Jeddah
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
S UNDAY
D ECEMBER 02, 2012
IDA
TERM : 15
By :
Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh

Dr. Abdullah
Al-Alshaikh
Chairman
Deputy Governor for Planning & Development,
SWCC
Dr. Ahmad
S. Alarifi
Member
GM of
Advisory Unit,
SWCC
Dr. Gary
L. Amy
Member
Director,
Water
Desalination and Reuse
Research Center,
KAUST
Mr.
Harry Seah
Member
Director
Technology and Water
Quality Office
Public
Utilities Board
Singapore
Dr. Richard
Stover
Member
Executive
Vice
President
-
Desalitech, Ltd
USA
Eng. Fahad
Almuhaiziee
Member
Manager of
Corporate
Performance
SWCC
Eng. Alwaleed
Alsheikh
Coordinator
GM of
Internal
Communications
&
Knowledge
Management,
SWCC
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Jeddah – Saudi Arabia
Hilton Hotel
Issues discussed & closed :
1. Goals and objectives:
Goal and objectives of the committee were reviewed and linked to the committee's Strategic Plan.
2. Actions needed to implement the committee's Strategic Plan.
3. Members of the committee agreed to visit (DAW) Research Centre in Spain during EDS Conference & Exhibition 2012
(April 23–26, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain).
4. The 2 nd R&D Committee meeting will be during SIWW 2012 in Singapore.
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Singapore
Marina Bay Sands Convention Center MR 3510
Issues discussed and closed:
1. The launch of the R&D website.
2. Coordination to visit research centers in Doha and Abu Dhabi.
3. Suggested to have one session on new innovation technology in water desalination during the IDA conference in China and letting R&D committee members and participants for voting to judge the best technology during the session.
4. Suggested to translate recently issued booklet by IDA (Desalination at a
Glance) in Arabic and other languages.
5. The 3rd R&D Committee meeting will be during SWPF 2012 in Jeddah.
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Committee’s visit to
Doha, Qatar
October 7 – 10, 2012
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Committee’s visit to
Doha, Qatar
October 7 – 10, 2012
ConocoPhillips Global Water Sustainability Center (GWSC)
ConocoPhillips is a major oil and gas company with headquarters in
Houston, Texas. ConocoPhillips, the major oil and Gas Company, established the GWSC at Qatar Science & Technology Park with the aim to develop innovative and cost-effective treatment technologies for the treatment of petroleum by-product water, as well as other projects relating to industrial and municipal water sustainability. The GWSC facility includes offices, state of the art analytical laboratories, advanced bench-scale testing equipment and a Visitor Center. Through their Visitor Center (see photo), the GWSC plays an active role in community education about water sources and need for water conservation. They are currently focusing on Reverse
Osmosis (RO) & Membrane Distillation (MD) at the bench/pilot-scale where they have made a significant investment in MD development and testing over the past 2 years. The GWSC have also procured 2 MD pilot units (see photo) and are testing them on various feedwaters, including thermal brine from a thermal desalination plant in Doha.
Qatar Environment & Energy Research Institute (QEERI)
QEERI is a government funded research organization set up about 18 months ago at Qatar Foundation (QF). They have ambitious plans and have identified solar powered RO as one focus area to promote in Qatar. Labs have not been built yet.
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Committee’s visit to
Doha, Qatar
October 7 – 10, 2012
Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP)
QF has identified three “pillars” essential to transform Qatar to a modern knowledge-based economy: Education, Research and Development & Community
Development. The “Education” is provided primarily through a variety of campuses setup by well-respected international Universities including Weill
Cornell Medical, Texas A&M, Carnegie Mellon, & Northwestern on one site, the
Hamad Bin Khalifa University. The “R&D” pillar includes QSTP where multinational companies (including the ConocoPhillips GWSC) have been invited to conduct research here. QEERI is also within this “R&D” pillar of QF. The community development activities involve social needs, cultural heritage organizations, and/or events targeted a fostering a progressive society (e.g. career fair).
Texas A & M University
The visit contained of a lab tour led by one of the chemical engineering postdoctoral students. The labs included a wide range of analytical instruments and some pilot units. Treatability testing focused on precipitation and coagulation, enhanced oxidation and reverse osmosis technologies.
Network to communicate:
An agreement was made to hold a workshop and setting up a network of communication between high profile R&D centers in the region, such as (SWCC,
KAUST, GWSC, Masdar Centre of Excellence for water Technologies, KISR and others) with the ultimate objective of bringing together those organizations with common research interests to collaborate. The R&D centers shall gather and present summaries of their current research work related to innovation in desalination in late March 2013 in Saudi Arabia.
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Committee’s visit to
Doha, Qatar
October 7 – 10, 2012
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Committee’s visit to
Doha, Qatar
October 7 – 10, 2012
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Committee’s visit to
Doha, Qatar
October 7 – 10, 2012
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Committee’s visit to
Doha, Qatar
October 7 – 10, 2012
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Committee’s
Next
Meetings
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During
Saudi Water & Power Forum, SWPF 2012
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Jeddah
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
S UNDAY
D ECEMBER 02, 2012
Research &
Development
Committee
By :
Dr. Abdullah Al-Alshaikh

Increase the number of R&D centers joining
IDA.
1 2
Increase the number of clients seeking
R&D services & consultation.
Increase customer satisfaction with the services provided.
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Increase direct facilitation of R&D project support.
Increase direct financial R&D project support.

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Jeddah
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Hilton Hotel
Issues discussed & closed :
1. Goals and objectives:
Goal and objectives of the committee were reviewed and linked to the committee's Strategic Plan.
2. Actions needed to implement the committee's Strategic Plan.
3. Members of the committee agreed to visit (DAW) Research Centre in Spain during EDS Conference & Exhibition 2012
(April 23 – 26, 2012 in Barcelona, Spain).
4. The 2 nd R&D Committee meeting will be during SIWW 2012 in Singapore.
2011
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Singapore
Marina Bay Sands Convention Center MR 3510
Issues discussed and closed:
1. The launch of the R&D website.
2. Coordination to visit research centers in Doha and Abu Dhabi.
3. Suggested to have one session on new innovation technology in water desalination during the IDA conference in China and letting R&D committee members and participants for voting to judge the best technology during the session.
4. Suggested to translate recently issued booklet by IDA (Desalination at a
Glance) in Arabic and other languages.
5. The 3rd R&D Committee meeting will be during SWPF 2012 in Jeddah.
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Chairman
Deputy Governor for Planning & Development,
SWCC
Dr. Ahmad
S. Alarifi
Member
GM of
Advisory Unit,
SWCC
Dr. Gary
L. Amy
Member
Director,
Water
Desalination and Reuse
Research Center,
KAUST
Mr.
Harry Seah
Member
Director
Technology and Water
Quality Office
Public
Utilities Board
Singapore
Dr. Richard
Stover
Member
Executive
Vice
President
-
Desalitech, Ltd
USA
Eng. Fahad
Almuhaiziee
Member
Manager of
Corporate
Performance
SWCC
Eng. Alwaleed
Alsheikh
Coordinator
GM of
Internal
Communications
&
Knowledge
Management,
SWCC

Technology 1 2
Membrane
Distillation
Functionalised/
Mixed Matrix
Membranes
High
Permeability
Membranes
Membrane
Fouling Control
Demonstration testing
1. Membrane flux
2. Energy consumption
3. O&M protocols
4. New plant design
5. Retrofitting to waste heat source
Process enhancement:
1. TiO2 nanofiber crystallite study
2. Oxidation studies with real
NEWater
Laboratory prototype:
1. - Reactor design and evaluation of cost-life analysis
Process enhancement:
1. Extensive salt rejection study of electrospun nanofibers
2. Practicability study
Process development:
1. Hydrodynamic control
2. Ultrasound cavitations
3. Microbial signaling inhibition
Process enhancement:
1. Prototypes development
2. Energy efficiency study
Field testing:
1.
Scaling up of prototype for fouling control in real plant
Status Report
Year
3
6
4

Current
3.5 kWh/m 3
Short-term
< 1.5 kWh/m 3
3
Long- term
0.75 kWh/m 3
Breakthrough
R&D
A
Biomimetic
Membranes
Inspiration from
Human Kidney
Model Fish:
• Tilapia
• Climbing Perch
B
Biomimicry of Natural
Desalination
Processes
Fresh Water
Na+, Cl-
H
2
O
Gills
Gut
Na+, Cl-
1 mOsm
Na+, Cl-
300 mOsm
High Vol
Low Na+, Cl-
There is also immense potential uncovering unique desalination mechanisms in natural biological systems whereby plants such as mangroves and marine fishes.
Ingest
SW
Seawater
H
2
O
Na+, Cl-
Gills
Gut
Na+, Cl-,H
2
O
1000 mOsm
Na+, Cl-, H
2
O
400 mOsm
Na+, Cl-
Low Vol
Isotonic Na+, Cl-
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