membrane distillation system

Xingang Guo

Xingang is an MS /Ph . D . student in Electrical Engineering department within CEMSE division at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. He also hold s a B.Sc. from Northeastern University. His research interests are in the area of estimation and optimal control of nonlinear differential algebraic equations and nonlinear dynamical systems with applications in both membrane distillation desalination and wastewater treatment plants. My research activities are mainly around optimal controller design. For example, a fractional order PID (FOPID) controller was designed for a laser beam

Noreddine Ghaffour

The current desalination technologies are energy-intensive compared to the thermodynamic limits, despite recent technical improvements. Furthermore, membrane technology development is hampered by low recovery and membrane (bio)fouling. My research work focuses on: i) reducing the cost and energy requirements of desalination for water supply sustainability; ii) improving the performance of the existing desalination technologies; iii) development of chemical-free membrane cleaning techniques; iv) digitalization of desalination systems for early (bio)fouling detection; and v) developing innovative energy-efficient desalination processes which could be driven by low-grade renewable energy in an integrated system.