Mehrez Hermassi - Staff Member Profile

Areas of expertise
- Séparation membranaire et cristallisation assistée par membrane
- Traitement des eaux et valorisation des ressources
- Gestion et valorisation des déchets industriels et miniers
- Récupération et concentration de l'ammoniac de liqueur de retour et valorisation de CO2
- Hydrométallurgie
- Modélisation de transport de masse de différents processus physico-chimiques
Publications
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2026
Implications of Temperature Polarisation in Membrane Crystallisation Revealed by Direct Measurement of Nucleation
Journal articleJournal of Membrane Science
Acid recovery with diffusion dialysis to improve rare earth extraction economics
Journal articleSEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
Enhanced selective recovery of rare earth elements from treated acidic mine water as oxalates: experimental optimization on the crystallization stage
Journal articleJOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Optimizing the recovery of rare earth elements from acid mine water: A sustainable approach using selective precipitation
Journal articleCLEANER ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
2025
Impact of operational parameters on arsenic impurities in Sb2O3(s) and Bi2O3(s) recovery from copper electrorefining: A viable alternative to refiners?
Journal articleJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Enhancing Ammonia Nitrogen Removal from Saline Mining Effluents: A Hybrid Approach with Ozone Microbubbles and Precipitation
Journal articlePROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MINE WATER ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, IMWA 2025
Mine Water Treatment Methods for Rare Earth Elements and Associated Radionuclides
Journal articleMine Water and the Environment
On the role of crystal-liquid interfacial energy in determining scaling, nucleation and crystal growth in membrane distillation crystallisation
Journal articleJournal of Membrane Science
2022
Impact of functional group types in ion exchange resins on rare earth element recovery from treated acid mine waters
Journal articleJournal of Cleaner Production
Recovery of rare earth elements from acidic mine waters: An unknown secondary resource
Journal articleScience of the Total Environment
2021
Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from acidic mine waters by integration of a selective chelating ion-exchanger and a solvent impregnated resin
Journal articleJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2020
Phosphate recovery from aqueous solution by K-zeolite synthesized from fly ash for subsequent valorisation as slow release fertilizer
Journal articleScience of the Total Environment
Selectrodialysis and ion-exchange resins as integration processes for copper and zinc recovery from metallurgical streams containing arsenic
Book chapterAdvances in Science Technology and Innovation
2019
Integration of selectrodialysis and solvent-impregnated resins for Zn (II) and Cu (II) recovery from hydrometallurgy effluents containing As (V)
Journal articleSeparation and Purification Technology
2018
Characterization of natural Yemeni zeolites as powder sorbents for ammonium valorization from domestic waste water streams using high rate activated sludge processes
Journal articleJournal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
Simultaneous ammonium and phosphate recovery and stabilization from urban sewage sludge anaerobic digestates using reactive sorbents
Journal articleScience of the Total Environment
Valorisation of nutrients in wastewaters using reactive inorganic sorbents
Book chapterPhosphorus Recovery and Recycling
2017
Recovery of nutrients (N-P-K) from potassium-rich sludge anaerobic digestion side-streams by integration of a hybrid sorption-membrane ultrafiltration process: Use of powder reactive sorbents as nutrient carriers
Journal articleScience of The Total Environment
Fly ash as reactive sorbent for phosphate removal from treated waste water as a potential slow release fertilizer
Journal articleJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
2016
Recovery of ammonium and phosphate from treated urban wastewater by using potassium clinoptilolite impregnated hydrated metal oxides as N-P-K fertilizer
Journal articleJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Integration of powdered Ca-Activated zeolites in a hybrid sorption-membrane ultrafiltration process for phosphate recovery
Journal articleIndustrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Detrimental effects of magnesium (II) on hydroxyapatite precipitation from synthetic industrial brines
Journal articleChemical Engineering Journal
Powdered Ca-activated zeolite for phosphate removal from treated waste-water
Journal articleJournal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology
2015
Evaluation of hydroxyapatite crystallization in a batch reactor for the valorization of alkaline phosphate concentrates from wastewater treatment plants using calcium chloride
Journal articleChemical Engineering Journal
Year not specified
Integrating crystallisation into transmembrane chemical absorption: Process intensification for ammonia separation from anaerobic digestate
Journal articleJournal of Membrane Science
Is chemically reactive membrane crystallisation faciliated by heterogeneous primary nucleation? Comparison with conventional gas-liquid crystallisation for ammonium bicarbonate precipitation in a CO2-NH3-H2O system
Journal articleCrystal Growth and Design
Recovery and concentration of ammonia from return liquor to promote enhanced CO2 absorption and simultaneous ammonium bicarbonate crystallisation during biogas upgrading in a hollow fibre membrane contactor
Journal articleSeparation and Purification Technology