Professor
Abu Dhabi University
UAE
Omar Chaalal is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Abu Dhabi University (ADU). Chaalal is an internationally renowned expert in the separation technologies. He is the inventor of the EnPro Process that deals with the sequestration of carbon dioxide and global warming reduction. He has undertaken several successful research related to CO2 cleaning in Natural Gas and subsequently two patents applications have been filed for the use of this technology. The benefits of these patents were, in addition to the environmental benefits, used in the treatment of large quantities of desalinated formation water in the oil field. Chaalal has pioneered among others the use of seawater and ammonia to reduce the effect of carbon dioxide on the environment. Recently, 2020-2022, professor Chaalal supervised the testing of Tritonite and conducted works on the strength, the permeability, the workability, air content, water absorption and heat conduction for concrete when the chemical tritonite is added. Professor Chaalal was the Chief Scientist of Enpro As. Norway, a member of Al Mobdioon Center of Excellence and innovation of King Abdul Aziz University (Saudi Arabia), an Advisory Board of IIB environmental Company in Japan and a member of the board of several scientific journals. He has authored 150 refereed publications, 2 European patents and 1 US patent and 250 presentations.