Hiren D Raval

Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India

Title: End-of-life reverse osmosis membranes: Waste minimization and recycling

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Biography

Dr. Hiren Raval is working as a Principal Scientist with India’s national laboratory under Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI). He has published about 46 research papers in reputed journals including Desalination, RSC Advances, Applied surface science, Journal of applied polymer sciences, Desalination and water treatment etc. ; majority of them as the corresponding author. He was awarded fellowships of international recognition i.e. International desalination association fellowship and Water advanced research and innovation fellowship both at USA. He has delivered many invited talks, lectures in national/international events and presented papers in many international conferences. He has been a reviewer of prestigious journals. 

He has led the project as principal investigator aimed at extending the life-cycle of Reverse Osmosis membrane elements, established the pilot plant facility and successfully developed the technology of rejuvenating the fouled/end-of-life Seawater reverse osmosis membrane elements. 

He also taught chemical engineering at various organizations and also worked on a Process engineering role in Multi-national organization. Core focus of his research is on improvement and modification of thin film composite RO membrane for improved productivity, develop novel functionality and fouling resistance, nanocomposite membranes for improved performance, forward osmosis membrane process development, renewable energy powered desalination for enhanced efficiency, developing novel, sustainable, energy efficient membrane based process solutions for different water/effluent treatment problems.

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