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Application of eggplant peels powder for the removal of oil from produced water
Gulistan, Abdul Sami; Ibrahim, Taleb; Khamis, Mustafa; Elsayed, Yehya (Taylor & Francis, 2016)The removal efficiency of oil from simulated samples of produced water (SPW) was studied using a low-cost adsorbent eggplant peel powder (EPP). The effects of pH, adsorbent dosage, contact time, and temperature on the ... -
Diazepam stability in wastewater and removal by advanced membrane technology, activated carbon, and micelle-clay complex
Sulaiman, Saleh; Khamis, Mustafa; Nir, Shlomo; scrano, laura; Bufo, Sabino A.; Karaman, Rafik (2016)Stability and removal of the anti-anxiety drug diazepam (valium) from spiked wastewater samples were studied. An advanced wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), utilizing ultrafiltration (UF), activated charcoal (AC), and ... -
Efficiency of Advanced Membrane Wastewater Treatment Plant towards Removal of Aspirin, Salicylic Acid, Paracetamol and p-Aminophenol
Khamis, Mustafa; Karaman, Rafik; Ayyash, Fatima; Qtait, Alaa; Deeb, O.; Manassra, Adnan (2011-01)The efficiency of membrane separation technology for wastewater treatment was employed to check its efficiency in removing pharmaceuticals, their degradation products and their metabolites from wastewater. Aspirin and ... -
Efficiency of advanced wastewater treatment plant system and laboratory-scale micelle-clay filtration for the removal of ibuprofen residues.
Khalaf, Samir; Al-Rimawi, Fuad; Khamis, Mustafa; Zimmerman, D.; Shuali, U.; Nir, Shlomo; scrano, laura; Bufo, Sabino A.; Karaman, Rafik (2013)The efficiency of Al-Quds Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP), which includes sequential elements as activated sludge, ultrafiltration, activated carbon column and reverse osmosis, to remove spiked ibuprofen, a non steroid ... -
Efficiency of membrane technology, activated charcoal, and a micelle-clay complex for removal of the acidic pharmaceutical mefenamic acid.
Khalaf, Samir; Al-Rimawi, Fuad; Khamis, Mustafa; Nir, Shlomo; Bufo, Sabino A.; scrano, laura; Mecca, Gennaro; Karaman, Rafik (2013-08)The efficiency of sequential advanced membrane technology wastewater treatment plant towards removal of a widely used non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) mefenamic acid was investigated. The sequential system included ... -
Inland Treatment of the Brine Generated from Reverse Osmosis Advanced Membrane Wastewater Treatment Plant Using Epuvalisation System
Qurie, Mohannad; Abbadi, Jehad; scrano, laura; Mecca, Gennaro; Bufo, Sabino A.; Khamis, Mustafa; Karaman, Rafik (2013-07)The reverse osmosis (RO) brine generated from the Al-Quds University wastewater treatment plant was treated using an epuvalisation system. The advanced integrated wastewater treatment plant included an activated sludge ... -
Microbial Removal from Secondary Treated Wastewater Using a Hybrid System of Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis
Abbadi, Jehad; Saleh, Rinad; Nusseibeh, Sameh; Qurie, Mohannad; Khamis, Mustafa; Karaman, Rafik; scrano, laura; Bufo, Sabino A. (2012-07)The efficiency of advanced membranes towards removal of general and specific microbes from wastewater was investigated. The treatment included a subsequent system of activated sludge, ultrafiltration (hollow fibre membranes ... -
Novel method for water purification using activated adsorbents developed from sewage sludge
Elsayed, Yehya; Khamis, Mustafa; Samara, Fatin; Alqaydi, Maitha; Sara, Ziad; Al Zubaidi, Isam; Mortula, Maruf (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Sewage sludge from Dubai was characterized using inductively coupled plasma and CHN elemental analysis. Selected sludge samples were washed with deionized water until constant conductivity was achieved. The sludge samples ... -
Performance of Micelle-Clay Filters for Removing Pollutants and Bacteria from Tertiary Treated Wastewater
Khamis, Mustafa; Karaman, Rafik; Qurie, Mohannad; Nusseibeh, Sameh; Abbadi, Jehad; Manassra, Adnan; Nir, Shlomo (2012-02)Filters filled with a micelle-clay complex mixed with sand were employed to investigate their purification capability of tertiary treated wastewater with loose UF-membranes. The UF membrane was hollow fiber with a molecular ... -
Produced Water Treatment Using Naturally Abundant Pomegranate Peel
Ibrahim, Taleb; Gulistan, Abdul Sami; Khamis, Mustafa; Ahmed, Hussain; Aidan, Ahmed (Taylor & Francis, 2016)Pomegranate peel powder (PPP) was employed as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of crude oil from simulated produced water (SPW). The effect of contact time, adsorbent dosage, pH, as well as temperature on the efficiency ... -
Produced water treatment using olive leaves
Ibrahim, Taleb; Sabri, Muhammad Ashraf; Khamis, Mustafa; Elsayed, Yehya; Sara, Ziad; Hafiz, Baraa (Desalination Publications, 2017-01)Olive leaves powder (OLP) was employed as a low cost adsorbent for the removal of hexane extractable crude oil from simulated produced water. The effect of contact time, adsorbent dosage, pH, salinity as well as temperature ... -
Removal of benzo (a) anthracene from water using a novel UAE sludge-based activated adsorbent
Samara, Fatin; Khamis, Mustafa; Sara, Ziad; Elsayed, Yehya (Desalination Publications, 2017-12)A new adsorbent material from sewage sludge of relatively high surface area (2,230 m2/g) was prepared by carbonization and chemical activation using steam at controlled semi-static conditions. The pore size distributions ... -
Removal of chromium by continuous flow using wool packed columns
Manassra, Adnan; Khamis, Mustafa; Ihmied, T.; El-Dakiky, M. (2010-01)Wool was utilized for the removal of Cr from aqueous solution. The wool fibers exhibited selective removal of Cr(VI) at pH 1.0. Breakthrough curves showed that wool can absorb Cr(VI) up to the maximum range studied (600 ... -
Removal of Cr(VI) from Aqueous Environments Using Micelle-Clay Adsorption
Qurie, Mohannad; Khamis, Mustafa; Manassra, Adnan; Ayyad, Ibrahim; Nir, Shlomo; Scrano, Laura; Bufo, Sabino A.; Karamam, Rafik (2013-12)Removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solutions under different conditions was investigated using either clay (montmorillonite) or micelle-clay complex, the last obtained by adsorbing critical micelle concentration of ... -
Removal of diclofenac potassium from wastewater using clay-micelle complex
Karaman, Rafik; Khamis, Mustafa; Qurie, Mohannad; Halabieh, Rawan; Makharzeh, Iman; Manassra, Adnan; Abbadi, Jehad; Qtait, Alaa; Bufo, Sabino A.; Nasser, Ahmed; Nir, Shlomo (2012-06)The presence of an ionized carboxyl group in the widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) drug diclofenacpotassium results in a high mobility of diclofenac and in its low sorption under conditions of slow sand ... -
Removal of lead (II) ions from Aqueous Solution using Eggplant Peels Activated Charcoal
Ibrahim, Taleb; Babar, Zaeem; Khamis, Mustafa (Taylor & Francis, 2015-01)The eggplant peel activated charcoal (EPPAC) was investigated as an adsorbent for the removal of lead II ions from aqueous solution. Three methods were tested for the production of eggplant peel activated charcoal (EPPAC) ... -
Removal of lead ions from wastewater using multi walled carbon nanotubes modified with sodium lauryl sulfate
Suliman, Malaz; Ibrahim, Taleb; Jumean, Fawwaz; Khamis, Mustafa; Sabri, Muhammad Ashraf (Desalination Publications, 2017-12)Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) modified with sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) were synthe-sized, characterized and successfully used for the removal of Pb2+ from aqueous solutions. Adsorp-tion results revealed that this ... -
The Response of Chickpea to Irrigation with Treated Waste Water
Hadad, Marwan; Khamis, Mustafa; Dakiky, Majid; Manassra, Adnan; Qurie, Mohannad; Karaman, Rafik (2013-09)In a three-year study, the response of four cultivars of chickpea, Bulgarit, WIR-32, Jordan and ICC 11293 to irrigation with TW (treated wastewater) and FW (freshwater), using surface and subsurface drip irrigation was ... -
Stability and removal of dexamethasone sodium phosphate from wastewater using modified clays.
Khamis, Mustafa; Nir, Shlomo; scrano, laura; Bufo, Sabino A.; Karaman, Rafik; Sulaiman, Saleh; Lelario, Filomena (2014-08)Stability and removal of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (DSP) from wastewater produced at Al-Quds University Campus were investigated. Kinetic studies in both pure water and wastewater coming from secondary treatment ... -
Stability and Removal of Naproxen and Its Metabolite by Advanced Membrane Wastewater Treatment Plant and Micelle-Clay Complex
Qurie, Mohannad; Khamis, Mustafa; Malek, Fida; Nir, Shlomo; Bufo, Sabino A.; scrano, laura; Karaman, Rafik; Abbadi, Jehad (2014-05)Naproxen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, commonly used for fever, inflammation and for different health problems, as found for many pharmaceuticals has been recently detected in sewage effluents, surface, and ...