Scientific publications

DESAL+ project

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.

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. ELSEVIER, septiembre de 2018, pp: 45-84. ISBN: 978-0-12-813545-7.

 

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.

E5DES project

• 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.

ERES4WATER project

• 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.