Qatar: New Qatar lab will look at desalination and energy
A programme to set up the Qatar Sustainable Water & Energy
Utilization (QWE) Laboratory was launched on 21 April 2009 at the Texas
A&M University at Qatar. It will help Qatar to address pressing
water and energy problems including desalination.
Announcing the programme, the deputy premier and minister of energy and
industry, HE Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah, said the centre initiative
was a realisation of the productive working relationship between the
energy and industrial sectors and Qatar's research and educational
institutions to serve the needs of the community.
The deputy premier also said that Qatar's general electricity
and water corporation, Kahramaa, was looking in depth at all possible
technologies used in power generation/water desalination systems as
well as state-of-the-art designing tools to optimise designs for
environmental protection and maintain sustainable resources, especially
the main sources for electricity generation and water production.
Al Attiyah also said that using solar and nuclear power in
electricity generation and water desalination were the way forward in
creating a sustainable and environmentally friendly system in Qatar.
Dr Patrick Linke and Dr Ahmed Abdel-Wahab, two chemical
engineering professors at the university, will lead the initiative and
work towards developing the scientific and technical base required. The
project will have an advisory board with key representatives from the
Ministry of Environment, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs &
Agriculture, the General Secretariat for Development Planning, Mesaieed
Industrial City, Kahramaa and Qatar Petroleum.
The technical areas of QWE will be diverse yet coordinated:
Environmental impact assessment of water and energy use,
Minimization of water consumption and discharge,
Maximization of industrial energy efficiency and reduction of greenhouse-gas emissions,
Improved technologies for desalination,
Tailored water treatment systems for efficient water and wastewater management,
Hazardous waste management,
Systems design and optimization for maximum economic and environmental performance. |
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News type |
Inbrief |
File link |
http://www.desalination.biz/news/news_story.asp?id=4830
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Source of information |
Desalination.biz
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Keyword(s) |
desalination |
Subject(s) |
ANALYSIS AND TESTS
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CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES
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DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT
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ENERGY
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INFRASTRUCTURES
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SANITATION -STRICT PURIFICATION PROCESSES
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SLUDGES
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WATER QUALITY
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Relation |
http://www.emwis.net/topics/Desalination |
Geographical coverage |
Qatar |
News date |
30/04/2009 |
Working language(s) |
ENGLISH
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