Patents by Inventor Bassel Alaa Awad Abdelkader

Bassel Alaa Awad Abdelkader has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11420164
    Abstract: A method of deionizing saline water by contacting the saline water with a diffusion barrier to remove at least a portion of divalent ions to form deionized water, in order to desalinate the deionized water without scale formation, and a method of fabricating the diffusion barrier. Various embodiments of the diffusion barrier, the method of fabricating thereof, and the method of deionizing the saline water are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Bassel Alaa Awad Abdelkader, Mohamed A. Antar, Zafarullah Khan, Tahar Laoui
  • Publication number: 20190270053
    Abstract: A method of deionizing saline water by contacting the saline water with a diffusion barrier to remove at least a portion of divalent ions to form deionized water, in order to desalinate the deionized water without scale formation, and a method of fabricating the diffusion barrier. Various embodiments of the diffusion barrier, the method of fabricating thereof, and the method of deionizing the saline water are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
    Inventors: Bassel Alaa Awad Abdelkader, Mohamed A. Antar, Zafarullah Khan, Tahar Laoui