[EN] Integrating processes of water and energy interdependence in water systems can improve the understanding of the tradeoffs between water and energy in management and policy. This study presents a development of an ...
del Teso March, Roberto; Gómez Sellés, Elena; Estruch-Juan, Elvira; Cabrera Marcet, Enrique(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-03-08)
[EN] Pressurized water systems are high energy demanders. They must deliver the demanded volume of water at the minimum service pressure. There is currently a marked change in production and energy tariffs, which is causing ...
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier; Ramos, Helena M.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo(MDPI AG, 2017-02)
[EN] Analyses of possible synergies between energy recovery and water management are essential for achieving sustainable improvements in the performance of irrigation water networks. Improving the energy efficiency of water ...
Romero-Marrero, L.; Pérez-Sánchez, M.; López-Jiménez, P. A.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-01-30)
[EN] The current research presents a methodology to select pump working as turbines (PAT) in recovery system in water distribution networks using their pump characteristic curve. The methodology is based on the review of ...
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier; Ramos, Helena M.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo(MDPI, 2016-06)
Water irrigation systems are required to provide adequate pressure levels in any sort of network. Quite frequently, this requirement is achieved by using pressure reducing valves (PRVs). Nevertheless, the possibility of ...
Starting from single-family household water end-use data, this study develops an end-use model for water-use and related energy and carbon footprint using probability distributions for parameters affecting water consumption ...
Coehlo, João S. T.; van de Loo, Maaike; Rodríguez Díaz, Juan Antonio; Coronado-Hernández, Oscar E.; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Ramos, Helena M.(MDPI AG, 2024-09)
[EN] A new methodology, called HY4RES models, includes hybrid energy solutions (HESs) based on the availability of renewable sources, for 24 h of water allocation, using WaterGEMS 10.0 and PVGIS 5.2 as auxiliary calculations. ...
Ramos, Helena M.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Silva Santos, Rui; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto(Taylor & Francis, 2022-07-03)
[EN] The use of pump working as turbine (PAT) instead of the traditional pressure regulation systems could allow for a recovery of the excess hydraulic energy to reduce the energy footprint of the water supply industry and ...
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo(Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua, 2017)
[ES] En ocasiones, la realización de transferencias de volúmenes
de agua entre cuencas es la única solución al déficit hídrico
para algunas zonas agrícolas. Tal es el caso del mediterráneo
español, concretamente el sur de ...
Fernandes, João F.P.; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Ferreira, F.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Ramos, Helena M.; Costa Branco, P.J.(Elsevier, 2019)
[EN] The use of pump working as turbine (PAT) was identified by many researchers as a way to improve the energy efficiency in the water systems. However, the majority of the researches consider the hydraulic machine connected ...
Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; Sánchez-Romero, Francisco-Javier; Ramos, Helena M.; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo(MDPI AG, 2017)
[EN] Analyses of possible synergies between energy recovery and water management are essential for achieving sustainable advances in the performance of pressurized irrigation networks. Nowadays, the use of micro hydropower ...
Cabrera, E.; Estrela, T.; Lora, J.(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-31)
[EN] A summary of the evolution of desalination in Spain, in the worldwide context, spanning over half a century of history, follows. What started as a solution to resolve occasional water shortages in islands where natural ...
Ramos, Helena M.; Kuriqui, Alban; Besharat, Mohsen; Creaco, Enrico; Tasca, Elias; Coronado-Hernández, Oscar E.; Pienika, Rodolfo; Iglesias Rey, Pedro Luís(MDPI AG, 2023-03)
[EN] One of the main factors contributing to water scarcity is water loss in water distribution systems, which mainly arises from a lack of adequate knowledge in the design process, optimization of water availability, and ...
Escrivà Bou, Àlvar(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-12-21)
[EN] First chapter uses California's drought to identify the economic threats of water scarcity on food, energy and environmental systems as a way to introduce the multiple interactions between these resources. The second ...
Pagaimo, Margarida C.; Fernandes, Joao F. P.; Pérez-Sánchez, Modesto; López Jiménez, Petra Amparo; Ramos, Helena M.; Branco, P. J. Costa(Elsevier, 2021-10-01)
[EN] In the current world economic environment where reducing energy costs is a high priority, it is not surprising that sustainable water and energy management are key topics among the water and electric industry. ...
Gómez Martínez, Gabriel; Pérez-Martín, Miguel Ángel(MDPI AG, 2023-09)
[EN] Integration of renewable energy sources and water production technologies is a must when facing water scarcity problems in semiarid regions, such as Mediterranean regions. The use of additional water resources and ...