Qatar’s primary source of fresh water is through seawater desalination. Amongst the major processes that are commercially available on the market, the most common large scale techniques are Multi-Stage Flash distillation (MSF), Multi Effect distillation (MED), and Reverse Osmosis (RO). Although commonly used, these three processes are highly expensive down to high energy input requirements and ...

abstract background: herbal distillates have been used for many centuries as drinks, flavors, and herbal medicine in iran, especially in the city of urmia. recently, some studies claimed the presence of methanol in different types of herbal distillates. methanol is a highly toxic compound which can cause acute or chronic toxicity in humans. acute poisoning with methanol can cause different comp...

Power-to-Liquid (PtL) plants can viably implement carbon capture and utilization technologies in Europe. In addition, local CO2 sources be valorized to substitute oil gas imports. This work’s aim was determine the PtL efficiency obtained by combining a solid oxide electrolyzer (SOEC) Fischer–Tropsch synthesis. recommended plant configuration produce synthetic fuel wax at pilot scale is establis...

Sterols due to their properties might be considered as valuable products to be employed in food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Vegetable oils, namely canola, soyabean and sunflower seed oils, contain considerable quantities of phytosterols, mainly β–sitosterol. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of refining operations, particularly deodorization on this valuable class...

background stomatitis is a disturbing side-effect of chemotherapy that disturbs patients and causes difficulties in patient’s drinking, eating and talking, and may results in infection and bleeding. objectives this study aimed to investigate the effect of yarrow distillate in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced stomatitis. patients and methods rapy-induced oral stomatitis referred to shahid b...

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Background: Iranian borage, Echium amoenum, is believed to improve reproduction according to folk medicine. Although E. amoenum distillate known as “Aragh Gav-zaban” is widely consumed as a safe and natural remedy, its possible effects on fertility have not yet been scientifically examined. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of borage distillate (BD) on reproductive parameters o...