QU Professor authors first book on reverse osmosis desalination in the Gulf – The Peninsula

QU Professor authors first book on reverse osmosis desalination in the Gulf – The Peninsula

Doha: Qatar University (QU) has published the first book on reverse osmosis (RO) desalination in the Gulf region titled: “Reverse Osmosis Systems: Design, Optimization and Troubleshooting Guide”, published by Elsevier, the largest Science publisher.

The book was released in December 2021 and is available online. The book is authored by Prof. Syed Javaid Zaidi, and co-authored with Haleema Saleem from the Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Qatar University.

Water security has been identified as one of the grand challenges of Qatar National Vision 2030.

“The book, as written by a leading expert, provides a high-quality overview on RO desalination from Qatar and demonstrates the progress in this area. It is an essential reference for professionals, researchers, and students in environmental engineering practices and related fields. It is also a helpful tool for managers and official decision-makers that face water scarcity issues worldwide,” said Prof. Mariam Al Maadeed, Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies at Qatar University.

Prof. Syed Javaid Zaidi

Reverse osmosis (RO) is an advanced technology whose application is fast growing. This book describes in depth knowledge of designing and operating RO systems for water desalination. It also provides guidelines that will improve the performance of RO systems for water desalination. So far, there