Suhaib M. Alawad

Postdoctoral researcher at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals with expertise in renewable energy and water desalination. Organized with research and presentations educating students, peers, and superiors on research analysis. Published research findings in peer-reviewed journals, with results tailored to potential future applications.

1. Atia Khalifa, Mohamed Antar, Suhaib Alawad, Esmail Mokheimer, Solar Cooling using LiBr absorption cycle, KFUPM, September 2021- March 2023. In progress.

2. Atia Khalifa, Mohamed Antar, Suhaib Alawad, Integrated Membrane Distillation and Bubble Column Dehumidifier – A New Energy-efficient Solar-powered Water Desalination System, KFUPM project # DF191003, September 2020-March 2023. In progress.

3. Atia Khalifa, Mohamed Antar, Suhaib Alawad, Esmail Mokheimer, Zero non-renewable energy hybrid system for desalination and space conditioning, KFUPM, February 2022- June 2023. In progress.

4. Ahmed Samir, Suhaib Alawad, Energy auditing for different reverse osmosis (RO) plants at KFUPM, October 2021- June 2022. completed.

5. Dahiru Lawal, Atia Khalifa, Mohamed Antar, Suhaib Alawad, Wail Fallatah, Feasibility Assessment of Thermoelectric Driven Membrane Distillation Unit, KFUPM, February 2022- February 2023. In progress.

6. Atia Khalifa, Mohamed Antar, Suhaib Alawad, Adel Hussein, Membrane Distillation Desalination Device with Bubble Column Dehumidifier, KFUPM Proof of concept project #POC19101, 01 June 2020 to 01 June 2021, completed.

7. Atia Khalifa, M. Antar, Mohamed Abido, Suhaib Alawad, Solar Multistage Water Gap Membrane Distillation System for Water Desalination-Performance and Optimization, KFUPM project # IN171014, September 2018-March 2021, completed. 

8. A. Khalifa, M. Antar, Suhaib Alawad, “Solar-Heated Multistage Membrane Distillation system for Water Desalination”, KFUPM Project # IN141035, September 2015- March 2018, completed.

JOURNALS

1. Atia E. Khalifa, Suhaib M. Alawad, Mohamed A. Antar, Parallel and Series Multistage Air Gap Membrane Distillation, Desalination, Volume 417, 1 September 2017, Pages 69–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2017.05.003

2. Atia E. Khalifa, Suhaib M. Alawad, Air gap and water gap multistage membrane distillation for water desalination, Desalination, Volume 437, 1 July 2018, Pages 175-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2018.03.012

3. Suhaib M. Alawad and Atia Khalifa, “Analysis of water gap membrane distillation process for water desalination”, Desalination 468 (15 November 2019) 114088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2019.114088

4. Suhaib M. Alawad, Atia E. Khalifa, Mohamed A. Antar, “Performance Analysis of Water Gap Membrane Distillation Multistage System with Economic Evaluation”, Applied Thermal Engineering 184 (5 Feb 2021) 116297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.116297

5. Suhaib M. Alawad and Atia E. Khalifa, “Performance and Energy Evaluation of Compact Multistage Air Gap Membrane Distillation System: An Experimental Investigation”, Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 268, 1 August 2021, 118594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118594

6. Suhaib M. Alawad and Atia E. Khalifa, Development of an Efficient Compact Multistage Membrane Distillation Module for Water Desalination, Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Volume 25, 100979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.100979

7. Suhaib M. Alawad, Atia E. Khalifa, Mohamed A. Abido, and Mohamed A. Antar. "Differential Evolution Optimization of Water Gap Membrane Distillation Process for Water Desalination." Separation and Purification Technology (2021): 118765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2021.118765

8. Suhaib M. Alawad, Khalifa, A.E., Antar, M.A. and Abido, M.A., 2021. Experimental Evaluation of a New Compact Design Multistage Water-Gap Membrane Distillation Desalination System. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 46(12), pp.12193-12205. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05909-9

9. Atia Khalifa, Ahmed Abdelmonem, Suhaib M. Alawad, Mohamed Antar, “Experimental Evaluation of Solar Multistage Direct Contact Membrane Distillation System for Water Desalination, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 51, p.101921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2021.101921

10. Khalifa, Atia E., Suhaib M. Alawad, Adel Hussein, and Mohamed A. Antar. "Vacuum-Assisted Multistage Membrane Distillation with Bubble Column Dehumidifier for Efficient Water Production." Journal of Energy Resources Technology 145, no. 2 (2022): 022106. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054915

11. Adel Hussein, Atia E. Khalifa, Suhaib M. Alawad, and Mohamed A. Antar. "Experimental investigation of membrane distillation with bubble column dehumidifier system for water desalination." Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (2022): 102383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2022.102383

12. Dahiru U Lawal, Mohamed A. Antar, Kehinde G. Ismaila, Atia Khalifa, Suhaib M. Alawad "Hybrid multi-stage flash (MSF) and membrane distillation (MD) desalination system for energy saving and brine minimization." Desalination (2022): 116231.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.desal.2022.116231

13. Hussein, Adel, Suhaib M. Alawad, and Atia E. Khalifa. "Bubble Column Dehumidification for Sweeping Air Membrane Distillation." Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (2022): 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-022-07481-2

14. Suhaib M. Alawad, Dahiru Lawal, Abdulhafiz Alhariri, Atia E. Khalifa, Mohammed A. Antar, Wail Falath “Analysis of Circulated Water Gap Membrane Distillation for High Productivity Desalination” Desalination, Accepted.

15. Suhaib M. Alawad, Dahiru U. Lawal, Atia E. Khalifa, Isam H. Aljundi, Mohamed A. Antar, Turki N. Baroud, “Analysis of Fan-Aided Water Gap Membrane Distillation System” Desalination, Under review.

16. Suhaib M. Alawad, Ridha Ben Mansour, Fahad A. Al-Sulaiman, Shafiqur Rehman “Renewable energy systems for water desalination applications: A comprehensive review” Energy conversion and management, Under review.

17. Suhaib M. Alawad, Atia E. Khalifa, Abdul Hafiz Al Hariri “Dynamic Solar-Powered Multi-stage Water Gap Membrane Distillation System: Theoretical Study” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Under review.

18. Abdul Hafiz Al Hariri, Atia E. Khalifa, Suhaib M. Alawad “A Complete Dynamic Theoretical investigation for the Novel Circulated Permeate Gap Membrane Distillation Powered by Solar Flat Plate Collectors” Journal of cleaner production, Submitted.

19. Suhaib M. Alawad, Dahiru Lawal, Atia Khalifa, Mohamed Antar, Essam Aljundi, “Analysis of Multi-Stage Water-Gap Membrane Distillation Desalination System Unit with An Improved Performance” Ready for submission.

PATENTS

Atia E. Khalifa, Mohamed A. Antar, and Suhaib M. Alawad. "Membrane distillation device with bubble column dehumidifier." U.S. Patent Application 16/137,018, filed March 26, 2020.

Google Scholar:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=MBuvLqEAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Gate:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Suhaib-Alawad

LinkedIn:

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