Dr. Ali Altaee is senior lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney in the fields of
renewable energy, membrane technologies, and environmental engineering. He has
industrial and academic expertise through working at industrial research centres and
institutes of higher education. He was a key member in the team which has
developed the world-first pilot plant for water purification using osmotic energy at
Surrey University; the project awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Award for research
in 2011. Dr. Altaee has worked in the development of a new concept for power
generation from a chemical potential gradient which has been recognized as a novel
technique for power generation using membrane technology. His innovative
research outcomes have also resulted in the development of low energy treatment
technique of seawater for the thermal evaporator, which is currently in the stage of
commercialization. Dr. Altaee has worked as a consultant for industries and research
institutes in the UK, S. Korea, and China. Dr. Altaee has broad academic experience
through his work at the University of Brighton, Surrey University, Abu Dhabi
University, UNSW, Heriot-Watt University, West of Scotland University and the
University of Technology in Sydney. Dr. Altaee research is highly recognized through
a large number of citation and publication in the international journal of high impact
factors, international conferences, book chapters and patents and patent
applications.
Career
Current position Senior Lecturer, University of Technology, Australia
2012- 2015 Ass. Professor, University of West of Scotland, UK
2011-2012 Visiting Professor, Heriot Watt University, UK
2010- 2012 Asst. Professor, Abu Dhabi University, UAE
2008- 2010 Senior Researcher, Doosan Water R&D Centre, S. Korea.
2006- 2008 Research Fellow, University of Surrey, UK
2005- 2006 Research Fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia
2002 -2004 Researcher, Brighton University, UK
2000-2001 MSc program University of New South Wales, Australia
1997-2000 Senior Eng. Sam Inredning Arkitekt, Sweden
Education
2002-2004 PhD Environmental Engineering, University of Brighton
2000-2001 MSc Environmental. Eng. Science, University of New South Wales
1984-1998 BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering, University of Technology Baghdad
Research Funds
1. Qatar Foundation- 200000 USD (PI) ID-147: Potential Application of Forward
Osmosis-Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination in Qatar
2. Qatar Foundation- 600000 USD (PI): Enhanced Performance of Multi Effect
Distillation-Forward Osmosis Hybrid System for Seawater Desalination (2017)
3. SFERA Fund (PI): European Solar Research for Concentrated Solar Power-
SFERA II, 312643 (2017).
4. SFERA Fund (PI): EU fund for collaboration with Plataforma Solar De Almeria
(Spain) in Water desalination and renewable energy (2015, 2016)
5. EU Fund ICT-CEPU2009-0003 (Co-I): With CEIMAT (Spain) 140000 EURO
Osmotic Power Plant for Power Generation (2014)
6. UK Research Links (PI): 6150 GBP (2013)
7. University West of Scotland-Research Fund (PI): 32000 GBP (2012)
8. Carnegie grant for research (PI): 2500 GBP (2013)
9. Carnegie grant for research (PI): 2450 GBP (2012)
10. Doosan Water R&D Centre- 407000 USD (PI): Wastewater Simulation and
Modelling II (2010).
11. Doosan Water R&D Centre- 150000 USD (Investigator): Pretreatment
pressure sand filter pilot plant for Reverse Osmosis (2010)
12. Doosan water R&D Centre- 395000 USD (PI): Wastewater Design and
Modelling I (2009)
Research related activities
1. Keynote speek at the International Consortium of Water Researchers, lecture
“Pressure Retarded Osmosis: A trade-off between power generation and
mitigation of environmental impacts of desalination plants”. 06/07/2020
2. Award Lecture of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM,
Sweden)’ due to your contribution for strengthening the “Advancement of
Materials”. he executive board of the International Association of Advanced
Materials (IAAM, Org. no. 802503-6784, https://www.iaamonline.org ),
06/05/2020
3. A distinguished scientist, Scientific Advisory Board of the 1 st Asia Pacific
Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment
Systems from 6-9 April 2020
4. Best Presented paper award at International Conference on Recent
Innovations in Engineering and Technology (ICRIET), 6-7 October 2019,
Melbourne- Australia.
5. Plenary Speaker, 8 th Edition of International Conference on Separation
Techniques, July 29-30 2019, Dublin, Ireland
6. A distinguished scientist, Scientific Advisory Board of the 2 nd Latin American
Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment
Systems, 25/April/2019
7. Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Marine Science, 27/March/2019
8. Chairing Renewable Energy & Energy Systems sessions at IAPE’19, 14-15
March, 2019, in the King's Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
9. Keynote Speaker: The International Conference on Innovative Applied Energy
(IAPE 2019). 14-15 March, 2019, in the King's Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
10. Australia representative and member of the Institute for Infrastructure,
Environment and Innovation, October (2018), Brussels, Belgium.
11. Guest Editor, journal Water (ISSN 2073-4441), Special Issue "Novel Forward
Osmotic Process for Seawater and Wastewater Treatment", 5/January 2019
12. Editor of the Journal of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
13. Reviewer for Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the
UK
14. Reviewer for United Arab Emirates University, Research Program in
Desalination
15. Reviewer for King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST)
research program
16. Reviewer for Qatar Foundation Research Program in Energy and Environment
17. Guest researcher at Plataforma Solar De Almeria (Spain) in solar and
desalination program 2013-2017
Industrial Experience
1995-2000 Sam Inredning Arkitekt, Sweden: Civil and Environmental
Engineering
2006-2008 Doosan Heavy Industries and Constructions: Senior Researcher in
water and energy
2015-2016 AquaMa ltd (UK): Low energy solar powered irrigation system for
the Ministry of Agriculture in Oman.
Key industrial Achievement
50000 m 3 /day MBR system, Oman: Design and modelling using BioWin, WEST
and gPROMS software
Co-generation MSF and RO 37000 m 3 /day Reverse Osmosis Plant, Fujairah
(UAE): operation and trouble shooting
728000 m 3 /day co-generation thermal Reverse Osmosis plant, Ras Al-Khair
(Saudi Arabia): Pilot plant testing for the world largest desalination plant
136000 m 3 /day Reverse Osmosis Plant, Shuwaikh (Kuwait): Consultancy and
pretreatment
281000 m 3 /day Reverse Osmosis Plant, Barka (Oman): Consultancy
Doosan water R&D Centre- 1 Million USD (Investigator): (1000 m 3 /d) NF-MED
plant (2008-2012)
Research Interests:
Dr. Altaee has broad research experience in renewable energy, energy-efficient
processes, and membrane technologies. My research focuses on the development of
novel, reliable, and cost-effective engineering solution for contemporary problems in
the fields of renewable energy and environmental engineering. My research is in the
fields of
1. Renewable energy: hydrochemical, solar energy, and energy storage
2. Buoyancy force: power generation and storage
3. Low energy membrane processes: purification and desalination
4. Hybrid system designs
5. Electrochemical processes
6. Solar power and applications: water-energy nexus
7. Wastewater: MBR and water reuse
8. Vibratory membrane systems
Consultancy and Awards
1. BlueStar: wastewater chemical treatment-China
2. Australian-Chinese Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre (Australia-
China)
3. AquaMa Company (the UK)
4. Chancellor innovation award 2012 Abu Dhabi University
5. Award of outstanding reviewer certificate, Desalination 2015
6. Award of reviewer certificate, Energy 2016
Professional Membership:
Member of American Chemical Society- 2016
Supervision:
PhD students
1. Namuun Ganbat, Developing a hydrogel agriculture for greenhouse
agriculture in arid regions, 2019
2. Salam Balky, A novel membrane design for seawater and wastewater
treatment, 2019
3. Sudesh Yadav, Graphene membrane for dual stage pressure retarded
osmosis, 2019
4. Elika Karbassiyazdi, Development of superflux gel filter for water and
wastewater treatment, 2019
5. Sarah Abuhajar: Optimization the performance of forward osmosis module,
2019 (Queen Mary University of London)
6. Nour Khlaifat: Modelling and performance evaluation of horizontal wind
turbines in New South Wales, 2018
7. Ibrar Ibrar: Forward osmosis application for wastewater treatment, 2018
8. Daoud Khanafer: Forward osmosis for pretreatment of seawater to Multi
Stage Flashing, 2018
9. Romina Gobahdi: Electrokinetic soil remediation and contaminants capture
by reactive barrier, 2017-2020
10. Bentuo Xu: environmental occurrence and treatment of PFOS, funded by CSC,
2016-2020.
11. Hasanali Mahdieh: Forward osmosis process for the treatment of industrial
wastewater, 2017
12. Seyed Samaei: Zero liquid discharge mine wastewater treatment using
membrane technologies, 2017-2020
13. Hasan Ali: Feasibility of saline ground water treatment by forward osmosis;
Shiraz University (Iran)-International co-supervision-2017
14. Imran Shabbir: Energy-efficient treatment process of wastewater from paper
mills 2012-2016
15. Zeb Iheanetu: Fracking wastewater treatment and management 2014-2018
MSc students
1. Mahmud Rahman: Antimony pollution in water, 2017
2. Paul Rapp: Wastewater treatment processes and processes evaluation within
Scotland. 2012-2013
3. Michael Sunday: application of activated carbon and low pressure reverse
osmosis in treating pharmaceuticals for possible wastewater recycle and
reuse. 2012-2013
4. Kara Baran: Comparison between FO and RO processes for seawater
desalination: Theoretical and experimental study 2014
5. Nagla Kamal: Forward Osmosis process for sustainable desalination. 2013-
2014
Internship and Fellowships:
1. Ian Del Caprio, British Columbia University (Canada). Internship on
osmotically driven membrane process, 01/05/2019-01/08/2019.
2. Rasmeet Singh, Punjab University (India). Internship on soil remediation and
reactive filter media, 01/06/2019-01/08/2019
3. Dr Hossein Samadi: Department of Water Engineering, Shahrekord
University, Iran. 2018 to 2019
4. Dr Osama Naji: Queensland Southern University, Environmental Engineering.
2019-2021
5. Dr Ali Malekizadeh: Queensland University, School of Agriculture and Food
Sciences. 2018 to 2021
Teaching Experience
Dr. Altaee has contributed the design and delivery of several modules for
undergraduate and postgraduate program at the school of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and School of Science. He also supervised a number of PhD students and
MSc students for thesis work. He also supervised final year projects for honour
degree students. He contributed to development of Undergraduate and
Postgraduate programs in environmental and renewable energy engineering at
Surrey University, Heriot Watt University, Abu Dhabi University, and the University of
West of Scotland. He was responsible for delivering the following modules:
1. Renewable energy and pollution (UG: course coordinator)
2. Engineering Analysis (PG)
3. Principles of Clean Technologies (PG)
4. Pollution Control (PG)
5. Fundamental of environmental engineering (UG: course coordinator)
6. Desalination and Environment (PG: course coordinator)
7. Water and wastewater treatment (PG)
8. Hydrology (U: course coordinator G)
9. hydraulics (UG: course coordinator)
10. Water Engineering (UG: course coordinator)
Peer- Reviewed Journal Papers
1. Nour Khlaifat, Ali Altaee, John Zhou, Yuhan Huang, Evaluation of wind
resource potential using statistical analysis of probability density functions in
New South Wales, Australia, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization,
and Environmental Effects, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1822956
2. Sudesh Yadav, Ibrar Ibrar, Ali Altaee, Sébastien Déon, John Zhou, Preparation
of novel high permeability and antifouling polysulfone-vanillin
membrane,Desalination, Volume 496 , 2020, 114759.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2020.114759
3. Romina Ghobadi , Ali Altaee , John L. Zhou , Peter McLean , Namuun Ganbat ,
Donghao Li , Enhanced copper removal from contaminated kaolinite soil by
electrokinetic process using compost reactive filter media, Journal of
Hazardous Materials, 123891. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123891
4. MhdAmmar Hafiz, Alaa H. Hawari , Probir Das , Shoyeb Khan , Ali Altaee ,
Comparison of dual stage ultrafiltration and hybrid ultrafiltration-forward
osmosis process for harvesting microalgae (Tetraselmis sp) biomass, Chemical
Engineering and Processing – Process Intensification, 2020, 108112.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2020.108112
5. Ibrar Ibrar , Sudesh Yadav , Ali Altaee , Alaa Hawari , Vinh Nguyen, John Zhou , A
novel empirical method for predicting concentration polarization inforward
osmosis for single and multicomponent draw solutions, Desalination, Volume
494 (2020), 114668
6. Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, John L. Zhou, Ali Altaee, Mansour Baziar, Donghao Li,
Effective modelling of hydrogen and energy recovery in microbialelectrolysis
cell by artificial neural network and adaptive network-basedfuzzy inference
system, Bioresource Technology, Volume 316 (2020), 123967.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123967
7. Rasmeet Singh, Ali Altaee, Sanjeev Gautam, Nanomaterials in the
Advancement of Hydrogen Energy Storage, Heliyon, Volume 6, Issue 7 , July
2020, e04487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e04487
8. Sudesh Yadav, Ibrar Ibrar, Ali Altaee, Akshaya Kumar Samal, Romina Ghobadi,
John Zhou, Feasibility of brackish water and landfill leachate treatment by
GO/MoS2-PVA composite membranes, Science of Total Environment,
Available online 21 July 2020, 141088.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141088
9. Ibrar Ibrar, Sudesh Yadav, Ali Altaee, Akshaya K. Samal, John L. Zhou, Tien
Vinh Nguyen, Namuun Ganbat, Treatment of biologically treated landfill
leachate with forward osmosis: Investigating membrane performance and
cleaning protocols, Science of the Total Environment, Available online 16 July
2020, 140901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140901
10. Vimeipha Vilayphone, John G. Outram, Fiona Collins, Graeme J. Millar, Ali
Altaee, Process design of coal seam gas associated water treatment plants
tofacilitate beneficial reuse, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering,
Volume 8 (2020), 104255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104255
11. Mehrzad Arjmandi , Mahdi Pourafshari Chenar , Ali Altaee , Abolfazl Arjmandi ,
Majid Peyravi , Mohsen Jahanshahi , Ehsan Binaeian , Caspian seawater
desalination and whey concentration through forward osmosis (FO)-reverse
osmosis (RO) and FO-FO-RO hybrid systems: Experimental and theoretical
study, Water Process Engineering, Volume 37 (2020), 101492
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101492
12. Nour Khlaifat, Ali Altaee, John Zhou and Yuhan Huang, A review of the key
sensitive parameters on the aerodynamic performance of a horizontal wind
turbine using Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling, AIMS Energy, Volume
8 (2020), Issue 33, page 493–524: DOI: 10.3934/energy.2020.3.493.
13. Caleb Hirsimaki, John G. Outram, Graeme J. Millar, Ali Altaee, Process
simulation of high pH reverse osmosis systems to facilitate reuse of coal seam
gas associated water, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering,
Volume 8 (2020), 104122, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104122
14. Sudesh Yadav, Ibrar Ibrar, Salam Bakly, Daoud Khanafer, Ali Altaee, V.C.
Padmanaban, Akshaya Kumar Samal, Alaa H. Hawari, Organic fouling in
forward osmosis: A comprehensive review, Water, Volume 12 (2020) , 1505;
https://doi:10.3390/w12051505
15. Abolfazl Arjmandi, Majid Peyravi, Mehrzad Arjmandi, Ali Altaee, Exploring the
use of cheap natural raw materials to reduce the internal concentration
polarization in thin-film composite forward osmosis membranes, Chemical
Engineering Journal, Available online 16 May 2020Article 125483,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.125483
16. Mehrzad Arjmandi, Ali Altaee, Abolfazl Arjmandi, Mahdi Pourafshari Chenar,
Majid Peyravi, Mohsen Jahanshahi, A facile and efficient approach to increase
the magnetic property of MOF-5, Solid State Sciences, Volume 106 (2020),
106292, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2020.106292
17. Nour Khlaifat, Ali Altaee, John Zhou, Yuhan Huang, Ali Braytee, Optimization
of a small wind turbine for a rural area: A Case Study of Deniliquin, New
South Wales, Australia, Energies, V 13 (2020), 2292; doi:10.3390/en13092292
18. Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, John L. Zhou, Ali Altaee, Mansour Baziar, Xiaowei Li,
Modeling water flux in osmotic membrane bioreactor by adaptive
networkbased fuzzy inference system and artificial neural network,
Bioresource Technology, Volume 310, August 2020, 123391
19. Abaranjitha Muniyasamy, Gayathri Sivaporul, Abarna Gopinath, Rajendran
Lakshmanan, Ali Altaee, Anant Achary, Padmanaban Velayudhaperumal
Chellam, Process development for the degradation of textile azo dyes (mono-
, di-,poly-) by advanced oxidation process – Ozonation: Experimental & partial
derivative modelling approach, Journal of Environmental Management,
Volume 265 (2020), 110397, doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110397
20. Nour Khlaifat, Aali Altaee, John Zhou, Assessment of Wind Energy Potential at
Yanco, New South Wales, Australia, International Journal of Industrial
Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Volume 8 (2020), Issue-1, page 26-30,
http://ijieee.org.in
21. Ali Altaee, Nahawand AlZainati, Novel Thermal Desalination Brine Reject-
Sewage Effluent Salinity Gradient for Power Generation and Dilution of Brine
Reject, Energies, Volume 13 (2020), Issue 7, 1756,
doi.org/10.3390/en13071756
22. Nour Khlaifat, Ali Altaee, John Zhou, Assessment of Wind Turbine Potential At
Yanco, New South Wales, Australia, International Journal of Industrial
Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Volume 8 (2020), Issue-1, Page 26-30
23. Romina Ghobadi, Ali Altaee, John L. Zhou, Peter McLean, Sudesh Yadav,
Copper removal from contaminated soil through electrokinetic process with
reactive filter media, Chemosphere, Volume 252 (2020), 126607
24. Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Ali Altaee, Adel O. Sharif, The effect of energy
recovery device and feed flow rate on the energy efficiency of reverse
osmosis process, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, In press, journal
pre-proof Available online 20 March 2020
25. Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, Mansour Baziar, Hossein Alidadi, John L. Zhou, Ali
Altaee,Ali Asghar, Najafpoor, Salman Jafarpour, Application of artificial neural
network and multiple linear regression in modeling nutrient recovery in
vermicompost under different conditions, Bioresource Technology, V (2020),
122926, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122926
26. Seyed Mohsen Samaei, Shirley Gato-Trinidad, Ali Altaee, Performance
evaluation of reverse osmosis process in the post-treatment ofmining
wastewaters: Case study of Costerfield mining operations, Victoria,Australia,
Water process engineering, Volume 34, April 2020, 101116,
doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2019.101116
27. Hossein Samadi-Boroujen, Sohail Abbasi, Ali Altaee, Rohallah Fattahi-Nafchi,
Numerical and Physical Modeling of the Effect of Roughness Height on
Cavitation Index in Chute Spillways, International Journal of Civil Engineering,
(2019), 1-12, DOI 10.1007/s40999-019-00479-2.
28. Mhd. Ammar Hafiz, Alaa H. Hawari, Ali Altaee, A hybrid forward
osmosis/reverse osmosis process for the supply of fertilizing solution from
treated wastewater, Journal of Water Process Engineering, V 32 (2019),
100975
29. Hossein Samadi-Boroujeni, Ali Altaee, Hadi Khabbaz, John Zhou, Application
of Buoyancy-Power Generator for Compressed Air Energy Storage Using a
Fluid-Air Displacement System, Journal of Energy Storage, V 26 (2019),
100926
30. Bentuo Xua, John L. Zhoua, Ali Altaee, Mohammad B. Ahmed, Md Abu Hasan
Johir, Jiawei Ren, Xiaowei Li, Improved photocatalysis of perfluorooctanoic
acid in water by Ga2O3/UV system assisted by peroxymonosulfate,
Chemosphere, V 239 (2020), 124722
31. Yingxue Chen, Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, John Zhou, Ali Altaee, M Hasan
Shaheed, Optimization of module Pressure Retarded Osmosis membrane for
Maximum Energy Extraction, Journal of Water Process Engineering, V 32
(2019), 100935
32. Bentuo Xu, Mohammad Boshir Ahmed, John L. Zhou, Ali Altaee, Visible and
UV photocatalysis of aqueous perfluorooctanoic acid by TiO2 and
peroxymonosulfate: Process kinetics and mechanistic insights, Chemosphere,
Volume 243 (2020), Article 125366
33. Ibrar Ibrar, Ali Altaee, John L. Zhou, Osamah Naji, and Daoud Khanafer,
Challenges and potentials of forward osmosis process in the treatment of
wastewater, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2019
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2019.1657762
34. Ali Altaee, Ali Braytee, Graeme J. Millar, Osamah Naji, Energy efficiency of
hollow fibre membrane module in the forward osmosis seawater desalination
process, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 587 (2019), Article 117165
35. Farzad javaheri, Zeinab Kheshti, Soheila Ghasemi, Ali Altaee, Enhancement of
Cd 2+ removal from aqueous solution by multifunctional mesoporous silica:
Equilibrium isotherms and kinetics study, Separation and Purification
Technology, Volume 224 (2019), 199-208
36. Machlan Scott, Graeme Millar, Ali Altaee, Process Design of a Treatment
System to Reduce Conductivity and Ammoniacal Nitrogen Content of Landfill
Leachate, Water Process Engineering, V 31 (2019), Article 100806
37. Ibrar Ibrar, Osamah Naji, Adel Sharif, Ali Malekizadeh, Alaa Alhawari, Adnan
Alhathal Alanezi and Ali Altaee, A Review of Fouling Mechanisms, Control
Strategies and Real-Time Fouling Monitoring Techniques in Forward Osmosis,
Water, V 11(4) (2019), 695; doi:10.3390/w11040695
38. Ali Altaee, Andrea Cippolina, Modelling and optimization of modular system
for power generation from a salinity gradient, Renewable Energy, Volume
141 (2019), 139-147
39. Mshael S. Thabita, Alaa H. Hawarib, Mhd. Hafez Ammarb, Syed Zaidic,
Guillermo Zaragozad, Ali Altaee, Evaluation of Forward Fsmosis as a
Pretreatment Process for Multi Stage Flash Seawater Desalination,
Desalination, Desalination, V 461 (2019), 22-29
40. Z. Kheshti, K. Azodi Ghajar, Ali Altaee, M. R. Kheshti, High-Gradient Magnetic
Separator (HGMS) combined with adsorption for Nitrate removal from
aqueous solution, Separation and Purification Technologies, V 212 (2019),
650-659.
41. Madeleine Wicks, Graeme J. Millar, Ali Altaee, Process Simulation of Ion
Exchange Desalination Treatment of Coal Seam Gas Associated Water,
Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 27 (2019), 89-98
42. Alaa H. Hawari, Abdulaziz Al-Qahoumi, Amina Ltaief, Syed Zaidi, Ali Altaee,
Dilution of seawater using dewatered construction water in a hybrid forward
osmosis system, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 195 (2018), 365-373.
43. Ali Altaee, John Zhou, Guillermo Zaragoza, Adel O. Sharif, Impact of
Membrane Orientation on the Energy Efficiency of Dual Stage Pressure
Retarded Osmosis, Water Process Engineering, Volume 30, 2019, 100621
44. Ali Altaee, Guillermo Zaragoza, Graeme J. Millar, Adel O. Sharif, Adnan
Alhathal Alanezi, Limitations of osmotic gradient resource and hydraulic
pressure on the efficiency of dual stage PRO process, Desalination and Water
Treatment, V 105 (2018),11-22, DOI 10.5004/dwt.2018.22128
45. Bentuo Xu, Mohammad Boshir Ahmed, John L. Zhou, Ali Altaee, Gang Xu,
Minghong Wu, Graphitic carbon nitride based nanocomposites for the
photocatalysis of organic contaminants under visible irradiation: progress,
limitations and future directions, Science of the Total Environment, V 633
(2018), 546-559
46. Jakub Jakowiecki, Agnieszka Sztyler, Slawomir Filipek, Pingzou Li, Karthik
Raman, Natarajan Barathiraja, Seeram Ramakrishna, Jairam R. Eswara, Ali
Altaee, Adel O. Sharif, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Venkatesan Renugopalakkrishnan,
Aquaporin-graphene interface: relevance to point of care device for renal cell
carcinoma and desalination, Interface Focus, V 8 (2018): 20170066. doi:
10.1098/rsfs.2017.0066
47. Seyed Mohsen Samaei, Shirley Gato-Trinidad, Ali Altaee, The application of
pressure-driven ceramic membrane technology for the treatment of
industrial wastewaters – A review, Separation and Purifications technologies,
V200 (2018), 198–220
48. Ali Altaee, John Zou, Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Alaa H Hawari, Osmotic Power
Plant: Process Innovation and Future Potential, Recent Advances in
Petrochemical Science (RAPSCI), Volume 4 (2018), 1-3, DOI:
10.19080/RAPSCI.2018.04.555640
49. Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Ali Altaee, Enhanced Performance Dual Stage
Pressure Retarded Osmosis, Energy Procedia, V 142 (2017), 4182-8197.
50. Bentuo Xu, Mohammad Boshir Ahmed, John L. Zhou, Ali Altaee, Minghong
Wu, Gang Xu, Photocatalytic removal of perfluoroalkyl substances from water
and wastewater: Mechanism, kinetics and controlling factors, Chemosphere,
189C (2017), 717-729.
51. Ali Altaee, John Zhou, Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Guillermo Zaragoza, Pressure
retarded osmosis process for power generation: Feasibility, energy balance
and controlling parameters, Applied Energy, V 206 (2017), 303-311
52. Ali Altaee, Guillermo Zaragoza, Enrico Drioli, John Zouh, Evaluation the
Potential and Energy Efficiency of Dual Stage Pressure Retarded Osmosis
Process, Applied Energy, V 199 (2017), 359–369
53. Ali Altaee, Patricia Palenzuela, Guillermo Zaragoza, Adnan Alhathal AlAnezi,
Single and Dual Stage Closed-Loop Pressure Retarded Osmosis for Power
Generation: Feasibility and Performance, Applied Energy, V 191 , (2017),
328–345
54. Alaa H. Hawari, Nagla Kamal, Ali Altaee, Combined Influence of Temperature
and Flow Rate of Feeds on the Performance of Forward Osmosis,
Desalination, V 398 (2016), Pages 98-105
55. Ali Altaee, Graeme Millar, Adel Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Forward Osmosis
Process for Supply of Fertilizer Solutions from Seawater Using a Mixture of
Draw Solutions, Desalination and Water Treatment, V 57 (2016), 28025-
28041, doi: 10.1080/19443994.2016.1180642
56. Ali Altaee, Graeme Millar, Guillermo Zaragoza, Integration and Optimization
of Pressure Retarded Osmosis with Reverse Osmosis for Power Generation
and High Efficiency Desalination, Energy, V 103 (2016), 110-118
57. Ali Altaee, Graeme Millar, Guillermo Zaragoza, Adel Sharif, Energy Efficiency
of RO and FO-RO system for High Salinity Seawater Treatment, Clean
Technology and Environmental Policy, V 19 (2017), 77-91
58. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Malak Hamdan, Nanofiltration separation of highly
concentrated multivalent electrolyte Draw solution; a pilot plant study,
Desalination and water treatment, DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1108876
59. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Limitations of Osmotic Gradient
Resource and Hydraulic Pressure on the Efficiency of Dual Stage PRO Process,
Renewable Energy, Volume 83 (2015), 1234-1244
60. Ali Altaee, Nidal Hilal, Dual Stage PRO Power Generation from Brackish Water
Brine and Wastewater Effluent Feeds, Desalination, Volume 389 (2016), 68-
77
61. Malak Hamdan, Adel O. Sharif, Ghazi Derwish, Sami Al-Aibi, Ali Altaee, Draw
solutions for Forward Osmosis process: Osmotic pressure of binary and
ternary aqueous solutions of magnesium chloride, sodium chloride, sucrose
and maltose , Journal of Food Engineering, V 155 (2015), 10-15
62. Ali Altaee, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Adel Sharif & Guillermo Zaragoza, Dual stage
PRO process: impact of the membrane materials of the process performance,
Desalination and Water Treatment, Volume 57, 2016 – Issue 14, Pages 6172-
6183. DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1007173
63. Ali Altaee, Ahmad Fauzi, Adel Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Paulo Carvalho,
Two-Stage FO-BWRO/NF Treatment of Saline Waters, Desalination and Water
Treatment, DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.1002434
64. Ali Altaee, Guillermo Zaragoza, Adel Sharif, Corrigendum to ‘Pressure
retarded osmosis for power generation and seawater desalination:
Performance analysis, [Desalination 344 (2014) 108–115], Desalination, V 346
(2014), 37
65. Ali Altaee, Nidal Hilal, High recovery rate NF–FO–RO hybrid system for inland
brackish water treatment, Desalination, Volume 363 (2015), 19-25.
66. Ali Altaee, Nidal Hilal, Design optimization of high performance dual stage
pressure retarded osmosis, Desalination, V 355 (2015), 217–224.
67. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Pressure Retarded Osmosis: Advancement in the
Process Applications for Power Generation and Desalination, Desalination, V
356 (2015), 31-46
68. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Corrigendum to ‘Pressure
retarded osmosis for power generation and seawater desalination:
Performance analysis’ [Desalination 344 (2014) 108–115], Desalination, V 346
(2014), 37
69. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Nidal Hilal, Dual Stage PRO
Process for Power Generation from Different Feed Resources, Desalination, V
352 (2014), 118-127
70. Ali Altaee and Nidal Hilal, Dual-Stage Forward Osmosis/Pressure Retarded
Osmosis process for Hypersaline Solutions and Fracking Wastewater
Treatment, Desalination, V 350 (2014), 79-85
71. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Evaluation of
FO-RO and PRO-RO designs for power generation and seawater desalination
using impaired water feeds , Desalination, Desalination, V 368 (2015), 27-35
72. Ali Altaee, Guillermo Zaragoza, Adel Sharif, Pressure Retarded Osmosis for
Power Generation and Seawater Desalination: Performance Analysis,
Desalination, V 344 (2014), 108-115.
73. Ali Altaee, Abdelnaser Mabrouk, Karim Bourouni, Patricia Palenzuela,
Forward Osmosis Softening of Seawater to Thermal Desalination: High
Temperature FO-MSF/MED Hybrid System, Desalination, V 339 (2014), 18-25
74. Ali Altaee and Guillermo Zaragoza, H. Rost van Tonningen, Comparison
between Forward Osmosis-Reverse Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis Processes
for Seawater Desalination, Desalination, V 336 (2014), 50-57
75. Ali Altaee, Guillermo Zaragoza, A Conceptual Design of Low Fouling and High
Recovery FO-MSF Desalination plant, Desalination, V 343 (2014), 2-7
76. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, A Conceptual NF/RO Arrangement Design in the
Pressure Vessel for Seawater Desalination, Journal of Desalination and Water
Treatment, V 54 (2015), 624-636. DOI:10.1080/19443994.2014.890547
77. Ali Altaee, Abdelnaser Mabrouk, Karim Bourouni, A novel Forward Osmosis
Membrane Pretreatment of Seawater for Thermal Desalination Processes,
Desalination, V 326 (2013), 19-29
78. Ali Altaee, Theoretical study on feed water designs to reverse osmosis
pressure vessel, Desalination, V 326 (2013), 1-9.
79. Ali Altaee, Forward Osmosis: Potential use in Desalination and Water Reuse,
Journal of membrane and Separation Technology, 1 (2012), 79-93
80. Ali Altaee, A Computational Model to Estimate the Performance of 8 inches
RO Membranes in Pressure Vessel, Journal of Membrane and Separation
Technology, 19 (2012), 60-71
81. Ali Altaee, Computational Model for Estimating Reverse Osmosis System
Design and performance: Part-One Binary Feed Solution, Desalination, V 291
(2012), 101-105
82. Ali Altaee, Adel O. Sharif, Alternative Design to Dual Stage NF Seawater
Desalination using High Rejection Brackish Water Membranes, Desalination,
273 (2011), 391-397
83. Bourouni K., Ben M’Barek T., Altaee A., Design and optimization of Reverse
Osmosis plants driven by Renewable Energies using Genetic Algorithms.
Renewable Energy, 36 (2011), pages 936-950
84. A. Altaee, A. Al-Rawajefah, Y.J. Baek, Application of Vibratory System to
Improve the Critical Flux in Submerged Hollow Fiber MF Process, Separation
Science and Technology, 45 (2010), Pages 28-34
85. A.O. Sharif, A.A. Merdaw, H. Al-Bahadili, A. Altaee, S. Al-Aibi, Z. Rahal, G.
Derwish, A new theoretical approach to estimate the specific energy
consumption of RO and other pressure driven liquid membrane processes.
Desalination and Water Treatment, 3 (2009), Pages 111-119
86. Ali Altaee, Roger Smith, Sergey Mikhalovsky, The feasibility of
decontamination of reduced saline sediments from copper using the
electrokinetic process , Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 88,
Issue 4, September 2008, Pages 1611-1618
Book Chapters
1. Ali Altaee, A. Mabrouk, K. Bourouni, Impact of Water Salinity on the Yield of
Production Well: Forward Osmosis Seawater Pretreatment, Advances in
Petroleum Engineering, Chapter 10, IBSN 1-62699-042-5
2. Karim Bourouni, Mohamed Thameur Chaibi and Ali Al Taee, Water
desalination by humidification and dehumidification of air, Seawater
Greenhouse, UR EBSS Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, BP 37, 1002 Le
Belvédère, Tunisie, INGREF, Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems EOLSS,
2010.
3. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif and Guillermo Zaragoza, Water Filtration Systems:
Processes, Uses and Importance, Chapter: Forward Osmosis Pretreatment of
Seawater for Thermal Desalination, ISBN: 978-1-63484-039-2, 2016 – 1st
Quarter
4. Ali Altaee, Saiyed R. Wahadj, Adel O. Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Malak
Hamdan, Maryam Aryafar Chapter: Forward Osmosis for irrigation Water
Supply Using Hybrid Membrane System for Draw Solution Regeneration, The
Water-Food-Energy Nexus: Processes, Technologies and Challenges, CRC
press, 2017, ISBN 9781498760836
5. Maryam Aryafar , Adel O. Sharif, Ali Altaee, Chapter: Forward Osmosis Process
Potential Application in Agricultural Irrigation, The Water-Food-Energy
Nexus: Processes, Technologies and Challenges.
6. Ali Altaee, John Zhou, Adnan Alhathal AlAnezi, Guoyong Zhao, Chapter 4: The
Design Optimization for a Closed-Loop Pressure Retarded Osmosis Process.
Energy Efficiency: Performance, Improvement Strategies, and Future
Directions, Nova Science, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-53611-040-1
7. Ali Altaee, Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Radhi Alazmi, Alaa H. Hawari, and Claudio
Mascialino, Chapter 6: Effect of the Draw Solution on the Efficiency of Two-
Stage FO-RO/BWRO for Seawater and Brackish Water Desalination, Book
Title, Water Management: Social and Technological perspective. (1st edition),
(2019), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN 9781138067240
8. Ali Altaee, Adnan A. Alanezi, Alaa H. Hawari, Chapter 7: Forward osmosis
feasibility and potential future application for desalination, Book title
Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Desalination HandBook (1st Edition),
April (2018), Elsevier Inc., Paperback ISBN: 9780128158180.
Refereed Conference Papers
1. Nour Khlaifat, Ali Altaee, John Zhou, Assessment of wind energy potential at
Yanco,New South Wales, Australia, International Conference on Recent
Innovations in Engineering and Technology (ICRIET), Melbourne 6-7 October
2019, Australia
2. Ali Altaee, Ali Malekizadeh, Elika Karbassiyazdi, A high-Performance
Hydrogel Filter Medium: Characteristics and Applications, 14 th SDEWES 2018,
Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1-6 October 2019.
3. Ali Altaee, Promoting the Salinity Gradient Power Plant from the Laboratory
to the Field Application, The International Conference on Innovative Applied
Energy (IAPE19), 14-15 March, 2019, in the King's Centre, Oxford, United
Kingdom
4. Ali Altaee, Guillermo Zaragoza, Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Modelling and
Optimization of Modular System for Power Generation from a Salinity
Gradient, The 13 th International Centre for Sustainable Development of
Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES), September 3 rd to
October 4 th , Palermo, Italy
5. Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Ali Altaee, performance Enhancement of Tubular
Membrane Module Using Air Bubbling System, 2 nd International Conference
on Membrane Science and Technology, September 13-14, London, UK
6. Adnan Alhathal Alanezi, Ali Altaee, Enhanced Performance Dual Stage
Pressure Retarded Osmosis, 9 th International Conference on Applied Energy
(ICAE 2017), on August 21-24. 2017, Cardiff, UK
7. Ali Altaee and John Zhou, Performance of FO-RO and RO for seawater
desalination 9 th international membrane science and technology conference,
Adelaide, Australia, 8 December 2016.
8. Ali Altaee, Enhanced Performance Dual Stage Pressure Retarded Osmosis,
International Forward Osmosis Summit, Sydney, Australia, December, 2016
9. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, More energy by dual stage PRO process for power
generation from concentrated salinity gradient, Desalination for the
Environment: Clean Water and Energy, Rome, 22–26 May 2016
10. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Performance of enhanced FO-RO process for
seawater desalination, Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and
Energy, Rome, 22–26 May 2016
11. Adel O. Sharif and Ali Al-Taee, Low Energy Forward Osmosis Desalination
Process and a Comparison with Conventional Reverse Osmosis, Water
Efficiency Conference, University of Exeter UK, 5-7th August 2015.
12. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Guillermo Zaragoza, Dual stage PRO process for
power generation from different feed resources, European Desalination
Conference, 10-14 May 2015 Palermo, Italy
13. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Effect of Draw Solution on the Efficiency of Two-Stage
FO-RO/BWRO for Seawater and Brackish Water Desalination, European
Desalination Conference, 10-14 May 2015 Palermo, Italy.
14. Ali Altaee, Abdulnaser Mabrouk, Karim Bouroni: Forward Osmosis
Pretreatment of Seawater to Thermal Desalination Processes, European
Desalination Society (EDS) Conference in Limasol, Cyprus, 11-15 May, 2014
15. Ali Altaee, Hugh Fergusson, High recovery and low fouling FO/MSF/MED
hybrid system for seawater desalination, 1 st International Conference on
Desalination using Membrane Technology, 7-10 April 2013, Sitges, Spain
16. Ali Altaee and Hugh Fergusson, Scale Elements Removal from Feed Water to
Thermal Desalination Processes, Water World Middle East, Doha, Doha,
February, 2012
17. Ali Altaee, Dual stage NF-BWRO desalination process for seawater
desalination, Energy and water international conference, Qatar, 6-9
February 2012
18. Ali Altaee, Forward Osmosis: Potential use in Desalination and Water
Treatment, AIChe, Minneapolis, USA, October 2011-06-17
19. Ali Altaee, A Conceptual Membrane Arrangement Design in the High
Pressure Vessel for Seawater Desalination, Riverside, CA, USA. May 22-25
(2011), 659-670
20. Enrico Remegi, Jonghoon Lee, Ali Altaee, Fariba Amirrad, Youri Amerlinck
Design and Modeling Large Capacity Wastewater Treatment Plant Using
WEST Program, Power-Gen Middle East, Qatar, 14-16 October 2010
21. A. Al-Rawajfeh and Ali Altaee, influence of nanofiltration pretreatment on
scale deposition in MSF desalination evaporators, IDA, World Congress on
Desalination and Water Reuse, Dubai, UAE 7-12 November 2009
Patent and intellectual properties
1. Ali Altaee, Ali Malekizadeh, (2019). Development of a robust and high
performance hydrogel, Application Number 2019900104 (patent pending).
2. Ali Altaee, Patent number GB 0817246.2, (2008), University of Surrey, UK.
Methods of scale reduction in thermal processes using membrane treatment
3. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Patent number GB0817517.6, (2008), University of
Surrey, UK. Selective ions removal from solution
4. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Patent number GB0817248.8, (2008), University of
Surrey, UK. Low molecular weight organic substances removal from water
5. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Patent number GB0817249.6, (2008), University of
Surrey, UK. Solar energy hybrid system
6. Ali Altaee, Adel Sharif, Patent number GB0817247.0, (2008), University of
Surrey, UK. Low fouling MBR system using vibratory system