| Technical Sessions |
PRESENTED BY |
| “RTR Desalination Plant: A Journey to Operational Excellence” |
Sanad Beaiji, Saudi Aramco |
| “Versatile Tertiary Filtration Solutions for Water and Wastewater Treatment” |
Toby Sedgwick, Alfa Laval |
| “A Novel Approach in Estimating and Managing the Groundwater Resources in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” |
Dr. Martin Keller,
Ministry of Environment, Water & Agriculture |
| “Desalination in Saudi Arabia: Changing the Game” |
Mohammed Al-Dhafiri,
Advanced Water Technology Company |
| “Upgrading Conventional Activated Sludge with Innovative MABR” |
Majd Hamdallah,
GE Water & Process Technologies |
| “How Best Management Practices Reduce the Impact of Unconventional Gas Development in Water Resources” |
Dr. Mansor Kashir,
Saudi Aramco |
| “Improvement of Multi-Effect Desalination Systems: Optimizing the Use of Vapor Compression” |
Prof. Mohammed Antar,
KFUPM |
| “Ammonia Nitrogen Monitor HC-200NH” |
Kinta Sekiguchi,
HORIBA Company |
| “The Safe and Secure Application of Modern Plastic Piping Systems for Water and Wastewater” |
Mark Jarrett, Georg
Fischer Piping Systems |
| “Desalination MSF Unit in Jeddah Refinery |
Muhammad W. Riaz,
Saudi Aramco |
| “Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Followed by Reverse Osmosis Filtration: A Novel Solution for Resource Recovery in Food Industry Wastewater” |
Petr Horeck, Veolia Company
Veolia Company |
| “A Field Study Evaluating the Delivery and Performance of Injected Liquid Activated Carbon for Remediation of Groundwater” |
Rick McGregor,
Institute Remediation Services |
| “Evaluation of a Chlorine Dioxide (ClO2) Generation System for the Disinfection of RO Product Water at the SWCC Jubail Plant” |
Dr. Mohammed Mahmoodur Rahman,
SWCC |
| “Integrated UF + RO Application in Chemical Wastewater Reuse” |
Safiya Alsogair,
Dow Saudi Arabia |
| “Solar Water Purifier” |
Norah Alquwaie,
Newcastle University |
| “Restoring Design Production Capacity of the RTR MSF” |
Hassan Abu Al-Saud,
Saudi Aramco |
| “JAZAN IGCC Wastewater System for Sustainable Industrial Reuse” |
Ali Salman Al-Wadani,
Saudi Aramco |
| “Pump Energy Saving” |
Hideki Kanno,
EBARA Company |
| “A Study and Demonstration of High Temperature MED-TVC Desalination Technology in the Gulf Area” |
Younggeun Lee,
Doosan Water R&D Center |
| Technical Sessions |
PRESENTED BY |
| “The Effect of Source Water Quality and Chlorination on Biofouling in SWCC Seawater Reverse Osmosis Plants” |
Troy N. Green,
SWCC |
| “Membrane Bioreactor for Industrial Applications” |
Hiroki Toyohara,
Toray Industries |
| “Water Conservation Through In-Plant Source Water Utilization” |
Vilas S. Koleshwar, Ayedh K. Al-Hajri and Kamarul A. Amminudin,
Saudi Aramco |
| “A New Non-Phosphorous Corrosion Inhibitor for Low or Zero Hardness Water” |
Sid Dunn, Baker
Hughes Company |
| “The Use of Palm Tree Fiber Waste as a Solid Adsorbent for Methylene Blue Dye” |
Basma G. Alhogbi,
King Abdulaziz University |
| “Ceramic Membrane Ultrafiltration Enables Cost Effective Produced Water Reuse” |
Andrea Larson,
Siemens Water Solutions |
| “Membrane Distillation for Water Desalination: Air Gap and Water Gap Modules” |
Dr. Atia E. Khalifa,
KFUPM |
| “Optimizing the Use of Renewable Water with Energy Saving Wastewater Reclamation System with Membrane Technology” |
Hiromichi Ishino,
Kobelco Eco-Solutions |
| “Removing Problematic Sulphates from Abundantly Available Seawater to Boost Oil Recovery Operations” |
Nauman Rashid,
GE Water & Process Technologies |
| “Forward Osmosis Systems for Sea Water Desalination” |
Mr. Nobu Iwata, JFE Engineering |
| “Debottlenecking Water-Oil Separation to Increase Water Flow Rates in Mature Oil Fields” |
Dr. Maher M. Shariff,
Saudi Aramco |
| “Optimizing Performance in Industrial Cooling Water Systems using Treated Water as Makeup” |
Dr. Paul Beattie,
Nalco |
| “Feasibility of Small Scale Solar Powered RO Desalination for Brackish and Saline Groundwater in Arid Regions: Abu Dhabi Case Study” |
Mohamed A. Dawoud,
Abu Dhabi Environment Agency |
| “The Removal of Carcinogenic VOCs at the Sub-Micron Level with Low Profile Air Stripping” |
Dr. Ziyad Ahmed,
Saudi Aramco |
| “Innovative Hybrid Ion Exchange-Nanofiltration Membrane Process for Water Desalination” |
Dr. Hasan Al Abdulgader,
NOMAC |
| “The Innovative Energy Efficient Seawater Desalination RO System with Advanced Technologies: “Mega-ton Water System” |
Yoshinari Fusaoka,
Toray Industries |
| “Abrasion Resistant Ultrafiltration Membrane Enables Refinery Wastewater Reuse” |
Chad Felch,
Siemens Water Solutions |
| “Air Gap Membrane Distillation: A Future Trend in Desalination Process” |
Dr. Habis AlZoubi,
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University |
| “Successful Long-Term Operation Results of a Seawater RO Plant Using Hollow-Fiber Type CTA-RO Membrane Modules” |
Yuki Miura,
TOYOBO Company |
| “Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Options for Commercial and Residential Buildings” |
Dr. Shamim Shaukat Khan and Dr. Shifana Fatima Kaafil, Dar Al Hekma University |
| “Water Safety Plan” |
Mohammad Y. Al-Yagout and Abdullah A. Al-Ammar, Saudi Aramco |
