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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Modeling and Simulation Studies Analyzing the Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO) and PRO-Hybridized Processes [PDF]
Energies, 2019 Pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is viewed as a highly promising renewable energy process that generates energy without carbon emissions in the age of the climate change regime.
Sung Ho Chae +5 more
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Recent Advances in Osmotic Energy Generation via Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO): A Review [PDF]
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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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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Comparison of Energy Efficiency between Atmospheric Batch Pressure-Retarded Osmosis and Single-Stage Pressure-Retarded Osmosis [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 Batch pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) with varied-pressure and multiple-cycle operation using a pressurized variable-volume tank has been proposed as a high-efficiency osmotic energy harvesting technology, but it suffers scalability constraints.
Dan Li, Zijing Mo, Qianhong She
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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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Modification of Thin Film Composite Pressure Retarded Osmosis Membrane by Polyethylene Glycol with Different Molecular Weights [PDF]
Membranes, 2022 An investigation of the effect of the molecular weight of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on thin-film composite (TFC) flat sheet polysulfone membrane performance was conducted systematically, for application in forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded ...
Siti Nur Amirah Idris +6 more
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A Sequential Membrane Process of Ultrafiltration Forward Osmosis and Reverse Osmosis for Poultry Slaughterhouse Wastewater Treatment and Reuse [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 To address some challenges of food security and sustainability of the poultry processing industry, a sequential membrane process of ultrafiltration (UF), forward osmosis (FO), and reverse osmosis (RO) is proposed to treat semi-processed poultry ...
Faryal Fatima +2 more
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Theoretical Analysis of a Mathematical Relation between Driving Pressures in Membrane-Based Desalting Processes [PDF]
Membranes, 2021 Osmotic and hydraulic pressures are both indispensable for operating membrane-based desalting processes, such as forward osmosis (FO), pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO), and reverse osmosis (RO).
Sung Ho Chae, Joon Ha Kim
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Feasibility of Pressure-Retarded Osmosis for Electricity Generation at Low Temperatures [PDF]
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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