Dispersion modelling for the new NEOM selective desalination plant

Categories: Previous Research

The proposed work will use the extensively validated long-term Red Sea hindcast dataset that has been generated by Prof. Hoteit group at KAUST to drive the coastal engineering MIKE model, which will be implemented at very high resolution to resolve the scales of the SDP discharge. The KAUST dataset includes:

  • 40-year of high resolution wind and atmospheric conditions
  • 20-year of full 3D high resolution fields of water currents, temperature and salinity
  • 40-year of ocean waves conditions

The high quality of KAUST oceanic and atmospheric datasets is documented through the long list of scientific publications using the models coupled with the long list of commercial projects which have benefitted from the successful application of the data.

NEOM requested KAUST assistance with a recirculation modelling study for the proposed NEOM selective desalination plant (SDP), planned in the northern Red Sea. To answer this call, Professor Ibrahim Hoteit, the PI of the Red Sea Modelling and Prediction group at KAUST, has prepared the following Statement of Work to support NEOM in designing its SDP.