Sustainable water treatment processes, Gravity-Driven Membrane systems
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT), non-invasive in-situ fouling monitoring in membrane systems
Characterization of membrane fouling
Selected Publications
Gravity-Driven Membrane as seawater desalination pretreatment: Understanding the role of membrane biofilm on water production and AOC removalL. Ranieri, R.E. Putri, N. Farhat, L.Fortunato, J.S. Vrouwenvelder, Desalination, Vol. 549, p. 116353 (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.1563
Periodic fouling control strategies in gravity-driven membrane bioreactors (GD-MBRs): Impact on treatment performance and membrane fouling properties L. Ranieri, J.S. Vrouwenvelder, L.Fortunato Science of The Total Environment, Volume 838, Part 3, (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156340
Fouling control in a gravity-driven membrane (GDM) bioreactor treating primary wastewater by using relaxation and/o... L. Fortunato, L. Ranieri, V. Naddeo, T.O. Leiknes Journal of Membrane Science, Vol. 610, p. 118261, (2020)
Education
M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy, 2019
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Salerno, Italy, 2016
Professional Profile
2020 - Present: PhD Student, WDRC, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
2019: Visiting Student Research Program, KAUST, Saudi Arabia,
KAUST Affiliations
Water Desalination and Reuse Center (WDRC)
Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE)
Research Interests Keywords
Wastewater treatmentMembrane foulingIn-situ monitoringSeawater pre-treatment for desalination
