Salinity gradient energy generation by pressure retarded osmosis: A review

RR Gonzales, A Abdel-Wahab, S Adham, DS Han… - Desalination, 2021 - Elsevier
Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has gained attention due to its use as a salinity gradient
energy-generating membrane process. This process can convert difference in salinity …

Pressure retarded osmosis: Advancement, challenges and potential

N AlZainati, H Saleem, A Altaee, SJ Zaidi… - Journal of Water …, 2021 - Elsevier
An excessive amount of renewable energy could be possibly produced when solutions of
dissimilar salinities are combined simultaneously in a semipermeable membrane. The …

Green energy generation by pressure retarded osmosis: State of the art and technical advancement

K Touati, F Tadeo - International Journal of Green Energy, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is a method for converting salinity gradients to power by
allowing water to flow through a semi-permeable membrane against an applied hydraulic …

Recent developments in pressure retarded osmosis for desalination and power generation

M Tawalbeh, A Al-Othman, N Abdelwahab… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
When two streams of different salinities are mixed, Gibbs free energy of mixing is released.
This energy can be harvested and further converted to electric energy through pressure …

Potential of osmotic power generation by pressure retarded osmosis using seawater as feed solution: Analysis and experiments

YC Kim, M Elimelech - Journal of Membrane Science, 2013 - Elsevier
The most commonly explored salinity-gradient scheme in the pressure retarded osmosis
(PRO) process is based on the pairing of seawater and river water as a salinity gradient …

Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO): Past experiences, current developments, and future prospects

S Sarp, Z Li, J Saththasivam - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) has attracted worldwide attention with respect to
its salinity gradient energy production potential, and low energy desalination applications …

Recent advances in osmotic energy generation via pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO): a review

J Kim, K Jeong, MJ Park, HK Shon, JH Kim - Energies, 2015 - mdpi.com
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 …

Assessing the current state of commercially available membranes and spacers for energy production with pressure retarded osmosis

KL Hickenbottom, J Vanneste, M Elimelech, TY Cath - Desalination, 2016 - Elsevier
Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is an osmotically driven membrane process that utilizes
the energy of mixing between streams of high and low chemical potential to generate …

Pressure retarded osmosis: Advancement in the process applications for power generation and desalination

A Altaee, A Sharif - Desalination, 2015 - Elsevier
The current study highlights the advancement in Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) process
and covers most recent development in the process applications. The first application of …

Recent development of pressure retarded osmosis membranes for water and energy sustainability: A critical review

Y Shi, M Zhang, H Zhang, F Yang, CY Tang, Y Dong - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
With the goal of zero-liquid discharge and green energy harvest, extraction of abundant
green energy from saline water via pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) technology is a …