Keynote speaker: Dr Hashemifard

Keynote speaker: Dr Hashemifard

Keynote speaker: as a keynote speaker a speech was given on “the potential of Dunaliella salina microalgae to treat shrimp pond wastewater in a PAN/GO membrane bioreactor”, on December 22nd, 2022 in the 4th conference of OGPC2022 Persian Gulf University, Iran, Bushehr.

visiting of Gas refinery Fajr-e-Jam of the Membrane Research laboratory of Persian Gulf University

visiting of Gas refinery Fajr-e-Jam of the Membrane Research laboratory of Persian Gulf University

On Dec. 21st , 2022 Dr. Sayadi (Head of Research and Technology of SPGC), Dr. Puladi (research deputy), and Eng. Taheri (Head of the process in Gas refinery Fajr-e-Jam) visited the Membrane Research laboratory of Persian Gulf University. then and discussed the potential of SMTRG and the possibility of visiting the SPGC and defining research projects to solve the current process issues stressing environmental problems.

best research group in Water Research Institute

best research group in Water Research Institute

It was an outstanding achievement for Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG) researchers when they won the Excellence award of the best research group in Water Research Institute of Persian Gulf University, on 14th December 2022.

 

Final report of the project on the Nowruz oilfield produced water treatment

The project entitled “Feasibility and conceptual studies to eliminate bottlenecks in the industrial wastewater treatment system of Nowruz oilfield” was submitted to SMTRG for 6 months as a package of the Nowruz oilfield megaproject from early April 2021 for 6 months. In this project, Dr. M. Abbasi, A. Khosravi and S. A. Hashemifard along with their students worked on this project tirelessly and continuously. The purpose of diagnostics was to find the challenges and shortcomings of the oilfield water treatment process and finally to provide possible scenarios to overcome the existing bottlenecks in the produced water treatment system. Environmental requirements on the one hand and the possibility of reusing this water on the other hand led to the definition of this project. The team seriously put the issue on its agenda until the final work report was presented on late October this year at the Central Offshore Oil Headquarters of the National Iranian Oil Company after several step-by-step reports. In this report, three scenarios were presented, each consisting of several measures to solve the problems and challenges. Fortunately, the final report was approved by the authorities.

Participation of SMTRG in the Persian Gulf Water Desalination Project funded by the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.

Hydro Desal

The University of Johannes Gutenberg Mainz (JGU) is conducting an international research project to desalinate the Persian Gulf. The aim of this project is to improve water security in the Middle East. Teams from the University of Mainz, led by Professor Sebastian Seiffert from JGU and Professor Michael Maskos, also from JGU and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Microengineering and Microsystems IMM, will participate in the BMBF project. Also, three partners from Iran and Iraq will cooperate in this project. Dr. Seyed Abdollatif Hashemifard from Sustainable Membrane Technology Research Group (SMTRG), Persian Gulf University (PGU) will participate in this project. In this project, temperature-sensitive polymer will be used to convert Persian Gulf Sea water into fresh water to supply water to remote areas. This process is energy independent and will be easily supplied by changing the day and night. The project will be carried out in two main phases: the first phase will focus on the development of optimized hydrogels and the synthesis of new membranes. In the second stage, a laboratory desalination setup is designed and built using the developed parts of the previous stage. The responsibility of this part of the project will be on the team of Dr. Hashemifard from SMTRG. Dr. Hashemifard is a member of the faculty of Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Engineering (FPGPE) of PGU and the head of  SMTRG. This research group will be involved in the synthesis of direct osmosis membranes and the design and operation of a laboratory system. According to the forecasts, the device will be installed on the western campus of the university on the shores of the Persian Gulf, which is accounted as a turning point. During this three-year project, the exchange of doctoral and post-doctoral students, as well as the presence of researchers from both sides is foreseen. Therefore, considering the extensive physical knowledge of German researchers about the physical chemistry of polymer networks and thermal hydrogels, as well as the good experiences of researchers in Iran and Iraq in the field of direct osmosis technology, it is hoped that significant development will occur in this field.