Water, desalination and brine resources
Experimental and modeling research on DCMD, AGMD and VMD; Arabian Gulf seawater and oilfield-produced water; concentrated-brine chemistry; scaling salts; controlled precipitation; and mineral recovery.
Research profile
AI, renewable power and water-energy systems
Machine learning for PV performance and pollution-related economic losses, adaptive fuzzy control of wind-battery systems, flexible reverse-osmosis loads and degradation-aware energy management.
Thermofluids and advanced materials
Computational thermocapillary droplet dynamics, membrane-channel hydrodynamics and rapid-solidification processing of high-entropy alloys.
نبذة بحثية
حسين الصيرفي باحث مشارك في مركز أبحاث المياه بمعهد الكويت للأبحاث العلمية. تشمل أبحاثه تحلية المياه بالتقطير الغشائي، معالجة المياه المصاحبة للنفط، إدارة الرجيع الملحي، التحكم في الترسبات، استخلاص المعادن، وتطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي والطاقة المتجددة في أنظمة المياه والطاقة.
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Brine Mineral Recovery, Ionic Strength and Scaling Control
Concentrated desalination brines, sulfate mineral precipitation, ionic strength, scaling control and brine valorization.
Membrane Distillation for Seawater and Oilfield-Produced Water
DCMD, AGMD and VMD research for seawater desalination, produced-water treatment, high salt rejection and module design.
AI, Renewable Energy and Water-Energy Systems
AI/ML for PV performance, air-pollution losses, wind-battery energy management and renewable-powered desalination.
Thermofluids, CFD, Microgravity and Advanced Materials
Thermocapillary droplet flow, VOF-Ansys simulations, hydrodynamic DCMD enhancement and high-entropy alloys.
Selected publications and research outputs
Brine chemistry, scaling control and mineral recovery
Modeling the Influence of Ionic Strength on Mineral Solubility in Concentrated Brine Solutions
This study measures how ionic strength changes the solubility of calcium sulfate and magnesium hydroxide in concentrated brines collected from Kuwait desalination facilities. It identifies non-ideal behavior that can be used to time precipitation, limit scaling and improve mineral-recovery process design.
Brine chemistry, scaling control and mineral recovery
Mineral Extraction from Mixed Brine Solutions
This paper evaluates sulfate-mineral recovery when high-salinity brines are mixed with seawater. A practical model predicts saturation index, precipitation yield and induction time for barite, celestite and calcium-sulfate phases under different mixing and operating conditions.
Desalination membranes and advanced materials
Membrane Materials for Desalination
This open-access chapter reviews the evolution of desalination membrane materials, from cellulose acetate and polyamide thin-film composites to graphene oxide, aquaporin-based membranes and metal-organic frameworks. It compares performance, durability, chlorine resistance, fouling behavior, scalability and sustainability.
Membrane distillation for seawater and produced water
Membrane distillation of saline feeds and produced water: A comparative study of an air-gap and vacuum-driven modules
This comparative experimental study evaluates air-gap membrane distillation and vacuum membrane distillation for saline feeds, Arabian Gulf seawater and oilfield-produced water. It examines temperature, concentration, recirculation flow, air-gap depth and vacuum-space depth as determinants of permeate flux and salt rejection.
Membrane distillation for seawater and produced water
Performance feasibility study of direct contact membrane distillation systems in the treatment of seawater and oilfield-produced brine: the effect of hot- and cold-channel depth
This laboratory study assesses direct-contact membrane distillation for Arabian Gulf seawater and oilfield-produced brine using polypropylene and PVDF membranes. It evaluates channel depth, temperature, flow rate and feed concentration in relation to permeate flux and salt rejection.
Membrane-module hydrodynamics and CFD
Hydrodynamic Enhancement of Direct Contact Membrane Distillation Using a Corrugated Feed Channel: A Numerical Study
This numerical study models a direct-contact membrane-distillation channel fitted with rectangular corrugations. It evaluates how rib height, breadth and pitch alter hydrodynamic mixing, temperature polarization, pressure drop and permeate flux, identifying a practical trade-off between mass-transfer enhancement and hydraulic loss.
AI-enabled renewable energy and water-energy systems
Adaptive Fuzzy Energy Management of Wind-Battery Systems With Flexible Desalination Load
This study develops an adaptive fuzzy energy-management system for a wind-turbine and battery system supplying a flexible reverse-osmosis desalination load. The controller coordinates wind power, battery state of charge and water production while explicitly reducing battery cycling and degradation.
AI-enabled renewable energy and water-energy systems
Quantifying the Economic Loss and Operational Implications of Air Pollution on Grid-Connected PV Systems in the Arabian Peninsula: A Machine Learning-Based Analysis
This IEEE Access study uses a validated Random Forest model and counterfactual clean-air scenarios to estimate energy and financial losses caused by air pollution and module soiling in grid-connected photovoltaic systems across the Arabian Peninsula. It also proposes a predictive cleaning schedule for operation and maintenance planning.
Thermofluids, CFD and microgravity
Thermocapillary Droplet Flow in Small-scale Containers: the Effect of Gravity
This numerical investigation tracks an FC-75 droplet suspended in silicone oil inside differentially heated cylindrical containers. Volume-of-Fluid simulations compare zero gravity, normal gravity and combined thermocapillary–buoyancy forcing and derive a practical criterion for the droplet size at which the two forces nearly balance.
Advanced materials and rapid solidification
Achieving single solid solution in equimolar AlCrCuFeNi via rapid solidification
This study uses a 6.5-m drop-tube facility to investigate the effect of cooling rate on equimolar AlCrCuFeNi high-entropy alloy. Rapid solidification suppresses phase complexity, produces a single B2 structure above approximately 10² K/s and increases microhardness as cooling rate rises.
Membrane distillation for seawater and produced water
Assessment of Membrane Distillation Modules for Seawater Desalination and Oilfield-Produced Water Treatment Applications
This doctoral thesis experimentally evaluates direct-contact, air-gap and vacuum membrane-distillation modules for seawater, synthetic saline feeds and oilfield-produced water. It examines membrane material, temperature, salinity, flow rate and channel or gap dimensions to establish performance and design guidance under Kuwait-relevant conditions.
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