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Project

Overview

Improve the performance and efficiency of the pumping auxiliary system in the selected locations. The research has immense relevance in view of the dependence on pumping (through some 590 medium and large pumping stations) for the irrigation and drainage system in Egypt, the need for an investment strategy to replace aging pump stations, the increasing, and the already sizeable energy consumption, for which the Government of Egypt is keen to find sustainable solutions. The applied research aims at improvement and modernization by the use of software for hydraulic design and operation, to support the updating of specifications to draft more specific, cost-effective, and precise bidding documents and subsequent offers from contractors.

The PEPSI project consists of 3 components: Capacity Building, Pump System Assessments, and Asset Management, which all contribute to a better understanding and better performance of the pumping systems in the Nile.

 

 

Training

Based on the action plans of the A4I research projects in JCAR, preliminary list of training topics and activities has been defined:

 For JCAR partners

  • Developing training material for MED staff
  • Assessment of performance of pumping stations
  • Modern analysis techniques for optimisations of pumping stations, including numerical and physical modelling
  • Modern approaches for asset management

For MWRI and stakeholders

  • Comprehensive training programme for MED (pump hydraulics, vibrations, PLC, CFD, Water Hammer)
  • Asset management
  • O&M considerations
  • Co-development of standard purchase specifications

 

Training topics

Team

+31 646 911 171

anton.defockert@deltares.nl

LinkedIn profile

Anton de Fockert has worked at Deltares since his graduation from the Delft University of Technology in 2008. He has experience in working with advanced numerical modeling techniques in the field of tides, sediment transport, density-driven flows, waves, and wave-current interaction. He is well-versed in working with various hydrodynamic modeling packages, such as Ansys-CFX, StarCCM+, Delft3D, CORMIX, WANDA etc. Further, he works frequently with physical models to investigate detailed hydraulics phenomena in pump intakes and near hydraulic structures and has managed several projects involving detailed hydrodynamics. These projects range from the design of intake and outfalls for large (nuclear) power plants to aquathermal energy, salt intrusion, plastic pollution and tidal energy. His main focus is on the role that detailed flow phenomena have on the performance of these systems. He is also the author of many scientific articles on the contents of these projects.

Telephone work (202) 42188268 - Mobile (20100) 5836160

samysaadhri@gmail.com

samysaad@hri-egypt.com

Dr. Saad has wide management and technical experience, working as director of the technical office in the National Water Research Center Headquarters for seven years, and as director of the Strategic Research Unit for four years. He is working as the director of the Hydraulics Research Institute under the umbrella of the National Water Research Center since 2018 till now. In February 2022,  he was assigned to work as the supervisor at the Mechanical and Electrical Research Institute in addition to his work and has participated in preparing more than 30 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Prof. Saad has experience covering different aspects of hydraulic engineering, industrial hydraulics, and water resources management during 34 years of practice in the National Water Research Center. His experience has been achieved in the fields of:

  • Mathematical and Physical hydraulic models: design, construction, and analysis
  • Sediment transport: field measurements and analysis, and river morphology
  • Teaching regular and tailored courses in basic civil engineering and specialized water and related subjects
  • Organizing and structuring courses for technical training in different water aspects
  • Supervising graduate water professionals for academic degrees

He has managed and taken part in several foreign-funded projects as well as local programs in the field of integrated water resources management and the research studies of many mega projects conducted in Egypt.  

This includes establishing a river morphology regional research cluster, working as a joint cluster research activity, and initiating local action for Nile basin countries, under the umbrella of the Nile basin capacity building network.

He also participated in phase II of the NEPAD Networks of Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Water Sciences and Technology in Africa (ACE WATER-2) project supported by the European commission.

Further, Dr. Saad participated in the Euro-Med Participatory Water Resources Scenarios (EMPOWERS) program which was a regional project funded by the European Union and CARE International and was being implemented in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine.

+201007333465

mbadawy@zewailcity.edu.eg

Moustafa Samir Moussa is an associated professor, Director of the Valley of Science & Technology (VST) and Director of Sustainable Development Center at Zewail city of Science & Technology (Egypt). He is an environmental expert and his specialization is domestic and industrial wastewater, solid waste management, environmental projects planning and capacity building. He has been also involved in many projects (Feasibility studies, capacity building and R&D) on water and wastewater management in Egypt and the Mediterranean area (IWSPI, IWSPII, ISSIP, ESRISS, WWDSS, H2020). He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Nitrification in saline industrial wastewater at the International Institute for water education (UNESCO-IHE) and technical university (TU) in Delft, the Netherlands. This was a joint project of UNESCO-IHE, TU Delft, Shell Global, Ecco Tannery Holland, Heiploeg and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. He is currently teaching wastewater treatment, solid waste management, hazardous waste management, green economy, and other engineering courses. His current research interests cover wastewater treatment, Innovative sustainable solution for Urban-Rural area, and Innovative sustainable solutions for Industrial sector: (Pollution Prevention, Resource Recovery and Industrial Ecology).

Improve the performance and efficiency of the pumping auxiliary system in the selected locations. The research has immense relevance in view of the dependence on pumping (through some 590 medium and large pumping stations) for the irrigation and drainage system in Egypt, the need for an investment strategy to replace aging pump stations, the increasing, and the already sizeable energy consumption, for which the Government of Egypt is keen to find sustainable solutions. The applied research aims at improvement and modernization by the use of software for hydraulic design and operation, to support the updating of specifications to draft more specific, cost-effective, and precise bidding documents and subsequent offers from contractors.

The PEPSI project consists of 3 components: Capacity Building, Pump System Assessments, and Asset Management, which all contribute to a better understanding and better performance of the pumping systems in the Nile.

 

 

Based on the action plans of the A4I research projects in JCAR, preliminary list of training topics and activities has been defined:

 For JCAR partners

  • Developing training material for MED staff
  • Assessment of performance of pumping stations
  • Modern analysis techniques for optimisations of pumping stations, including numerical and physical modelling
  • Modern approaches for asset management

For MWRI and stakeholders

  • Comprehensive training programme for MED (pump hydraulics, vibrations, PLC, CFD, Water Hammer)
  • Asset management
  • O&M considerations
  • Co-development of standard purchase specifications

 

Training topics

+31 646 911 171

anton.defockert@deltares.nl

LinkedIn profile

Anton de Fockert has worked at Deltares since his graduation from the Delft University of Technology in 2008. He has experience in working with advanced numerical modeling techniques in the field of tides, sediment transport, density-driven flows, waves, and wave-current interaction. He is well-versed in working with various hydrodynamic modeling packages, such as Ansys-CFX, StarCCM+, Delft3D, CORMIX, WANDA etc. Further, he works frequently with physical models to investigate detailed hydraulics phenomena in pump intakes and near hydraulic structures and has managed several projects involving detailed hydrodynamics. These projects range from the design of intake and outfalls for large (nuclear) power plants to aquathermal energy, salt intrusion, plastic pollution and tidal energy. His main focus is on the role that detailed flow phenomena have on the performance of these systems. He is also the author of many scientific articles on the contents of these projects.

Telephone work (202) 42188268 - Mobile (20100) 5836160

samysaadhri@gmail.com

samysaad@hri-egypt.com

Dr. Saad has wide management and technical experience, working as director of the technical office in the National Water Research Center Headquarters for seven years, and as director of the Strategic Research Unit for four years. He is working as the director of the Hydraulics Research Institute under the umbrella of the National Water Research Center since 2018 till now. In February 2022,  he was assigned to work as the supervisor at the Mechanical and Electrical Research Institute in addition to his work and has participated in preparing more than 30 scientific papers published in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Prof. Saad has experience covering different aspects of hydraulic engineering, industrial hydraulics, and water resources management during 34 years of practice in the National Water Research Center. His experience has been achieved in the fields of:

  • Mathematical and Physical hydraulic models: design, construction, and analysis
  • Sediment transport: field measurements and analysis, and river morphology
  • Teaching regular and tailored courses in basic civil engineering and specialized water and related subjects
  • Organizing and structuring courses for technical training in different water aspects
  • Supervising graduate water professionals for academic degrees

He has managed and taken part in several foreign-funded projects as well as local programs in the field of integrated water resources management and the research studies of many mega projects conducted in Egypt.  

This includes establishing a river morphology regional research cluster, working as a joint cluster research activity, and initiating local action for Nile basin countries, under the umbrella of the Nile basin capacity building network.

He also participated in phase II of the NEPAD Networks of Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Water Sciences and Technology in Africa (ACE WATER-2) project supported by the European commission.

Further, Dr. Saad participated in the Euro-Med Participatory Water Resources Scenarios (EMPOWERS) program which was a regional project funded by the European Union and CARE International and was being implemented in Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine.

+201007333465

mbadawy@zewailcity.edu.eg

Moustafa Samir Moussa is an associated professor, Director of the Valley of Science & Technology (VST) and Director of Sustainable Development Center at Zewail city of Science & Technology (Egypt). He is an environmental expert and his specialization is domestic and industrial wastewater, solid waste management, environmental projects planning and capacity building. He has been also involved in many projects (Feasibility studies, capacity building and R&D) on water and wastewater management in Egypt and the Mediterranean area (IWSPI, IWSPII, ISSIP, ESRISS, WWDSS, H2020). He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in Nitrification in saline industrial wastewater at the International Institute for water education (UNESCO-IHE) and technical university (TU) in Delft, the Netherlands. This was a joint project of UNESCO-IHE, TU Delft, Shell Global, Ecco Tannery Holland, Heiploeg and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. He is currently teaching wastewater treatment, solid waste management, hazardous waste management, green economy, and other engineering courses. His current research interests cover wastewater treatment, Innovative sustainable solution for Urban-Rural area, and Innovative sustainable solutions for Industrial sector: (Pollution Prevention, Resource Recovery and Industrial Ecology).