Direct Contact Membrane Distillation of Saline
Wastewater for Recycling
vorgelegt von
Sana Abdelkader
geb. Tunis, Tunesien
von der Fakultät III – Prozesswissenschaften
der Technischen Universität Berlin
und der
Höheren Schule für Lebensmittelindustrie Tunis der Carthage
Universität, Tunesien
(im Rahmen des Doppel-Promotionsabkommens)
zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades
Doktorin der Ingenieurwissenschaften
- Dr.-Ing. –
genehmigte Dissertation
Promotionsausschuss:
Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. Hamdi Mokhtar (INSAT, Tunesien)
Gutachter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mongi Seffen (ESSTHS, Tunesien)
Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Martin Denecke (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
Gutachter: Dr. Joachim Koschikowski (Fraunhofer ISE)
Gutachter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven-Uwe Geissen (TU Berlin)
Gutachter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Latifa Bousselmi (CERTE, Tunesien)
Tag der wissenschaftlichen Aussprache: 11. Dezember 2018
an der Höheren Schule für Lebensmittelindustrie Tunis, Tunesien
Berlin 2018
Dissertation Report
On
Direct Contact Membrane Distillation of Saline
Wastewater for Recycling
Presented by
Sana Abdelkader
In the frame of an international joint supervision convention of a doctoral thesis
Submitted to the:
National Higher School of Food Industries (ESIAT), Tunisia
and
Technical University Berlin (TUB), Germany
Faculty III - Process Sciences
Department of Environmental Technology, Chair of Environmental Process Engineering
For the attainment of the academic degree of:
DOCTOR (Dr.-Ing.)
Disciplines:
Food Industries (ESIAT)
Environmental Science and Technology (TUB)
Jury members:
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hamdi Mokhtar (INSAT, Tunisia)
Evaluator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mongi Seffen (ESSTHS, Tunisia)
Evaluator: Prof. Dr. Martin Denecke (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Examinator: Dr. Joachim Koschikowski (Fraunhofer ISE, Germany)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven-Uwe Geissen (TU Berlin)
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Latifa Bousselmi (CERTE, Tunisia)
Centre of Water Research and Technologies (CERTE), Tunisia
Defense date: 11. December 2018
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To my precious and dearest family
To my beloved parents
Ali and Aida
This work would not have been possible without your unconditional love and
support, your guidance and your constant belief in me.
A heartfelt Thank You to each and every one of you.
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all those who helped me and contributed to the preparation and completion
of this thesis.
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Professor Latifa Bousselmi, head
of the research laboratory "Wastewater and Environment (LabEaUE)" at the Center for Water
Research and Technologies (CERTE), for her valuable guidance and support throughout the
elaboration of this thesis. Her great mentorship, positive outlook and encouragements inspired
me and enabled me to carry out this thesis successfully.
I would like also to thank my supervisor Professor Sven-Uwe Geissen, head of the “Chair of
Environmental Process Engineering” at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), for his valuable
support and for his constructive suggestions and recommendations during the planning and
development of this research work.
I extend my sincere thanks to all members of the jury for the honor they do me by agreeing to
read my manuscript and to participate in the defense of this thesis.
My sincere thanks to Dr. Ali Boubakri, assistant professor at CERTE, for his help, interest and
kind support during the realization of this work.
My thanks also go to my colleagues at the “Chair of Environmental Process Engineering (TUB)”
for their support. My special thanks go to Dr. Gesine Götz for her constant encouragement and
motivation and for the relevance of her advices.
I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Joachim Koschikowski, head of the "Water
Treatment and Separation" research group at Fraunhofer-Institute for Solar Energy Systems
(ISE), for his support, scientific advice and valuable collaboration. My sincere thanks go also to
all the members of the "Water Treatment and Separation" research group at Fraunhofer ISE, for
their generosity, their time, resources and expertise which helped me greatly in the elaboration of
this work.
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I would like also to thank Dr. Malini Balakrishnan, senior fellow at The Energy and Resources
Institute (TERI), and her research group for giving me the opportunity to work in collaboration
with their team and for their interest in my work.
Last but not least, I would like to express my gratitude to all the colleagues and friends who have
granted me their moral and intellectual support throughout my thesis. I express my gratitude to
all my colleagues at the CERTE, those who kindly agreed to help and to provide their valuable
support.
Tunis, August 2018
Sana Abdelkader
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