Qatar Foundation Annual Research Forum Volume 2013 Issue 1

Methane steam reforming is a carbon-intensive process with high energy requirements. The addition of a CO2 sorbent in the reformer has been proposed as an alternative process to reduce heat demands (since the carbonation reaction is exothermic) and at the same time capture CO2, drive the thermodynamic equilibrium and obtain high-purity hydrogen. In a QNRF funded project, AUTH and TAMUQ are investigating sor Read More

The rejection efficiency of boron by RO membranes is poor, especially when a large proportion of boron in feedwater exists as uncharged boric acid which can diffuse through most of the available RO membranes.1,2 Among the methods suggested for boron removal from water and wastewater, adsorption is a very useful and economical technique. Magnetic adsorbents containing chelating precursors that are selecti Read More

Pollution, due to activities related to the oil industry, represents a serious threat to the natural environment. The application of biotechnological methods provides much safer and sustainable alternatives for bioremediation of polluted areas, using microorganisms. Several techniques for the isolation of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria have been investigated and published worldwide. A wide range of biological activities was s Read More

Migration of phthalates into bottled water

Reactive Nanoparticle-Supported Dead-End Flow Ultrafiltration for Removal of Mercury from Water: Effect of Solution Composition

Anchu Ashok*, Arya Arackal, George Jacob, Gargi Raina Centre for Nanotechnology Research, VIT University, Vellore, India - 632014 * anchuashok@gmail.com Keywords: Surface Plasmon, Localization, Propagating surface plasmon, Coupling. Surface Plasmons (SPs) are collective electron oscillations at metal dielectric interface. They are often categorized into localized surface plasmon resonance and propagating Read More

I. INTRODUCTION The utility-scale Photovoltaic (PV) system experienced a tremendous growth to satisfy the fast increase of world's power demand. Nowadays, focus has been placed on innovative and cheap inverter solutions and system configurations. Among them, The Cascaded Multi-level Inverter (CMI) structure is more preferable to reach utility-scale power ratings and medium-voltage levels due to transformer Read More

Vehicles at Qatar university road networks are subject to pass through multiple roundabouts and intersections in order to reach their destination. Since the traffic volume is relatively low, unsignalized controlled intersections are used to regulate the flow of vehicles (sign-controlled) .T shaped intersections and multiple lane roundabouts are utilized throughout Qatar University closed loop system. This study has been conducted Read More

Meeaad Y. Al-Jassim1, Noof M. Al-Korbi1, Fatima A. Al-Naemi1 1Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar The mycobiota of soil was investigated in ninety soil samples collected from three different localities in Qatar, biology field2, biology field 3 and University farm. Biology field 2 and biology field 3 are located at longitude and latitude 549350.32 M.E and 286 Read More