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Optimizing Membranes for Osmotic Power Generation

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 2023
AbstractThe design of ion‐selective membranes is the key towards efficient reverse electrodialysis‐based osmotic power conversion. The tradeoff between ion selectivity (output voltage) and ion permeability (output current) in existing porous membranes, however, limits the upgradation of power generation efficiency for practical applications.
Chien-Wei Chu, Li-Hsien Yeh
exaly   +3 more sources

Osmotic power — power production based on the osmotic pressure difference between waters with varying salt gradients

Desalination, 2008
Statkraft engaged in the development of osmotic power technology in 1997, and is today the most prominent developer of the osmotic power technology in a global context. The commercialisation of osmotic power is dependent on large volumes of sufficiently efficient semi-permeable membranes with high flux and salt retention.
Stein Erik Skilhagen   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Osmotic power potential in remote regions of Quebec

Renewable Energy, 2015
Abstract Diesel-generated electricity is currently used to supply electricity to community micro-grids in remote regions of Quebec. Given its high cost and environmental impact there is interest in developing renewable energy alternatives for such applications. The potential of pressure retarded osmotic (PRO) power to supply remote community loads is
Pragasen Pillay, Jonathan Maisonneuve
exaly   +2 more sources

Gate-All-Around Nanopore Osmotic Power Generators

ACS Nano
Nanofluidic channels in a membrane represent a promising avenue for harnessing blue energy from salinity gradients, relying on permselectivity as a pivotal characteristic crucial for inducing electricity through diffusive ion transport. Surface charge emerges as a central player in the osmotic energy conversion process, emphasizing the critical ...
Hirofumi Daiguji   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

The power of movement in plants: the role of osmotic machines

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 1981
The apparent and often spectacular movements of animals and insects, movements of the whole organism in relation to its surroundings arising from internally generated forces, have always been, by their very ubiquity, uppermost in our perception of motion in the living world.
B S, Hill, G P, Findlay
openaire   +2 more sources

Recovering Osmotic Power in SWRO Plants

IDA Journal of Desalination and Water Reuse, 2012
Abstract For the last two decades, leading desalination companies have focused on energy savings. Nearly half of the energy invested in seawater desalination processes can now be recovered. The process of recovering gauge pressure from seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants, which began 20 years ago, has now reached 95–96 percent ...
Boris Liberman, Gal Greenberg
openaire   +1 more source

Modeling and emulation of an osmotic power system

2016 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2016
In this paper, the design of a pressure retarded osmotic (PRO) power system and its basic operational model is presented. In the proposed system, power is generated (at estuaries where the river meets sea) due to the difference in salt concentration between the water sources.
Samhita Dey   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

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