Simulation and Optimization of Renewable Energy-Powered Desalination: A Bibliometric Analysis and Highlights of Recent Research

ARIANA M. PIETRASANTA; MOSTAFA F. SHAABAN; AGUIRRE P.; SERGIO MUSSATI,; MOHAMED A. HAMOUDA

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

Lugar: AMSTERDAM; Año: 2023 vol. 15

Seawater desalination is emerging as one of the preferred systems for dealing with theproblems of freshwater scarcity, which makes it necessary to redouble efforts to obtain an optimaland competent production process. For this reason, the coupling of water desalination and renewableenergy systems is not surprising. This study applied a bibliometric analysis to evaluate the researchtrends on desalination systems and renewable energies from an engineering approach using optimizationsor simulation techniques. The Scopus database was used for this study, selecting articlespublished between 2009 and 2022. A general analysis was carried out regarding trends in the numberof articles produced, number of citations, subject area, journals, countries, institutes, and authors.Further, a more specific analysis was then performed in terms of renewable energy technologies usedand preferred optimization/simulation methods and software used. The results also revealed thatthe field is growing, based on the number of articles published and the increase in citations. On theother hand, it was found that the most studied renewable energies, in coupling with desalinationsystems and from an optimization/simulation approach, are solar and wind.