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Noreddine Ghaffour
Researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Publications - 244
Citations - 10590
Noreddine Ghaffour is an academic researcher from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Desalination & Membrane distillation. The author has an hindex of 47, co-authored 204 publications receiving 7503 citations. Previous affiliations of Noreddine Ghaffour include Alfaisal University & University of Science and Technology.
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Technical review and evaluation of the economics of water desalination: Current and future challenges for better water supply sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a cost analysis of the reverse osmosis process and the main parameters influencing the total water cost produced by different desalination technologies, including capital and operating costs, as well as local incentives or subsidies.
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Membrane-based seawater desalination: Present and future prospects
Gary L. Amy,Gary L. Amy,Gary L. Amy,Noreddine Ghaffour,Zhenyu Li,Lijo Francis,Rodrigo Valladares Linares,Thomas M. Missimer,Sabine Lattemann +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the state-of-the-art in present seawater desalination practice, emphasizing membrane-based technologies, was explored, while identifying future opportunities in step improvements to conventional technologies and development of emerging, potentially disruptive, technologies through advances in material science, process engineering, and system integration.
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Renewable energy-driven desalination technologies: A comprehensive review on challenges and potential applications of integrated systems
TL;DR: In this paper, an integrated approach in using renewable energy (RE) driven with an emphasis on solar and geothermal desalination technologies is presented and an assessment of the benefits of these technologies and their limitations are also discussed.
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Renewable energy-driven innovative energy-efficient desalination technologies
Noreddine Ghaffour,Sabine Lattemann,Thomas M. Missimer,Kim Choon Ng,Kim Choon Ng,Shahnawaz Sinha,Gary Amy +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an ad-sorption desalination (AD) and membrane distillation (MD) process can be driven by waste heat, geothermal or solar energy.
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Overview of the cost of desalinated water and costing methodologies
K.V. Reddy,Noreddine Ghaffour +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of the trends in desalination costs for major Desalination technologies like Multi Stage Flash, Multi Effect Distillation and Reverse Osmosis and review of costing methodologies.