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Membrane Permeability Threshold for Osmotic Power Plant Efficiency
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 2017 In a context of ever-growing electricity consumption and need for less polluting sources of energy, salinity gradient power (SGP) based on osmosis is a promising technology. Salinity difference between two solutions separated by a semi-permeable membrane
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Osmotic power — a new, renewable energy source
Desalination and Water Treatment, 2010 The mixing of freshwater and seawater where rivers flows into the salty ocean releases large amounts of energy. This energy can be harvested and made into electricity using pressure retarded osmosis (PRO). This is the concept of osmotic power, a new and yet unexploited source of renewable energy.
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Comparison between pressure retarded osmosis model using batch and continuous water supply sources [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is a novel renewable energy technology that generates electricity from two water sources. Due to the osmotic pressure difference, freshwater permeates across a membrane to the other side, where the high-pressure seawater ...
Potisa-ad Kingchat +2 more
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Gated MoS2/SiN nanochannel for tunable ion transport and protein translocation [PDF]
Journal of NanobiotechnologyIonic transport in nanofluidic channels holds great promise for applications such as single-molecule analysis, molecular manipulation, and energy harvesting. However, achieving precise control over ion transport remains a major challenge.
Shukun Weng +8 more
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Sparse multi-nanopore osmotic power generators
Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022 Makusu Tsutsui +2 more
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Water-powered, osmotic microactuator [PDF]
Technical Digest. MEMS 2001. 14th IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (Cat. No.01CH37090), 2002 This paper presents a microactuator that draws power directly from water and produces mechanical actuation without any electrical energy consumption. The microactuator is made of cellulose acetate with cylindrical cavity of 0.5 to 1.5 mm in diameter and 0.4 to 1 mm in depth.
Y.-C. Su, L. Lin, A.P. Pisano
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Feasibility of Pressure-Retarded Osmosis for Electricity Generation at Low Temperatures
Membranes, 2021 A membrane-based technique for production of pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is salinity gradient energy. This sustainable energy is formed by combining salt and fresh waters.
Elham Abbasi-Garravand +1 more
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Polymer-based membranes for promoting osmotic energy conversion
Giant, 2022 Membrane-based reverse electrodialysis is a promising technology for harvesting the osmotic energy to solve the increasingly severe energy problems. However, the osmotic power generation generally suffers from low power output for the poor performance of
Weipeng Chen +3 more
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Another lesson from plants: the forward osmosis-based actuator. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Osmotic actuation is a ubiquitous plant-inspired actuation strategy that has a very low power consumption but is capable of generating effective movements in a wide variety of environmental conditions.
Edoardo Sinibaldi +3 more
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Recent Advances in Osmotic Energy Generation via Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO): A Review
Energies, 2015 Global energy consumption has been highly dependent on fossil fuels which cause severe climate change and, therefore, the exploration of new technologies to produce effective renewable energy plays an important role in the world.
Jihye Kim +4 more
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