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2016
Beyond the most common renewable energy sources today exploited for the production of clean energy, salinity gradients power (SGP) has been attracting the increasing interest of scientists and companies involved in the field. This chapter provides an introduction to SGP, reporting a brief history of the technological developments throughout the years ...
MICALE, Giorgio Domenico Maria +2 more
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Beyond the most common renewable energy sources today exploited for the production of clean energy, salinity gradients power (SGP) has been attracting the increasing interest of scientists and companies involved in the field. This chapter provides an introduction to SGP, reporting a brief history of the technological developments throughout the years ...
MICALE, Giorgio Domenico Maria +2 more
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Salinity Gradient Heat Engines
2022Salinity Gradient Heat Engines classifies all the existing SGHEs and presents an in-depth analysis of their fundamentals, applications and perspectives. The main SGHEs analyzed in this publication are Osmotic, the Reverse Electrodialysis, and the Accumulator Mixing Heat Engines.
Tamburini A., Cipollina A., Micale G.
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Salinity Gradient Energy Conversion
OCEANS '79, 1979The feasibility of Osmo-Hydro PowerTM(OHP) systems, as conceived by ITC/Solar, to generate electricity in a practical and economic manner from aqueous saline solutions is discussed. Initial design of a 50-kWe system using brackish water and saturated brine is presented.
G. Mehta +4 more
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2016
This chapter is devoted to the description of a new class of heat engines based on salinity gradient technology and able to convert low-grade heat into power. The salinity gradient power (SGP) process is employed within a closed loop composed of two different sections: (i) the SGP unit devoted to the energy production, and (ii) a regeneration unit fed ...
TAMBURINI, Alessandro +4 more
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This chapter is devoted to the description of a new class of heat engines based on salinity gradient technology and able to convert low-grade heat into power. The salinity gradient power (SGP) process is employed within a closed loop composed of two different sections: (i) the SGP unit devoted to the energy production, and (ii) a regeneration unit fed ...
TAMBURINI, Alessandro +4 more
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Energy, 1978
Abstract A large source of energy exists at the interface between water bodies of different salinities. Two techniques, pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis, appear to be promising entrees into this energy source. Although the present cost of membranes suitable to these methods is too high, a research and development effort should ...
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Abstract A large source of energy exists at the interface between water bodies of different salinities. Two techniques, pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis, appear to be promising entrees into this energy source. Although the present cost of membranes suitable to these methods is too high, a research and development effort should ...
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2010
There exists a huge potential for the generation of energy from the mixing of saltwater and freshwater. The potential is 2.6 TW, which is more than the global electricity consumption (2.0 TW). Two membrane-based technologies exist to convert this potentially available energy into useful power: pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) and reverse electrodialysis
Nijmeijer, K., Metz, S.
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There exists a huge potential for the generation of energy from the mixing of saltwater and freshwater. The potential is 2.6 TW, which is more than the global electricity consumption (2.0 TW). Two membrane-based technologies exist to convert this potentially available energy into useful power: pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) and reverse electrodialysis
Nijmeijer, K., Metz, S.
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Thermal and salinity gradient systems
2019The book chapter presents thermal and salinity gradient energy (SGE) systems. First, a description of both energy resources and the determination of energy potential is given. Then, power plants that convert the thermal gradient potential as well as the salinity gradient are discussed.
Rizzo, G, Tiano, FA
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Ocean Energy. Salinity Gradient Energy
2020The ocean contains mainly five forms of energy that can be convert for use: the temperature difference between water layers in the vertical column, the potential and kinetic energy contained in waves, the kinetic energy of ocean currents, the kinetic and potential energy accompanying the tides and the energy released during the mixing of bodies of ...
E. Marín Coria +6 more
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Energy from Salinity Gradients
ECS Meeting Abstracts, 2017Osmotic power or salinity gradient power (SGP) is the energy available from the difference in the salt concentration between seawater and river water. Two practical methods for this are reverse electrodialysis (RED) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO).
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