Scientific publications

IDIWATER project

YEAR 2025:

• A. Rivero-Falcón, Y. López-López, B. Peñate Suárez, N. Melián-Martel. Performance evaluation of nanofiltration membranes for SWRO brine valorisation: Insights from a pilot plant under real conditions. Separation and Purification Technology, Volume 359, Part 3, 2025, pp. 130774.

• José A. Carta, Pedro Cabrera, Noemi Melián-Martel, Sigrid Arenas-Urrea.Experimental investigation of the effect of intermittent operation on membranes in wind-powered SWRO plants, focusing on frequent start-stop scenarios. Energy Conversion and Management: X, Volume 25, 2025, pp. 100848.

YEAR 2024:

• Avila Prats, D., San Luis Gutiérrez, F., Hernández López, Á., Marichal Plasencia, G.N. Optimal Arrangements of Renewable Energy Systems for Promoting the Decarbonization of Desalination Plants. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2024; 12(7):1193.

• Baltasar Peñate Suárez, Juana R. Betancort Rodríguez, Sigrid Arenas Urrea, Vanessa Millán Gabet, Federico León Zerpa. Propuesta de configuraciones de membranas de ósmosis inversa para la desalación de agua de mar y su adaptación al RD 3/2023. Tecnoaqua, nº 68, julio-agosto 2024, pp. 66.

• Chirinza, N.; Zerpa, F.A.L.; Muguirrima, P.; del Pino García, T.; Rodriguez, G.M.; Gutierrez, C.; Pino, C.A.M. Life-Cycle Analysis of natural treatment systems for wastewater (NTSW) applied to municipal effluents. Water 2024, 16, 2653.

E5DES project

YEAR 2024

• B. Del Río-Gamero, Ophelie Choupin, Noemi Melián-Martel, Julieta Schallenberg-Rodriguez. Application of a revised integration of methods for wave energy converter and farm location pair mapping. Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 303, 2024, pp. 118170.

• G.N. Marichal, D. Ávila Prats, A. Conesa, J.A. Rodríguez & G. Iglesias. The Future of Energy in Ships and Harbors. The International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, 2024. Volume 18, Number 1, March 2024.

• Mohammad Hasan Khoshgoftar Manesh, Sepehr Davadgaran, Seyed Alireza Mousavi Rabeti, Ana M. Blanco-Marigorta. Optimal 4E evaluation of an innovative solar-wind cogeneration system for sustainable power and fresh water production based on integration of microbial desalination cell, humidification- dehumidification, and reverse osmosis desalination (2024), Energy, Volume 297, pp. 131256.

• Pedro Cabrera, José A. Carta, Carlos Matos, Enrique Rosales-Asensio, Henrik Lund, Reduced desalination carbon footprint on islands with weak electricity grids. The case of Gran Canaria (2024), Applied Energy, Volume 358, art. No. 122564, ISSN 0306-2619.

• Pedro Cabrera, José A. Carta, Carlos Matos, Henrik Lund. Lessons learned in wind-driven desalination systems in the Canary Islands: Useful knowledge for other world islands. Desalination, Volume 583, 2024, pp. 117697.

• Tourab, A.E.; Blanco-Marigorta, A.M.; Elharidi, A.M.; Suárez-López, M.J. A Novel Configuration of Hybrid Reverse Osmosis, Humidification– Dehumidification, and Solar Photovoltaic Systems: Modeling and Exergy Analysis. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12, 19.

YEAR 2023

• Deivis Avila, Yanelys Cuba Arana, Ramón Quiza and G. Nicolás Marichal. Assessment of Wave Energy Converters Based on Historical Data from a Given Point in the Sea. Water, 2023, vol. 15, 4075.

• Del Rio-Gamero, B.; Rodríguez-López, E.; Schallenberg-Rodríguez, J. Desalination Plant for Irrigation Purposes Driven by an Inland Floating Photovoltaic System. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2023, 11, 905.

• López, Á.H.; Camacho-Espino, J.; Peñate Suárez, B.; Plasencia, G.N.M. Energy Efficiency Optimization in Onboard SWRO Desalination Plants Based on a Genetic Neuro-Fuzzy System. Appl. Sci. 2023, 13, 3392.

• Montesdeoca-Martínez, F.; Velázquez-Medina, S. Integration of a Geothermal Plant in a System with High Renewable Energy Penetration for Desalination Plant Self-Consumption. J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11, 353.

• Rivero-Falcón, Á.; Peñate Suárez, B.; Melián-Martel, N. SWRO Brine Characterisation and Critical Analysis of Its Industrial Valorisation: A Case Study in the Canary Islands (Spain). Water 2023, 15, 1600.

• Tourab, Ahmed Essam and Blanco-Marigorta, A.M. and Elharidi, Aly M. and Suárez-López, María José, Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Hybrid Reverse Osmosis-Humidification Dehumidification (RO-HDH) Desalination System Operating Under Different Retrofits.

YEAR 2022

• Mohammad Hasan Khoshgoftar Manesh, Shabnam Ghorbani, Ana Maria Blanco-Marigorta. Optimal design and analysis of a combined freshwater-power generation system based on integrated solid oxide fuel cell-gas turbine-organic Rankine cycle-multi effect distillation system. Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022. Volume 211, 5 July 2022, 118438.

• Deivis Avila, Ramón Quiza, Graciliano Nicolás Marichal. An approach for evaluating the stochastic behaviour of wave energy converters. Applied Ocean Research, 2022, vol. 129, p. 103372.

• Isidro Padrón, Manuel Damián García, Graciliano Nicolás Marichal and Deivis Ávila. Wave Energy Potential of the Coast of El Hierro Island for the Exploitation of a Wave Energy Converter (WEC). Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14 (19), p. 12139.

• B. Del Río-Gamero, Tyrone Lis Alecio, J. Schallenberg-Rodríguez. Performance indicators for coupling desalination plants with wave energy. Desalination, 2022, vol. 525, p. 115479.

• Ophelie Choupina, B. del Río-Gamero, Julieta Schallenberg-Rodríguez, Pablo Yánez-Rosales. Integration of assessment-methods for wave renewable energy: Resource and installation feasibility. Renewable Energy, Volume 185, February 2022, Pages 455-482.

• Subiela-Ortín, V.J.; Peñate-Suárez, B.; de la Fuente Bencomo, J.A. Main Technical and Economic Guidelines to Implement Wind/Solar-Powered ReverseOsmosis Desalination Systems. Processes, 2022, 10, 653.

YEAR 2021

• Avila, D., Marichal, G.N., Quiza, R., San Luis, F. Prediction of Wave Energy Transformation Capability in Isolated Islands by Using the Monte Carlo Method. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2021, 9, 980.

• G. Nicolás Marichal Plasencia, Jorge Camacho-Espino, Deivis Ávila Prats, José A. Rodríguez Hernández, Felipe San Luis Gutiérrez. Energy analysis of a seawater reverse osmosis desalination system for small marine vessels. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2021, vol. 225, p. 364.

• José A. Carta, Pedro Cabrera. Optimal sizing of stand-alone wind-powered seawater reverse osmosis plants without use of massive energy storage. Applied Energy, 2021, vol. 304, p. 117888.

• Nicolás Marichal Plasencia, Jorge Camacho-Espino, Deivis Ávila Prats, Baltasar Peñate Suárez. Machine Learning Models Applied to Manage the Operation of a Simple SWRO Desalination Plant and Its Application in Marine Vessels. Water, 2021, vol. 13 (18), p. 2547.

• M.H. Khoshgoftar Manesh, P. Firouzi, S. Kabiri, A.M. Blanco-Marigorta. "Evaluation of power and freshwater production based on integrated gas turbine, S-CO2, and ORC cycles with RO desalination unit". Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 228, 2021, pp. 113607.

• Melián-Martel, N.; Del Río-Gamero, B.; Schallenberg-Rodríguez, J. Water cycle driven only by wind energy surplus: Towards 100% renewable energy islands. Desalination, 2021, vol. 515, p. 115216.

• Pedro Cabrera, José Antonio Carta, Henrik Lund, Jakob Zinck Thellufsenet. Large-scale optimal integration of wind and solar photovoltaic power in water-energy systems on islands. Energy Conversion and Management, 2021, vol. 235, p. 113982.

• Pedro Cabrera, Matt Folley, José Antonio Carta. Design and performance simulation comparison of a wave energy-powered and wind-powered modular desalination system. Desalination, 2021, vol. 514, p. 115173.

YEAR 2020

• E. Tourab, A.; Blanco-Marigorta, A.M.; M. Elharidi, A.; Suárez-López, M.J. "A Novel Humidification Technique Used in Water Desalination Systems Based on the Humidification–Dehumidification Process: Experimentally and Theoretically". Water 2020, 12, pp. 2264.

• AVILA, D., Marichal, N., Padrón, I., Quiza, R., Hernández, A."Forecasting of wave energy in Canary Islands based on Artificial Intelligence". Applied Ocean Research, Volume 101, August 2020, 102189.

• MONTERREY-VIÑA, Adrián, Musicki-Savic, Ana, Díaz-Peña, Francisco J. and Peñate-Suárez, Baltasar. “Technical and Agronomical Assessment of the Use of Desalinated Seawater for Coastal Irrigation in an Insular Context”. Water, 2020, vol. 12, no 1, p. 272.

EERES4WATER project

YEAR 2024:

• Barbara A. Willaarts, Maria Helena Novais, José María González Navarro, Germán López Lara, Manuela Morais, Erik Zilliox, Baltasar Peñate Suárez. The governance of the water-energy nexus: Co-produced narratives to take stock and address energy dependencies of the urban water cycle in Atlantic Europe. Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 160, 2024, pp. 103835.

YEAR 2022:

• Subiela-Ortín, V.J.; Peñate-Suárez, B.; de la Fuente Bencomo, J.A. Main Technical and Economic Guidelines to Implement Wind/Solar-Powered ReverseOsmosis Desalination Systems. Processes, 2022, 10, 653.

YEAR 2020:

• SUBIELA, V. J., et al. Configurations of reverse osmosis plants with variable energy consumption for off-grid wind-powered seawater desalination: system modeling and water cost. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2020, vol. 180, p. 1-15.

• SUBIELA, V. J., et al. Design recommendations and cost assessment for off-grid wind-powered-seawater reverse osmosis desalination with medium-size capacity. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2020, vol. 180, p. 16-36.

• SUBIELA, V. J., et al. Design recommendations and cost assessment for non-stop off-grid plants of seawater desalination based on PV-driven with wind/diesel energy backup. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2020, vol. 181, p. 80-100.

DESAL+ project

AÑO 2023

Federico León Zerpa, Baltasar Peñate Suárez, Javier Roo Filgueira, J.A. De La Fuente, Alejandro Ramos Martína, Tomas Tavares (2023). Study for the evaluation of the processes of reuse and recycling of reverse osmosis components and membranes in the Canary Islands and Macaronesia. Desalination and Water Treatment, 309, 171-179.

AÑO 2022

Del Río-Gamero, B., Alecio, T. L., & Schallenberg-Rodríguez, J.(2022). Performance indicators for coupling desalination plants with wave energy. Desalination, 525, 115479.

Elías Jesús Medina Domínguez, Rayco Parra Batista, Jesús Manuel de León Izquier. Assessing the use of photovoltaic energy at a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant: a case study of Porto Santo Desalination Plant (Madeira – Portugal). Desalination and Water Treatment, 2022, vol. 259, pp: 285-299.

Roo-Filgueira, F., Arenas-Urrea, S., Pordomingo- Bañó, J., Ramos-Marrero, C., Mesa-Leon, R., De La Fuente-Bencomo, J., Leon-Zerpa, F. Analysis and feasibility of chemical products reduction in the clean in place of ultrafiltration as a pre-treatment technology for reverse osmosis desalination. DYNA, 2022, 97(6). pp: 658-664.

Tavares, T.; Tavares, J.; León-Zerpa, F.A.; Peñate-Suárez, B.; Ramos-Martín, A. Assessment of Processes to Increase the Useful Life and the Reuse of Reverse Osmosis Elements in Cape Verde and Macaronesia. Membranes 2022, 12, 613.

Tomás Tavares, Jorge Tavares, Federico A. León-Zerpa, Baltasar Peñate-Suárez, Alejandro Ramos-Martín. Assessment of processes to increase the lifetime and potential reuse and recycling of reverse osmosis membranes towards a circular economy. Case of study of Cape Verde and Macaronesia area. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2022, 259, pp: 308-314.

Tavares, T., León-Zerpa, F.A., Vaswani, J., Peñate, B., Ramos-Martín, A. Study for recycling water treatment membranes and compo-nents towards a circular economy. Case of Macaronesia area. Membranes, 2022, 12 (10), pp: 970.

AÑO 2021

Ávila, Deivis, Graciliano N.MarichalÁngelaHernándezFelipe SanLuis. Chapter 2 – Hybrid renewable energy systems for energy supply to autonomous desalination systems on Isolated Islands. En Design, Analysis, and Applications of Renewable Energy Systems. Academic Press, 2021. p. 23-51.

Federico León-Zerpa, Baltasar Peñate-Suárez, Javier Roo-Filgueira y Jenifer Vaswani. Reutilización de elementos de ósmosis inversa de los procesos de desalación. Ingeniería y tecnología del medio ambiente, julio de 2021. Volumen: 96 – Páginas: 429-434.

MELIÁN-MARTEL, Noemí; DEL RÍO-GAMERO, Beatriz; SCHALLENBERG-RODRÍGUEZ, Julieta. Water cycle driven only by wind energy surplus: Towards 100% renewable energy islands. Desalination, 2021, vol. 515, p. 115216.

Sergio J. Álvarez-Méndez; Isidro Padrón-Armas; Jalel Mahouachi. Irrigation management strategies through the combination of fresh water and desalinated sea water for banana crops in El Hierro, Canary Islands. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination. 2021, vol 11, issue 3, pp: 464–474.

AÑO 2020

CABRERA, Pedro, et al. The MATLAB Toolbox for EnergyPLAN: A tool to extend energy planning studies. Science of Computer Programming, 2020, In Press.

SCHALLENBERG-RODRÍGUEZ, Julieta, et al. Energy supply of a large size desalination plant using wave energy. Practical case: North of Gran Canaria. Applied Energy, 2020, vol. 278, p. 115681.

J. Vaswani Reboso, F. Noval Toyos, J.R. Sánchez Rámirez, B. Peñate Suárez. Application of reverse osmosis to the regeneration of wastewater in the Southeast of the Island of Gran Canaria (Spain). Desalination and Water Treatment, 2020, vol. 208, pp. 70-78. 

AÑO 2019

ARENAS, S., DÍAZ, F., PEÑATE, B., DE LA FUENTE, J. A. Technical review, evaluation and efficiency of energy recovery devices installed in the Canary Islands desalination plants. Desalination, 2019, vol. 450, p. 54-63.

CABRERA, P., CARTA, J.A. (2019) Computational Intelligence in the Desalination Industry. In: Blondin M., Pardalos P., Sanchis Sáez J. (eds) Computational Intelligence and Optimization Methods for Control Engineering. Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol 150. Springer, Cham.

FERNÁNDEZ PRIETO, L., RODRÍGUEZ RODRÍGUEZ, G. SCHALLENBERG RODRÍGUEZ, J. Wave energy to power a desalination plant in the north of Gran Canaria Island: Wave resource, socioeconomic and environmental assessment. Journal of environmental management, 2019, vol. 231, p. 546-551. 

Pilar García-Jiménez, Marina Carrasco-Acosta, Carlos Enrique Payá, Irina Alemán López, Juana Rosa Betancort Rodríguez, José Alberto Herrera Melián. Composition and Molecular Identification of Bacterial Community in Seawater Desalination Plants. Advances in Microbiology, 2019, vol. 9, p. 863-876.

PADRÓN, I., ÁVILA, D., MARICHAL, G.N., RODRÍGUEZ, J.A. Assessment of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems to supplied energy to Autonomous Desalination Systems in two islands of the Canary Archipelago. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 101, March 2019, Pages 221-230.

SERRANO-TOVAR, T., PEÑATE SUÁREZ , B., MUSICKI , A., DE LA FUENTE BENCOMO, J.A., CABELLO, V., GIAMPIETRO, M. Structuring an integrated water-energy-food nexus assessment of a local wind energy desalination system for irrigation. Science of The Total Environment, 2019, vol. 689, p. 945-957.

AÑO 2018

CABRERA, P., LUND, H., CARTA, J. A. Smart renewable energy penetration strategies on islands: The case of Gran Canaria. Energy, 2018.

CABRERA, P., CARTA, J.A., GONZÁLEZ, J., MELIÁN, G. Wind-driven SWRO desalination prototype with and without batteries: A performance simulation using machine learning models. Desalination, 2018, vol. 435, p. 77-96.

DELGADO-TORRES, A. M., GARCÍA-RODRÍGUEZ, L., PEÑATE, B., DE LA FUENTE, J. A., MELIÁN, G. Chapter 3 “Water Desalination by Solar-Powered RO Systems”. En BASILE, A., CASSANO, A., FIGOLI, A. Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes. Renewable Energy Integrated with Membrane Operations.  

GÓMEZ-GOTOR, Antonio, et al. The history of desalination in the Canary Islands. Desalination, 2018, vol. 428, p. 86-107.

Peñate, B., de la Fuente, J.A., Millán, V., Liner, B. Renewable energy drives desalination innovation in the Canary Islands. World Water: Water Reuse & Desalination. Volume 9 / Issue 2. Summer 2018.

SADHWANI ALONSO, J.J., EL KORI, N,. MELIÁN-MARTEL, N., DEL RÍO-GAMERO, B. Removal of ciprofloxacin from seawater by reverse osmosis. Journal of environmental management, 2018, vol. 217, p. 337-345.

AÑO 2017

BLANCO-MARIGORTA, A.M., Lozano-Medina, A., Marcos, J.D. A critical review of definitions for exergetic efficiency in reverse osmosis desalination plants. Energy, 2017, vol. 137, p. 752-760.

BLANCO-MARIGORTA, A. M., Lozano-Medina, A., Marcos, J.D. The exergetic efficiency as a performance evaluation tool in reverse osmosis desalination plants in operation. Desalination, 2017, vol. 413, p. 19-28.

CABRERA, P., Carta, J.A., González, J., Melián, G. Artificial neural networks applied to manage the variable operation of a simple seawater reverse osmosis plant. Desalination, 2017, vol. 416, p. 140-156.