Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of Pressure-Retarded Osmosis: Towards a Virtual Lab for Osmotic-Driven Process Simulations. [PDF]
Membranes (Basel)Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO) is an osmotically driven membrane-based process that has recently garnered significant attention from researchers due to its potential for clean energy harvesting from salinity gradients.
Mohammadi Amin M, Krühne U.
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Concentration and Temperature Effects on Water and Salt Permeabilities in Osmosis and Implications in Pressure-Retarded Osmosis [PDF]
Membranes, 2018 Osmotic power extracted from the mixing of freshwater with seawater is a renewable energy resource that has gained increasing attention during recent years. The estimated energy can significantly contribute to the production of power worldwide.
Edvard Sivertsen +2 more
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Investigation of pressure retarded osmosis power production [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 A major source of energy exists where there is mixing between aqueous solutions of different salinities. This energy source is particularly concentrated where fresh water rivers flow on to the ocean.
Taousanidis Nikolaos +1 more
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Desalination Technology in South Korea: A Comprehensive Review of Technology Trends and Future Outlook [PDF]
Membranes, 2022 Due to advances in desalination technology, desalination has been considered as a practical method to meet the increasing global fresh water demand.
Jongkwan Park, Sungyun Lee
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Opportunities of Reducing the Energy Consumption of Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination by Exploiting Salinity Gradients [PDF]
Membranes, 2022 This work presents a performance assessment of three seawater reverse osmosis—pressure-retarded osmosis (SWRO-PRO) hybrid schemes for energy consumption reduction in seawater desalination applications by using an external low salinity water source.
Miguel-Ángel Aumesquet-Carreto +2 more
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Graphene Oxide Incorporated Polysulfone Substrate for Flat Sheet Thin Film Nanocomposite Pressure Retarded Osmosis Membrane [PDF]
Membranes, 2020 This study focuses on the development of flat sheet thin film nanocomposite (TFN) pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) membranes for the enhancement of osmotic power generation by the incorporation of laboratory-synthesised graphene oxide (GO) into the ...
Siti Nur Amirah Idris +4 more
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Applied SciencesPressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is a process that allows the production of mechanical energy from the chemical potential difference between two solutions of different concentrations separated by a semi-permeable membrane.
Daniel Ruiz-Navas +2 more
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Strategic Co-Location in a Hybrid Process Involving Desalination and Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) [PDF]
Membranes, 2013 This paper focuses on a Hybrid Process that uses feed salinity dilution and osmotic power recovery from Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) to achieve higher overall water recovery.
William B. Krantz +5 more
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Frontiers in Energy ResearchThis study offers a thorough techno-economic evaluation of a hybrid desalination system merging Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) with Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) process.
Amr Ahmed, Ahmed Alghamdi, Sultan Ahmed
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Pressure Retarded Osmosis and Forward Osmosis Membranes: Materials and Methods [PDF]
Polymers, 2013 In the past four decades, membrane development has occurred based on the demand in pressure driven processes. However, in the last decade, the interest in osmotically driven processes, such as forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO), has increased.
Alsvik, Inger Lise, Hagg, May-Britt
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