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6E analyses of a new solar energy-driven polygeneration system integrating CO2 capture, organic Rankine cycle, and humidification-dehumidification desalination (2022)
Journal Article
Khani, N., Khoshgoftar Manesha, M., & Onishi, V. (2022). 6E analyses of a new solar energy-driven polygeneration system integrating CO2 capture, organic Rankine cycle, and humidification-dehumidification desalination. Journal of Cleaner Production, 379, A

Integrated solar-assisted polygeneration systems have emerged as an effective and sustainable alternative for meeting thermal, power and freshwater demands through decentralized generation. In this framework, this study introduces a new design and dy... Read More about 6E analyses of a new solar energy-driven polygeneration system integrating CO2 capture, organic Rankine cycle, and humidification-dehumidification desalination.

Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of Integrated Solar-Assisted Gasification Cycle for Producing Power and Steam from Heavy Refinery Fuels (2021)
Journal Article
Jadidi, E., Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., Delpisheh, M., & Onishi, V. C. (2021). Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of Integrated Solar-Assisted Gasification Cycle for Producing Power and Steam from Heavy Refinery Fuels. Energi

Integrated solar-assisted gasification cycles (ISGC) have emerged as a more flexible and environmentally friendly solution for producing power, steam, and other high-valued by-products from low-cost opportunity fuels. In this light, this paper invest... Read More about Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses of Integrated Solar-Assisted Gasification Cycle for Producing Power and Steam from Heavy Refinery Fuels.

Thermo-economic and environmental optimization of a solar-driven zero-liquid discharge system for shale gas wastewater desalination (2021)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2021). Thermo-economic and environmental optimization of a solar-driven zero-liquid discharge system for shale gas wastewater desalination.

Wastewater management is one of the main hurdles encountered by the shale gas industry for boosting overall process cost-effectiveness while reducing environmental impacts. In this light, this paper introduces a new multi-objective model for the ther... Read More about Thermo-economic and environmental optimization of a solar-driven zero-liquid discharge system for shale gas wastewater desalination.

Energy, Exergy, and Thermo-Economic Analysis of Renewable Energy-Driven Polygeneration Systems for Sustainable Desalination (2021)
Journal Article
Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., & Onishi, V. C. (2021). Energy, Exergy, and Thermo-Economic Analysis of Renewable Energy-Driven Polygeneration Systems for Sustainable Desalination. Processes, 9(2), Article 210. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9020210

Reliable production of freshwater and energy is vital for tackling two of the most critical issues the world is facing today: climate change and sustainable development. In this light, a comprehensive review is performed on the foremost renewable ene... Read More about Energy, Exergy, and Thermo-Economic Analysis of Renewable Energy-Driven Polygeneration Systems for Sustainable Desalination.

Integration of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with MED-RO Desalination Based on Conventional and Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses (2020)
Journal Article
Khoshgoftar Manesh, M. H., Ghadikolaei, R. S., Modabber, H. V., & Onishi, V. C. (2021). Integration of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with MED-RO Desalination Based on Conventional and Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses. Proce

The ever-increasing world population, change in lifestyle, and limited natural water and energy resources have made industrial seawater desalination plants the leading contenders for cost-efficient freshwater production. In this study, the integratio... Read More about Integration of a Combined Cycle Power Plant with MED-RO Desalination Based on Conventional and Advanced Exergy, Exergoeconomic, and Exergoenvironmental Analyses.

Optimal Energy and Reserve Market Management in Renewable Microgrid-PEVs Parking Lot Systems: V2G, Demand Response and Sustainability Costs (2020)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Antunes, C. H., & Trovão, J. P. F. (2020). Optimal Energy and Reserve Market Management in Renewable Microgrid-PEVs Parking Lot Systems: V2G, Demand Response and Sustainability Costs. Energies, 13(8), Article 1884. https://doi.org/10.3390/

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology heralds great promise as a demand-side resource to contribute to more efficient grid management and promote the use of decentralized renewable energy. In this light, we propose a new optimization model for the sustain... Read More about Optimal Energy and Reserve Market Management in Renewable Microgrid-PEVs Parking Lot Systems: V2G, Demand Response and Sustainability Costs.

Stochastic optimization of trigeneration systems for decision-making under long-term uncertainty in energy demands and prices (2019)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Antunes, C. H., Fraga, E. S., & Cabezas, H. (2019). Stochastic optimization of trigeneration systems for decision-making under long-term uncertainty in energy demands and prices. Energy, 175, 781-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.0

Combined heating, cooling and power (CHCP) systems, so-called trigeneration, are widely accepted as more energy-efficient and environment-friendly alternatives to traditional separate energy generation. Nevertheless, the tasks of synthesis and optimi... Read More about Stochastic optimization of trigeneration systems for decision-making under long-term uncertainty in energy demands and prices.

Optimization of multistage membrane distillation system for treating shale gas produced water (2019)
Journal Article
Carrero-Parreño, A., Onishi, V. C., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Caballero, J. A., & Reyes-Labarta, J. A. (2019). Optimization of multistage membrane distillation system for treating shale gas produced water. Desalination, 460, 15-27. https://doi

Thermal membrane distillation (MD) is an emerging technology to desalinate high-salinity wastewaters, including shale gas produced water to reduce the corresponding water footprint of fracturing operations. In this work, we introduce a rigorous optim... Read More about Optimization of multistage membrane distillation system for treating shale gas produced water.

Membrane Desalination in Shale Gas Industry: Applications and Perspectives (2019)
Book Chapter
Onishi, V. C., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2019). Membrane Desalination in Shale Gas Industry: Applications and Perspectives. In A. Basile, E. Curcio, & Inamuddin (Eds.), Current Trends and Future Developments on (Bio-) Membranes (243-267).

Shale gas has drawn increasing investments as an unconventional primary resource to renovate the global energy market. Over the last decade, factors linked to supply reliability and the recent developments in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fractur... Read More about Membrane Desalination in Shale Gas Industry: Applications and Perspectives.

Zero-Liquid Discharge Desalination of Hypersaline Shale Gas Wastewater: Challenges and Future Directions (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onishi, V. C., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2018). Zero-Liquid Discharge Desalination of Hypersaline Shale Gas Wastewater: Challenges and Future Directions. In Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surroun

Unconventional natural gas extraction from tight shale reservoirs, or “shale gas”, has recently emerged as an attractive energy resource to face the rising worldwide demand.

Optimal Shale Gas Water Management: A Perspective from the Cooperative Games Theory (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caballero, J., Reyes-Labarta, J., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., & Onishi, V. (2018). Optimal Shale Gas Water Management: A Perspective from the Cooperative Games Theory. In 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting

Cooperation is gaining importance in different fields of process management due to highly complex network structures. Therefore, it is not sufficient to plan operations in terms of isolated decision making. While examining cooperation, many decision... Read More about Optimal Shale Gas Water Management: A Perspective from the Cooperative Games Theory.

Sustainable Optimal Strategic Planning for Shale Water Management (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Caballero, J., Carrero-Parreño, A., Reyes-Labarta, J., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Grossmann, I., & Onishi, V. (2018). Sustainable Optimal Strategic Planning for Shale Water Management. In 2018 AIChE Annual Meeting

Holistic Planning Model for Sustainable Water Management in the Shale Gas Industry (2018)
Journal Article
Carrero-Parreño, A., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Onishi, V. C., Caballero, J. A., & Grossmann, I. E. (2018). Holistic Planning Model for Sustainable Water Management in the Shale Gas Industry. Industrial & Engineering Chemi

To address water planning decisions in shale gas operations, we present a novel water management optimization model that explicitly takes into account the effect of high concentrations of total dissolved solids (TDS) and temporal variations in the im... Read More about Holistic Planning Model for Sustainable Water Management in the Shale Gas Industry.

Optimal synthesis of work and heat exchangers networks considering unclassified process streams at sub and above-ambient conditions (2018)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Quirante, N., Ravagnani, M. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2018). Optimal synthesis of work and heat exchangers networks considering unclassified process streams at sub and above-ambient conditions. Applied Energy, 224, 567-581. https://doi.org/10

Work and heat exchanger networks have recently drawn increasing attention due to their paramount importance in achieving energy savings. In this work, we introduce a new optimization model for the cost-effective synthesis and energy integration of wo... Read More about Optimal synthesis of work and heat exchangers networks considering unclassified process streams at sub and above-ambient conditions.

Desalination of shale gas wastewater: Thermal and membrane applications for zero-liquid discharge (2018)
Book Chapter
Onishi, V. C., Fraga, E. S., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2018). Desalination of shale gas wastewater: Thermal and membrane applications for zero-liquid discharge. In V. Gnaneswar Gude (Ed.), Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Desalination

Natural gas exploration from unconventional shale formations, known as “shale gas,” has recently arisen as an appealing energy supply to meet the increasing worldwide demand. During the last decade, development of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fr... Read More about Desalination of shale gas wastewater: Thermal and membrane applications for zero-liquid discharge.

Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onishi, V., Labarta, J., Caballero, J., & Antunes, C. (2017, November). Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives. Paper presented at 18th European Meeting on Environmental Chemist

Wastewater management is nowadays one of the major concerns faced by the shale gas industry to improve its cost-effectiveness, while preserving the human health and environment. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations usually demand e... Read More about Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives.

Robust Stochastic-Fuzzy Modelling Approach for Shale Gas Wastewater Management under Uncertainty (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Onishi, V., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Reyes-Labarta, J., Caballero, J., & Antunes, C. (2017). Robust Stochastic-Fuzzy Modelling Approach for Shale Gas Wastewater Management under Uncertainty.

In this work, a new stochastic-fuzzy-based modelling approach is introduced for the robust optimization of shale gas wastewater management under multiple sources of uncertainty. Different management alternatives are considered to deal with the wastew... Read More about Robust Stochastic-Fuzzy Modelling Approach for Shale Gas Wastewater Management under Uncertainty.

Multi-Objective Optimization of Renewable Energy-Driven Desalination Systems (2017)
Book Chapter
Onishi, V. C., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Carrero-Parreño, A., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2017). Multi-Objective Optimization of Renewable Energy-Driven Desalination Systems. In A. Espuña, M. Graells, & L. Puigjaner (Eds.), 27th

Environmental impacts related to increasing greenhouse gas emissions and depletion of fossil-fuel reserves and water resources are major global concerns. In this work, we introduce a new multi-objective optimization model for simultaneous synthesis o... Read More about Multi-Objective Optimization of Renewable Energy-Driven Desalination Systems.