All Outputs (12)

Robust Stochastic-Fuzzy Modelling Approach for Shale Gas Wastewater Management under Uncertainty (2017)
Conference Proceeding
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.

Wastewater Management in Shale Gas Industry: Alternatives for Water Reuse and Recycling, Challenges and Perspectives (2017)
Presentation / Conference
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 Chemistry - EMEC18: Chemistry Towards an Infinite Environment, Porto, Portugal

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.

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 European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (499-504). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-63965-3.50085-4

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.

Optimal Shale Gas Flowback Water Desalination under Correlated Data Uncertainty (2017)
Book Chapter
Onishi, V. C., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Carrero-Parreño, A., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2017). Optimal Shale Gas Flowback Water Desalination under Correlated Data Uncertainty. In A. Espuña, M. Graells, & L. Puigjaner (Eds.), 27th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (943-948). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-63965-3.50159-8

Optimal flowback water desalination is critical to improve overall efficiency and sustainability of shale gas production. Nonetheless, great uncertainty in well data from shale plays strongly hinders the design task. In this work, we introduce a new... Read More about Optimal Shale Gas Flowback Water Desalination under Correlated Data Uncertainty.

Multistage Membrane Distillation for the Treatment of Shale Gas Flowback Water: Multi-Objective Optimization under Uncertainty (2017)
Book Chapter
Carrero-Parreño, A., Onishi, V. C., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Caballero, J. A., & Reyes-Labarta, J. A. (2017). Multistage Membrane Distillation for the Treatment of Shale Gas Flowback Water: Multi-Objective Optimization under Uncertainty. In A. Espuña, M. Graells, & L. Puigjaner (Eds.), 27th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (571-576). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-63965-3.50097-0

In this work, we analyze the effect of shale gas well data uncertainty on the multi-objective optimization of a multistage direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) model. The uncertain parameters, flowrate and salt concentration of the flowback wa... Read More about Multistage Membrane Distillation for the Treatment of Shale Gas Flowback Water: Multi-Objective Optimization under Uncertainty.

Combining Forward and Reverse Osmosis for Shale Gas Wastewater Treatment to Minimize Cost and Freshwater Consumption (2017)
Book Chapter
Salcedo-Díaz, R., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Carrero-Parreño, A., Onishi, V. C., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2017). Combining Forward and Reverse Osmosis for Shale Gas Wastewater Treatment to Minimize Cost and Freshwater Consumption. In A. Espuña, M. Graells, & L. Puigjaner (Eds.), 27th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (2725-2730). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-444-63965-3.50456-6

One of the challenges for the future of the shale gas production industry is the water management due to the large demand of water for wells drilling and fracturing and the high volumes of liquid effluent produced. On-site treatment is a convenient o... Read More about Combining Forward and Reverse Osmosis for Shale Gas Wastewater Treatment to Minimize Cost and Freshwater Consumption.

Process optimization for zero-liquid discharge desalination of shale gas flowback water under uncertainty (2017)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Carrero-Parreño, A., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., Fraga, E. S., & Caballero, J. A. (2017). Process optimization for zero-liquid discharge desalination of shale gas flowback water under uncertainty. Journal of Cleaner Production, 164, 1219-1238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.243

Sustainable and efficient desalination is required to treat the large amounts of high-salinity flowback water from shale gas extraction. Nevertheless, uncertainty associated with well data (including water flowrates and salinities) strongly hampers t... Read More about Process optimization for zero-liquid discharge desalination of shale gas flowback water under uncertainty.

Could Sci-Hub become a quicksand for authors? (2017)
Journal Article
Novo, L. A. B., & Onishi, V. C. (2017). Could Sci-Hub become a quicksand for authors?. Information Development, 33(3), 324-325. https://doi.org/10.1177/0266666917703638

Sci-Hub has shaken the pillars of scholarly publishing, providing free access to millions of paywall-protected scientific articles. Along the way, it has also challenged the hegemony of major publishers and a system propelled by scientometrics. Here... Read More about Could Sci-Hub become a quicksand for authors?.

Metal Bioaccumulation by Plants in Roadside Soils: Perspectives for Bioindication and Phytoremediation (2017)
Book Chapter
Novo, L. A. B., Onishi, V. C., Bernardino, C. A. R., & da Silva, E. F. (2017). Metal Bioaccumulation by Plants in Roadside Soils: Perspectives for Bioindication and Phytoremediation. In N. A. Anjum, S. Singh Gill, & N. Tuteja (Eds.), Enhancing Cleanup of Environmental Pollutants, Volume 1: Biological Approaches (215-230). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55426-6_10

Traffic-related metal pollution is a serious worldwide concern. Roadside soils are constantly subjected to the deposition of metals released by tailpipe gases, vehicle parts, and road infrastructure components. These metals, including platinum group... Read More about Metal Bioaccumulation by Plants in Roadside Soils: Perspectives for Bioindication and Phytoremediation.

Optimal Pretreatment System of Flowback Water from Shale Gas Production (2017)
Journal Article
Carrero-Parreño, A., Onishi, V. C., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Fraga, E. S., Caballero, J. A., & Reyes-Labarta, J. A. (2017). Optimal Pretreatment System of Flowback Water from Shale Gas Production. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56(15), 4386-4398. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.6b04016

Shale gas has emerged as a potential resource to transform the global energy market. Nevertheless, gas extraction from tight shale formations is only possible after horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, which generally demand large amounts of... Read More about Optimal Pretreatment System of Flowback Water from Shale Gas Production.

Shale Water Desalination: Multistage Membrane Distillation considering Different Configurations and Heat Integration (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Carrero-Parreño, A., Onishi, V., Ruiz-Femenia, R., Salcedo-Díaz, R., Caballero, J., & Labarta, J. (2017). Shale Water Desalination: Multistage Membrane Distillation considering Different Configurations and Heat Integration.

This work introduces a simultaneous synthesis of membrane distillation systems with heat exchanger networks (HENs) for desalinating shale gas flowback and produce water. The direct contact and vacuum membrane configurations are the best options for d... Read More about Shale Water Desalination: Multistage Membrane Distillation considering Different Configurations and Heat Integration.

Multi-objective synthesis of work and heat exchange networks: Optimal balance between economic and environmental performance (2017)
Journal Article
Onishi, V. C., Ravagnani, M. A., Jiménez, L., & Caballero, J. A. (2017). Multi-objective synthesis of work and heat exchange networks: Optimal balance between economic and environmental performance. Energy Conversion and Management, 140, 192-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2017.02.074

Sustainable and efficient energy use is crucial for lessening carbon dioxide emissions in industrial plants. This paper introduces a new multi-objective optimization model for the synthesis of work and heat exchange networks (WHENs), aiming to obtain... Read More about Multi-objective synthesis of work and heat exchange networks: Optimal balance between economic and environmental performance.