, Louisa Christodoulou | 149 Retrofit of lime dosing systems in Europe for post- treatment of desalinated water Nicholas Charles Nelson, Antonella De Luca | 35 Three-dimensional concentration-polarization modelling of trace-ions in reverse osmosis membrane processes Santiago Cespedes, Fernan Martinez-Jimenez, Felipe Salto- Quintana, Bastiaan Blankert, Cristian Picioreanu | 202 Ultra-high recovery multi-effect distillation for nearly-liquid discharge desalination Giuseppe Scelfo, Alessandro Trezzi, Fabrizio Vassallo, Andrea Cipollina, Vittorio Landi, Christina Xenogianni, Alessandro Tamburini, Dimitris Xevgenos, Giorgio Micale |
| 12:50 | 25 From dams to water distribution systems: requirements and suitable solutions Elisa Reggiani | 148 Innovative remineralization process for desalinated water: one year of operation at Al Hondoq Desalination Plant, Gozo Nicholas Charles Nelson, Antonella De Luca | 48 SDE-A model to predict salt rejection by weakly charged RO/BWRO membranes B. Blankert, F.D. Martinez, J.S. Vrouwenvelder, C. Picioreanu | 203 Metal-organic-framework-based nanofiltration membranes for selective multi-cationic recovery from desalination brines C. Morgante, V. Boffa, X. Ma, J. Lopez, J. Cortina, A. Cipollina, A. Tamburini, G. Micale |
| 13:10 | 213 Innovation for sustainable desalination and water reuse Nikolay Voutchkov | 211 Assessment to improve remineralization in Porto Santo desalination plant S. Arenas Urrea, Juan A. de la Fuente Bencomo, B. Peñate Suárez, N. Escórcio Pereira, J. Heliodoro Xavier de Fritas Viera | 174 Improvement in brine recovery application thanks to FilmTecTM SWBR-100 element and FilmTecTM SWBR-200 element modelling David Arias Peña, Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Maria Pérez Macia, Harith Al-Omar, Claudia Niewersch, Gerard Massons | 204 Pilot scale production of highly pure Mg(OH)2 compound from real saltworks bittern G. Battaglia, L. Ventimiglia, F.P.M. Viggiano, A. Cipollina, A. Tamburini, G. Micale |
| 13:30 | 172 Sustainable desalination showcasing the submerged UF membranes pre-treatment at the Adelaide desalination plant Huw Alexander Lazaredes, Javier Artal González, Rimon Gergawy, Guillem Gilabert-Oriol, Jan Radel | 73 Integrated modelling of future energy-water systems using minimum liquid discharge (MLD) strategies Nikhil Dilip Pawar, Manuel Wetze | 206 Advanced adaptable desalination evaporator design with polymer-based heat exchanger for brine concentration and optimized evaporator performance Panagiotis Pappas, Dimitrios Xevgenos | |
| 13:50–15:00 | Lunch |
15:00 CLOSING CEREMONY – PARK ROOM Miriam Balaban Outstanding Technical Published Paper Award Miriam Balaban Innovation Award. Sponsored by ACWA Power Loeb Award Best poster award GLOBAL PRIZE FOR INNOVATION IN DESALINATION (GPID) Corrado Panzeri, Partner, The European House-Ambrosetti Esmeralda Leyva, GPID-Director, The European House-Ambrosetti |
FRIDAY MORNING MAY 26th
| Desalination Site Visit (maximum 50 people) | |
| WORKSHOP – Solar-powered high-recovery groundwater desalination with salt-tolerant crop cultivation for integrated brine management Instructors: Guillermo Zaragoza, Plataforma Solar Almería, CIEMAT, Spain Philip Davies, University of Birmingham, UK Moshe Sagi, Ben Gurion University, Israel |
POSTERS
| 20 | El Tor seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant 30,000 m3/d Amr Mohamed Seoudy, Hatem Mohamed Seoudy | |
| 21 | Calculation of structural loads of an RO skid during operation Amr Mohamed Seoudy, Hossam Kamal | |
| 24 | Removal of atrazine from water by micellar enhanced ultrafiltration with nonionic-cationic surfactant mixtures Olga Kochkodan, Viktor Kochkodan | |
| 37 | The microbial growth potential of antiscalants used in seawater desalination Ghadeer Hasanin, Ana Maria Mosquera, Abdul-Hamid Emwas, Thomas Altmann, Ratul Das, Paulus J. Buijs, Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder, Graciela Gonzalez-Gil | |
| 39 | Integrated oxy-combustion power generation with carbon capture and humidification dehumidification desalination cycle Binash Imteyaz, Furqan Tahir | |
| 45 | Co-design of an off-grid community desalination system in the Navajo Nation Melissa Brei, Jimmy Tran, Jeffrey Costello, Amos G. Winter V | |
| 59 | Can 1D modeling approach sufficiently describe the membrane performance? Felipe Salto Quintana, Fernan David Martinez Jimenez, Bastiaan Blankert, Cristian Picioreanu | |
| 60 | The pH influence in concentration-polarization model on RO membranes F. Salto-Quintana, S. Cespedes, F. Martinez-Jimenez, B. Blankert, C. Picioreanu | |
| 62 | Forward feed multi effect desalination system driven by twin-screw compressor with water injection Osman Shamet, Mohamed A. Antar | |
| 66 | Use of an innovative-based solution of wastewater reuse for the large-scale reforestation and afforestation process of the green dam in Algeria Mustapha Adjadj, Nadjib Drouiche, Saliha Fortas, Wahid Zanndouche, Rafika Khacheba, Abbes Hamani, Naima Benmouhoub | |
| 74 | Near-ZLD BWRO recovery based on monovalent selective ED J. Gilron, M. Elimelech | |
| 76 | Optimized ultrafiltration membranes as pretreatment for seawater reverse osmosis desalination A. Pacak, L. Vredenbregt | |
| 77 | Digitalization of reverse osmosis water vending machines R.Y. Mudryk, Y.O. Orestov, T.Y. Mitchenko | |
| 78 | Water reuse in the textile industry with integrated treatments: membranes and advanced oxidation processes K. Ayedi, V. Innocenzi, M. Prisciandaro | |
| 81 | Modeling of brine submarine discharge before and after a diffuser installation S.P. Pereira, J.L. Sánchez-Lizaso, P.C.C. Rosman, I.E. Lima Neto, A. Loya-Fernández | |
| 85 | Effect of the modification of polyphenylsulfone substrate membrane with Pluronic block copolymers on the performance of thin film composite membranes for nanofiltration T.V. Plisko, K.S: Burts, A.V. Penkova, A.V. Bildyukevich | |
| 90 | Analysis of release of effluents with negative buoyancy in natural water bodies Melissa Fontenelle Rodrigues, Paulo Cesar Colonna Rosman, Silvano Porto Pereira, José Luis Sánchez Lizaso | |
| 97 | Improved performance of vacuum membrane distillation process Suhaib M. Alawad, Atia E. Khalifa | |
| 98 | Effect of active control of tightening forces on the behavior of electrodialyzers Jan Tomek, Natália Václavíková | |
| 100 | Structural and characterization assessment of clay ceramic water filter materials from locations near to the Thar Desert in India S. Duhan, S. Gupta, A.K. Agrawal, A.K. Plappally | |
| 123 | Plastic problems of reverse osmosis А.V. Tyvonenko, S.L. Vasilyuk, Т.Ye. Mitchenko | |
| 128 | A numerical analysis of the electromagnetic field effect on direct contact membrane distillation performance Kabbir Ali, Ahmad A. Alwan, Emad Alhseinat, Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan Ali | |
| 191 | Cellulose acetate/nano-zinc oxide bio-composites: the functional and antibacterial characteristics Ibrahim O. Althobaiti | |
| 193 | New methodology for calculating the production of biogas in livestock wastewater treatment systems Tania Garcia-Ramirez, Alejandro Ramos-Martin, Saulo Brito-Espino, Carlos Mendieta, Nicolau Chirinza Rafael Penicela, Francisco Javier Marrero Ponce, F.A. Leon-Zerpa | |
| 194 | Study for the evaluation of the processes of reuse and recycling of reverse osmosis components and membranes in the Canary Islands and Macaronesia F.A. Leon-Zerpa, B. Peñate-Suarez, F.J. Roo-Filgueira, J.A. De La Fuente-Bencomo, A. Ramos-Martin, T. Tavares | |
| 197 | Implementation and design of an electrical characterization system for membrane capacitive deionization units in water treatment, with teaching purpose F.A. Leon-Zerpa, J.J. Santana-Rodriguez, A. Ramos-Martin, C.A. Mendieta-Pino, V. Henriquez-Concepcion | |
| 198 | Design, research, and development of surface tension equipment with teaching purpose F.A. Leon-Zerpa, T. Garcia, C.A. Mendieta-Pino, A. Ramos-Martin |
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