SOLAR TREATMENT OF WATER UNIT

Dra. Isabel Oller Alberola

Senior Researcher
Telephone: +34950387993
Email: isabel.oller@psa.es

ORCID: 0000-0002-9893-6207

Solar wastewater treatment
Plataforma Solar de Almería
Carretera de Senés, km 4
Tabernas, E-04200 Almería
Spain

Research interest
Dr. Isabel Oller scientific career has been mainly focused in the industrial and urban wastewater treatment and reuse by using advanced oxidation processes (with and without solar energy) and their combination with physic-chemical pre-treatment systems, membranes and advanced biological treatments. She has developed this activity under her participation in more than 30 I+D international, national and European Projects (5th, 6th & 7th EU Framework programs, H2020, Green Deal and Horizon Europe).

Track record
Within Dr. Isabel Oller scientific production it is worthy to mention, she is author and co-author of 4 National Editorial books and co-author of 20 International Editorial books chapters. Furthermore, she is co-author of more than 160 publications in indexed scientific journals with high impact and more than 180 contributions to different International and National Congresses and Symposiums (until July 2023). She has also participated as teacher in some national and international curses and master related with Advanced Treatment and Regeneration of wastewaters and directed and co-directed 7 PhD theses. She has more than 8,600 cites since 2004 and an h-index of 47 according to SCOPUS database.

  • Associated editor in the following journals: Water Science and Technology, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering and Water.
  • Co-lead of the Functional Unit “Environmental Analysis” from the mixed Centre of Research in Solar Energy (CIESOL, mixed centre CIEMAT-UAL).
  • Head of the Solar Treatment of Wastewater in the Plataforma Solar de Almería (CIEMAT).

SCI PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2018 TILL NOWADAYS:

  1. L. Ponce-Robles, I. Oller, A. Agüera, M.J. Trinidad-Lozano, F.J. Yuste, S. Malato, L.A. Perez-Estrada. Application of a multivariate analysis method for non-target screening detection of persistent transformation products during the cork boiling wastewater treatment. Science of the Total Environment, 633, 2018, 508-517. (IF: 5.59 (2018), cite score rank 14/134 “Environmental Science”).

  2. I. Oller, S. Miralles-Cuevas, A. Agüera, S. Malato. Monitoring and removal of organic micro-contaminants by combining membrane technologies with advanced oxidation processes. Review. Current Organic Chemistry, 22(11), 2018, 1103-1119 (IF: 2.03 (2018), cite score rank 95/185 “Organic Chemistry”).

  3. L. Ponce-Robles, M.I. Polo-López, I. Oller, J.A. Garrido-Cardenas, S. Malato. Practical approach to the evaluation of industrial wastewater treatment by the application of advanced microbiological techniques. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 166, 2018, 123.131. (IF: 4.53 (2018), cite score rank 26/526 “Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health”).

  4. K. Davididou, E. Chatzisymeon, L. Perez-Estrada, I. Oller, S. Malato. Photo-Fenton treatment of saccharin in a solar pilot compound parabolic collector: Use of olive mill wastewater as iron chelating agent, preliminary results. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 372, 2019, 137-144. (IF: 9.04 (2019), cite score rank 4/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  5. I. García-Fernández, S. Miralles-Cuevas, I. Oller, S. Malato, P. Fernández-Ibáñez, M.I. Polo-López. Inactivation of E. coli and E. faecalis by solar photo-Fenton with EDDS complex at neutral pH in municipal wastewater effluents. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 372, 2019, 85-93. (IF: 9.04 (2019), cite score rank 4/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  6. S. Miralles-Cuevas, I. Oller, A. Ruíz-Delgado, A. Cabrera-Reina, L. Cornejo-Ponce, S. Malato. EDDS as complexing agent for enhancing solar advanced oxidation processes in natural water: Effect of iron species and different oxidants. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 372, 2019, 129-136. (IF: 9.04 (2019), cite score rank 4/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  7. E. Grilla, V. Matthaiou, Z. Frontistis, I. Oller, I. Polo-López, S. Malato, D. Mantzavinos. Degradation of antibiotic trimethoprim by the combined action of sunlight, TiO2 and persulfate: A pilot plant study. Catalysis Today, 328, 2019, 216-222. (IF: 9.04 (2019), cite score rank 4/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  8. A. Ruíz Delgado, M.A. Roccamante, I. Oller, A. Agüera, S. Malato. Natural chelating agents from olive mil wastewater to enable photo-Fenton-like reactions at natural pH. Catalysis Today, 328, 2019, 281-285. (IF: 9.04 (2019), cite score rank 4/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  9. I. Salmerón, K.V. Plakas, I. Sirés, I. Oller, M.I. Maldonado, A.J. Karabelas, S. Malato. Optimization of electrocatalytic H2O2 production at pilot plant scale for solar-assisted water treatment. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 242, 2019, 327-336. (IF: 16.68 (2019), cite score rank 1/220 “Environmental Science”).

  10. G. Cerreta, M.A. Roccamante, I. Oller, S. Malato, L. Rizzo. Contaminants of emerging concern removal from real wastewater by UV/free chlorine process: A comparison with solar/free chlorine and UV/H2O2 at pilot scale. Chemosphere, 236, 2019, 124354. (IF: 5.78 (2019), cite score rank 15/526 “Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health research”).

  11. R. Poblete, I. Oller, M.I. Maldonad, E. Cortes. Improved landfill leachate quality using ozone, UV solar radiation, hydrogen peroxide, persulfate and adsorption processes. Journal of Environmental Management, 232, 2019, 45-51. (IF: 5.65 (2019), cite score rank 18/355 “Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law research”).

  12. L. Ponce-Robles, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López, G. Rivas-Ibáñez, S. Malato. Microbiological evaluation of combined advanced chemical-biological oxidation technologies for the treatment of cork boiling wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 687, 2019, 567-576. (IF: 6.55 (2019), cite score rank 6/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  13. S. Nahim-Granados, I. Oller, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez Pérez, M.I. Polo-Lopez. Commercial fertilizer as effective iron chelate (Fe3+-EDDHA) for wastewater disinfection under natural sunlight for reusing in irrigation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 253, 2019, 286-292. (IF: 16.68 (2019), cite score rank 1/220 “Environmental Science”).

  14. M.M. Hinojosa Guerra, I. Oller Alberola, S. Malato Rodriguez, A. Agüera López, A. Acevedo Merino, J.M. Quiroga Alonso. Oxidation mechanisms of amoxicillin and paracetamol in the photo-Fenton solar process. Water Research, 156, 2019, 232-240. (IF: 9.13 (2019), cite score rank 1/225 “Water Science and Technology”).

  15. A. Ruiz-Delgado, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, S. Malato, A. Agüera. Advanced evaluation of landfill leachate treatments by low and high-resolution mass spectrometry focusing on microcontaminant removal. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 384, 2020, 121372. (IF: 10.59 (2020), cite score rank 4/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  16. G. Cerreta, M.A. Roccamante, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, A. Agüera, S. Malato, L. Rizzo. Advanced treatment of urban wastewater by UV-C/free chlorine process: Micro-pollutants removal and effect of UV-C radiation on trihalomethanes formation. Water Research, 169, 2020, 115220. (IF: 11.24 (2020), cite score rank 1/225 “Water Science and Technology”).

  17. A. Cabrera-Reina, S. Miralles-Cuevas, L. Cornejo, L. Pomares, J. Polo, I. Oller, S. Malato. The influence of location on solar photo-Fenton: Process performance, photoreactor scaling-up and treatment cost. Renewable Energy, 145, 2020, 1890-1900. (IF: 8.00 (2020), cite score rank 23/195 “Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment research”).A. Cabrera-Reina, S. Miralles-Cuevas, I. Oller, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, S. Malato. Modelling persulfate activation by iron and heat for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern using carbamazepine as model pollutant. Chemical Engineering Journal, 389, 2020, 124445. (IF: 13.27 (2020), cite score rank 3/336 “Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering research”).

  18. I. Sciscenko, S. Garcia-Ballesteros, C. Sabater, M.A. Castillo, C. Escudero-Oñatec, I. Oller, A. Arques. Monitoring photolysis and (solar photo)-Fenton of enrofloxacin by a methodology involving EEM-PARAFAC and bioassays: Role of pH and water matrix. Science of the Total Environment, 719, 2020, 137331. (IF: 7.96 (2020), cite score rank 6/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  19. I. Sánchez-Montes, I. Salmerón García, G. Rivas Ibañez, J.M. Aquino, M.I. Polo-López, S. Malato, I. Oller. UVC-based advanced oxidation processes for simultaneous removal of microcontaminants and pathogens from simulated municipal wastewater at pilot plant scale. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 6(9), 2020, 2553-2566. (IF: 4.25 (2020), cite score rank 30/225 “Water Science and Technology”).

  20. M. Roccamante, I. Salmerón, A. Ruiz, I. Oller, S. Malato. New approaches to solar Advanced Oxidation Processes for elimination of priority substances based on electrooxidation and ozonation at pilot plant scale. Catalysis Today, 355, 2020, 844-850. (IF: 6.77 (2020), cite score rank 43/398 “Chemistry”).

  21. A. Ruíz-Delgado, M.A. Roccamante, S. Malato, A. Agüera, I. Oller. Olive mill wastewater reuse to enable solar photo-Fenton-like processes for the elimination of priority substances in municipal wastewater treatment plant effluents. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27(30), 2020, 38148-38154. (IF: 4.22 (2020), cite score rank 28/132 “Pollution”).

  22. A. Martínez-García, M. Vincent, V. Rubiolo, M. Domingos, M.C. Canela, I. Oller, P. Fernández-Ibáñez, M.I. Polo-López. Assessment of a pilot solar V-trough reactor for solar water disinfection. Chemical Engineering Journal, 399, 2020, 125719. (IF: 13.27 (2020), cite score rank 3/336 “Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering research”).

  23. S. Nahim-Granados, G. Rivas-Ibáñez, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, I. Oller, S. Malato, M.I. Polo-López. Synthetic fresh-cut wastewater disinfection and decontamination by ozonation at pilot scale. Water Research, 170, 2020, 115304. (IF: 11.24 (2020), cite score rank 1/225 “Water Science and Technology”).

  24. S. Nahim-Granados, G. Rivas-Ibáñez, J.A. Sánchez Pérez, I. Oller, S. Malato, M.I. Polo-López. Fresh-cut wastewater reclamation: Techno-Economical assessment of solar driven processes at pilot plant scale. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 278, 2020, 119334. (IF: 19.50 (2020), cite score rank 1/220 “Environmental Science”).

  25. I. Salmerón, G. Rivas, I. Oller, A. Martínez-Piernas, A. Agüera, S. Malato. Nanofiltration retentate treatment from urban wastewater secondary effluent by solar electrochemical oxidation processes. Separation and Purification Technology, 254, 2020, 117614. (IF: 7.31 (2020), cite score rank 10/122 “Analytical Chemistry”).

  26. E.P. Costa, M. Roccamante, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, A. Agüera, C.C. Amorim, S. Malato. Aluminized surface to improve solar light absorption in open reactors: Application for micropollutants removal in effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Science of the Total Environment, 755, 2020, 142624. (IF: 7.96 (2020), cite score rank 6/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  27. E.P. Costa, M. Roccamante, C.C. Amorim, I. Oller, J.A Sánchez-Pérez, S. Malato. New trend on open solar photoreactors to treat micropollutants by photo-Fenton at circumneutral pH: Increasing optical pathway. Chemical Engineering Journal, 385, 2020, 123982. (IF: 13.27 (2020), cite score rank 3/336 “Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering research”).

  28. I. Salmerón, I. Oller, S. Malato. Electro-oxidation process assisted by solar energy for the treatment of wastewater with high salinity. Science of the Total Environment, 705, 2020, 135831. (IF: 7.96 (2020), cite score rank 6/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  29. I. Salmerón, I. Oller, S. Malato. Solar photo-assisted electrochemical processes applied to actual industrial and urban wastewaters: a practical approach based on recent literature. Chemosphere, 279, 2021, 130560. (IF: 8.94 (2021), cite score rank 15/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  30. P. Soriano-Molina, S. Miralles-Cuevas, I. Oller, J.L. García Sánchez, J.A. Sánchez- Pérez. Contribution of temperature and photon absorption on solar photo-Fenton mediated by Fe3+-NTA for CEC removal in municipal wastewater. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 294, 2021, 120251. (IF: 24.32 (2021), cite score rank 1/220 “Environmental Science”).

  31. I. Salmerón, I. Oller, K.V. Plakas, S. Malato. Carbon-based cathodes degradation during electro-Fenton treatment at pilot scale: Changes in H2O2 electrogeneration. Chemosphere, 275, 2021, 129962. (IF: 8.94 (2021), cite score rank 15/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  32. I. Berruti, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López. Direct oxidation of peroxymonosulfate under natural solar radiation: Accelerating the simultaneous removal of organic contaminants and pathogens from water. Chemosphere, 279, 2021, 130555. (IF: 8.94 (2021), cite score rank 15/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  33. I. Oller, S. Malato. Photo-Fenton applied to the removal of pharmaceutical and other pollutants of emerging concern. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 29, 2021, 100458. (IF: 8.84 (2021), cite score rank 7/59 “Process Chemistry and Technology”).

  34. K. Kowalska, M. Roccamante, A. Cabrera Reina, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, S. Malato. Pilot-scale removal of microcontaminants by solar-driven photo-Fenton in treated municipal effluents: Selection of operating variables based on lab-scale experiments. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9, 2021, 104788. (IF: 7.97 (2021), cite score rank 6/27 “Chemical Engineering”).

  35. I. Berruti, S. Nahim‐Granados, M.J. Abeledo‐Lameiro, I. Oller, M.I. Polo‐López. UV‐C Peroxymonosulfate Activation for Wastewater Regeneration: Simultaneous Inactivation of Pathogens and Degradation of Contaminants of Emerging Concern. Molecules, 26, 2021, 4890. (IF: 4.93 (2021), cite score rank 44/122 “Analytical Chemistry”).

  36. I. Sciscenko, A. Arques, C. Escudero-Oñate, M. Roccamante, A. Ruiz-Delgado, S. Miralles-Cuevas, S. Malato, I. Oller. A Rational Analysis on Key Parameters Ruling Zerovalent Iron-Based Treatment Trains: Towards the Separation of Reductive from Oxidative Phases. Nanomaterials, 11, 2021, 2948. (IF: 5.72 (2021), cite score rank 58/279 “Chemical Engineering”).

  37. I. Salmerón, P.K. Sharma, M.I. Polo-López, A. Tolosana, S. Mc Michael, I. Oller, J.A. Byrne, P. Fernández-Ibáñez. Electrochemically assisted photocatalysis for the simultaneous degradation of organic micro-contaminants and inactivation of microorganisms in water. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 147, 2021, 488–496. (IF: 7.93 (2021), cite score rank 27/279 “Chemical Engineering”).

  38. I. Salmerón, G. Rivas, I. Oller, A. Martínez-Piernas, A. Agüera, S. Malato. Nanofiltration retentate treatment from urban wastewater secondary effluent by solar electrochemical oxidation processes. Separation and Purification Technology, 254, 2021, 117614. (IF: 7.93 (2021), cite score rank 27/279 “Chemical Engineering”). (IF: 9.14 (2021), cite score rank 10/122 “Analytical Chemistry”).

  39. E.P. Costa, M. Roccamante, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, A. Agüera, C.C. Amorim, Sixto Malato. Aluminized surface to improve solar light absorption in open reactors: Application for micropollutants removal in effluents from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Science of the Total Environment, 755, 2021, 142624. (IF: 10.75 (2021), cite score rank 13/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  40. D. Deemter, I. Oller, A.M. Amat, S. Malato. Effect of salinity on preconcentration of contaminants of emerging concern by nanofiltration: Application of solar photo-Fenton as a tertiary treatment. Science of the Total Environment, 756, 2021, 143593. (IF: 10.75 (2021), cite score rank 13/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  41. G. Maniakova, I. Salmerón, M.I. Polo-López, I. Oller, L. Rizzo, S. Malato. Simultaneous removal of contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens from urban wastewater by homogeneous solar driven advanced oxidation processes. Science of the Total Environment, 766, 2021, 144320. (IF: 10.75 (2021), cite score rank 13/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  42. G. Maniakova, I. Salmerón, S. Nahim-Granados, S. Malato, I. Oller, L. Rizzo, M.I. Polo-López. Sunlight advanced oxidation processes vs ozonation for wastewater disinfection and safe reclamation. Science of the Total Environment, 787, 2021, 147531. (IF: 10.75 (2021), cite score rank 13/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  43. S. Nahim-Granados, A.B. Martínez-Piernas, G. Rivas-Ibáñez, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez Pérez, A. Agüera, M.I. Polo-López. Solar processes and ozonation for fresh-cut wastewater reclamation and reuse: Assessment of chemical, microbiological and chlorosis risks of raw-eaten crops. Water Research, 203, 2021, 117532. (IF: 13.40 (2021), cite score rank 1/146 “Environmental Engineering”).

  44. I. Sciscenko, S. Mestre, J. Climent, F. Valero, C. Escudero-Oñate, I. Oller, A. Arques. Magnetic Photocatalyst for Wastewater Tertiary Treatment at Pilot Plant Scale: Disinfection and Enrofloxacin Abatement. Water, 13, 2021, 329. (IF: 1.59 (2021), cite score rank 121/225 “Water Science and Technology”).

  45. I. Berruti, M.I. Polo-López, I. Oller, J. Flores, M.L.Marin, F. Bosca. Sulfate radical anion: Laser flash photolysis study and application in water disinfection and decontamination. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 315, 2022, 121519. (IF: 24.32 (2022), cite score rank 1/220 “Environmental Science”).

  46. A. Martínez-García, I. Oller, M. Vincent, V. Rubiolo, J.K. Asiimwe, C. Muyanja, K.G. McGuigan, P. Fernández-Ibáñez, M.I. Polo-López. Meeting daily drinking water needs for communities in Sub-Saharan Africa using solar reactors for harvested rainwater. Chemical Engineering Journal, 428, 2022, 132494. (IF: 16.74 (2022), cite score rank 7/279 “Chemical Engineering”).

  47. G. Maniakova, I. Salmerón, M. Aliste, M.I. Polo-López, I. Oller, S. Malato, L. Rizzo. Solar photo-Fenton at circumneutral pH using Fe(III)-EDDS compared to ozonation for tertiary treatment of urban wastewater: Contaminants of emerging concern removal and toxicity assessment. Chemical Engineering Journal, 431, 2022, 133474. . (IF: 16.74 (2022), cite score rank 7/279 “Chemical Engineering”).

  48. D. Deemter, I. Oller, A.M. Amat, S. Malato. Advances in membrane separation of urban wastewater effluents for (pre)concentration of microcontaminants and nutrient recovery: A mini review. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 11, 2022, 100298. .

  49. I. Berruti, S. Nahim-Granados, M.J. Abeledo-Lameiro, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López. Recent advances in solar photochemical processes for water and wastewater disinfection. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 10, 2022, 100248.

  50. M. Roccamante, S. Miralles-Cuevas, A. Cabrera-Reina, I. Oller, S. Malato. Evaluation of commercial zerovalent iron sources in combination with solar energy to remove microcontaminants from natural water at circumneutral pH. Chemosphere, 286, 2022, 131557. (IF: 8.94 (2022), cite score rank 15/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  51. I. Sánchez-Montes, I. Salmerón, J.M. Aquino, M.I. Polo-López, S. Malato, I. Oller. Solar-driven free chlorine advanced oxidation process for simultaneous removal of microcontaminants and microorganisms in natural water at pilot-scale. Chemosphere, 288, 2022, 132493. (IF: 8.94 (2022), cite score rank 15/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  52. I. Berruti, N.P.F. Gonçalves, P. Calza, M.C. Paganini, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López. Natural solar activation of modified zinc oxides with rare earth elements (Ce, Yb) and Fe for the simultaneous disinfection and decontamination of urban wastewater. Chemosphere, 303, 2022, 135017. (IF: 8.94 (2022), cite score rank 15/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  53. G. Maniakova, M.I. Polo-López, I. Oller, M.J. Abeledo-Lameiro, S. Malato, L. Rizzo. Simultaneous disinfection and microcontaminants elimination of urban wastewater secondary effluent by solar advanced oxidation sequential treatment at pilot scale. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436, 2022, 129134. (IF: 14.22 (2022), cite score rank 8/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  54. M. Roccamante, A. Ruiz-Delgado, A. Cabrera-Reina, I. Oller, S. Malato, S. Miralles-Cuevas. Removal of microcontaminants by zero-valent iron solar processes at natural pH: Water matrix and oxidant agents effect. Science of the Total Environment, 819, 2022, 153152. (IF: 10.75 (2022), cite score rank 13/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  55. D. Deemter, I. Salmerón, I. Oller, A.M. Amat, S. Malato. Valorization of UWWTP effluents for ammonium recovery and MC elimination by advanced AOPs. Science of the Total Environment, 823, 2022, 153693. (IF: 10.75 (2022), cite score rank 13/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  56. L. Manrique-Losada, C. Quimbaya-Ñañez, E.A. Serna-Galvis, I. Oller, R.A. Torres-Palma. Enhanced solar photo-electro-Fenton by Theobroma grandiflorum addition during pharmaceuticals elimination in municipal wastewater: Action routes, process improvement, and biodegradability of the treated water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(3), 2022, 107489. (IF: 2.48 (2022), cite score rank 87/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).

  57. I. Sciscenko, M. Mora, P. Micó, C Escudero-Oñate, I. Oller, A. Arques. EEM-PARAFAC as a convenient methodology to study fluorescent emerging pollutants degradation: (fluoro)quinolones oxidation in different water matrices. Science of The Total Environment, 852, 2022, 158338. (IF: 10.75 (2022), cite score rank 13/122 “Environmental Chemistry”).