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Qatar Foundation Annual Research Conference Proceedings Volume 2018 Issue 1
- Conference date: 19-20 Mar 2018
- Location: Qatar National Convention Center (QNCC), Doha, Qatar
- Volume number: 2018
- Published: 12 March 2018
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Impacts of DFIG Reactive Power/Voltage Control on Power System Oscillations through Mode Coupling
Authors: Wenzong Wang and Garng HuangIntegration of converter-control based renewable generators (CCBGs) into power systems introduces new dynamics and influences system stability. One particular concern is its impact on power system oscillations. Among different types of CCBGs, doubly-fed induction generators (DFIGs) have attracted the most attention. Reference [1]–[3] use the DFIG model with detailed control loops developed by General Electric (GE) and st Read More
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Improve the production of two Qatari date palm cultivars ShiShy and Lulu for food security
More LessThe response of plant tissue to standard growth media varies widely due to the genetic diversity of the plant cultivars studied. The objective of this research was to determine the effects of micronutrients on date palm growth and which of these micronutrients are critical for improving growth combined with Paclobutrazol or without on in vitro of elongation stage. In vitro growth of two cultivars was determined by varying five tr Read More
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Initial Results from a Study on Greywater Reuse in Qatar: Economic Benefits and Public Opinions
Authors: Jordan M. Lee and Dr. Laurent A. LambertDue to low annual rainfall and depleted groundwater resources, Qatar relies on expensive and energy-intensive desalination and retreatment plants to meet its growing water demand. With a high consumption rate of 557 liters/day/inhabitant, the cost of desalinating, transporting, and retreating water represents an unnecessarily large financial burden for the state. The Tarsheed national awareness campaign and tariff i Read More
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An Integrated Approach for Enhancing Food Safety in Qatar
This study was carried out to assess hygiene conditions, food handling practices, food safety knowledge of food service providers (FSPs), and the microbial quality of food served in different food service establishments in Doha. Fifty-three FSPs were randomly selected among 200 FSPs. Face-to-face interviews with the food safety managers at each participating FSP were conducted using a survey consisting of 40-questions (dem Read More
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A Behavioral Approach to Food Waste Issue in Qatar
Introduction: Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) defines food security as stable access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. Food waste is a global and complex problem that affects each of three pillars of sustainable development: environment, economic, and social (FAO, 2013). Food loss is defined as the decrease in quantity or quality of food, whereas food waste is the removal from the food supply chain of food whic Read More
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Isolation of Qatari bacterial bioagents that have unique characters from date palm environment
Authors: ALI El Kharbotly, Noha El Badawy, Marwa Saadaoui, Mohammed Hassanein and Masoud Al-MarriIdentification of biological agents which is thermo- tolerance is a key success for biological control in the arid regions such as Arabian Peninsula. Date palm is one of the indigenous plants in this region. It can tolerate high temperature and survive the drought. It is expected that microbial communities associated with date palms would have similar characters. It would be reasonable to search for bio-agents from such micr Read More
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Establishment of an Efficient in Vitro Regeneration Protocol for Mass Propagation via organogenesis of Endangered Plant Rhanterium epapposum in Qatar
Authors: Fatima hassan Ibrahim, Maha Talib Alhenzab and amira Omer ElbadawiWild plants make an important contribution to the life of localcommunities. Endangered plant species like Rhanterium epapposum olive (Arfaj) were micropropogated through tissue culture technique in order toprotect them from extinction and conserving Biodiversity in Qatar. Agriculture Research Department (ARD) has developed anefficient protocol for rapid and large scale in vitro propagation of the nativeannual plants Read More
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Directload control experiments and case studies in Qatar Foundation Community Housing
More LessEnergy security is one of the main national concerns, with population's growth and energy demand increase it becomes critical for countries to address the issue. Increasing energy production is extremely costly and could require investments to modify the power network infrastructure that is also expensive. Demand Side Management is a collection of methods and strategies that helps modifying the demand of consumers in Read More
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Reinforcement of copolyamide membranes for water treatment applications
Authors: Patrik Sobolciak, Aisha Tanvir, Anton Popelka, Mohamed Hassan, Khaled Mahmoud and Igor KrupaClean water is the key element for all living organisms to sustain life. However, due to the rapid industrialization and large increase in the population, the contamination of water resources is important issue occurred globally as well as locally here in Middle East region [[1]]. From past few decades, various techniques for treating the wastewater have been developed. Among others, filtration techniques are a commonly Read More
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Effects of Drill Mud and Drive Torque Sinusoidal Excitation on Drillstrings Lateral and Torsional StickSlip Vibrations
More LessOil and gas drilling companies spend around 20$ billion annually from which 15% is attributed to material and productive time losses. The most prevalent drilling problems are caused by the Bottom-Hole-Assembly failure which includes drill string and drill bit damage or fatigue failure. During normal operation, to achieve penetration that cannot be met by the drilling motor power section, the bit torque generates an increased Read More
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Efficient and fast separation of emulsified oil/water mixtures with a novel micro/nanofiber network membrane
By Zhaoyang LiuProduced water is one of the largest waste streams emanating from oil and gas industries. If inadequately treated, emulsified oil droplets contained in produced water will contaminate the environment and subsequently pose severe threat to human health. Removal of tiny emulsified oil droplets in produced water is very challenging. In this study, we demonstrated a new concept for constructing oil/water separating membranes Read More
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Edgefunctionalized graphene nanoplatelet towards energy storage application
Authors: Lagnamayee Mohapatra, Ahmed Sodiq, Fathima Fasmin, Belabbes A Merzougui and Rachid ZaffouWith the increased demand in energy resources, great efforts have been keen to develop advanced energy storage systems. A redox flow battery is a type of rechargeable battery where rechargablity provided by two chemical components dissolved in liquids and separated by a membrane. Energy is stored in the liquid electrolyte in external tanks, rather than in the battery cell. Flow batteries are technically similar to fuel cell Read More
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Epibenthic assemblages on vertical artificial substrates: recruitment and succession patterns in offshore Qatari waters
Artificial structures get introduced into the marine environment by accident (e.g., shipwrecks) or intentionally, for logistical (i.e., coastal protection), industrial (i.e., oil exploitation) or biological habitat enhancement (i.e., artificial reefs). Similarly to other types of man-made submerged structures, offshore oil and gas platforms provide adequate hard substratum for the development of sessile marine invertebrates and to increase h Read More
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A Systematic Approach for Designing Sustainable Industrial WaterEnergy Integration Network
Authors: Jamileh Fouladi and Patrick LinkeNatural resources face growing demands and constraints in many regions as a result of economic, population growth and climate change. Due to those changes, it is extremely essential to invest towards water and energy nexus integration technologies since integrated thinking and actions can led to achieving a sustainable development and global supply of water and energy. The water-energy nexus and integration has bee Read More
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Determination of the levels of Particulate Matter 25 and 10 and their elemental Composition in Qatar
Authors: Ahmad Ali Ahmadi, Perumal Balakrishnan, Konstantinos Kakosimos and Ipek GoktepeParticulate matter (PM) pollution is one of the major environmental pollution issues severely affecting human health and air quality all over the world. Based on the recent World Health Organization (WHO) report, PM levels were considered relatively high in Qatar. This might mainly be attributed to arid climate, but also due to rapid industrialization and urbanization as well as traffic. The literature on PM pollution and its Read More
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Distribution of the Endangered Haloxylon persicum Bunge ex Boiss &Buhse Ghada and conservation for food security In Qatar
More LessHaloxylon persicum Bunge ex Boiss &Buhse native and rare plant in the state of Qatar known as Ghada, Qadha, Rimth, it's endangered, high palatable species, a favored plant to stabilize sand dunes, conserve water and soil, prevent soil desertification, and improve environmental conditions. It's small tree or shrub to 3 m, trunk 10- 25 cm in girth; stem richly branched, glabrous; young branches slender, green; leav Read More
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Analysis of steam reforming of methane integrated with solar central receiver system
Authors: Haider Ali, Furqan Tahir, Maimoon Atif and Ahmer AB BalochSteam reforming is used for the production of hydrogen or other useful products from hydrocarbon fuels such as natural gas. Reforming is the process in which steam at high temperature reacts with the fossil fuel to form Syngas (CO+H2). The steam methane reformer is widely used in industry for the production of hydrogen. It has the advantage that the energy released from the combustion of hydrogen is almost four Read More
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Electrocatalytic properties of Pt nanoparticles grown on MXene surface
By Peter KasakElectrocatalytic properties of Pt nanoparticles grown on MXene surface Sifani Zavahira, Jaroslav Filipb, Khaled A. Mahmoudc, Jan Tkacd Peter Kasaka,* a Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713 Doha, Qatar bDepartment of Environmental Protection Engineering, Faculty of Technology, Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Vavreckova 275, 76001 Zlín, Czech Republic c Qatar Environment and Energy Resea Read More
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Production of biolubricant from renewable feedstocks from Qatar
Due to increase in environmental pollution and decline in petroleum reserves, there is an increase in the demands of developing alternative renewable bio-based products. Petroleum and lubricant manufacturing companies are searching for alternative renewable bio-based products since environmental protecting agencies, all over the world, are putting stringent environmental regulation in practice. Especially, there Read More
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تحسين كفاءة الطاقة للاجهزة المنزلية كثيفة الاستهلاك
More Lessنظرا لزيادة الاستثمارات و التطور الصناعي والتكنولوجي في عصرنا الحديث فقد ازداد الطلب على الطاقة الكهربائية لذا تقوم دول العالم سنويا بإنشاء العديد من محطات إنتاج الطاقة الكهربائية مما يؤدي بدوره الى زيادة الطلب على الوقود المستخدم لتشغيل محطات إنتاج الطاقة الكهربائية وهو ما يؤثر سلبا على صحة الأنسان والحيوان نتيجة انبعاث غاز ثاني اكسيد الكربون و الغازات الضارة الأخرى الملوثة البيئة والتي تعد أحد أكبر أسباب التغيرات المناخية والاحتباس الحراري. وتعتبر كفاءة الطاقة من أهم التحديات التقنية في عصر Read More
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