Salinity gradients for sustainable energy: primer, progress, and prospects

NY Yip, D Brogioli, HVM Hamelers… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Combining two solutions of different composition releases the Gibbs free energy of mixing.
By using engineered processes to control the mixing, chemical energy stored in salinity …

Pressure-retarded osmosis for power generation from salinity gradients: is it viable?

AP Straub, A Deshmukh, M Elimelech - Energy & Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The enormous potential of harvesting energy from salinity gradients has been discussed for
decades, and pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) is being increasingly investigated as a …

Progress in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) membranes for osmotic power generation

G Han, S Zhang, X Li, TS Chung - Progress in Polymer science, 2015 - Elsevier
The rapid increases in global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have
stimulated the exploration of renewable energy sources as alternative fuels. Osmotic …

Biofouling of membrane distillation, forward osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis: Principles, impacts and future directions

A Bogler, S Lin, E Bar-Zeev - Journal of Membrane Science, 2017 - Elsevier
The water-energy nexus has motivated the quest for new membrane-based technologies
that target potable water and energy production. To this end, membrane distillation (MD) …

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 …

Outlining key perspectives for the advancement of electrocatalytic remediation of nitrate from polluted waters

K Flores, GA Cerrón-Calle, C Valdes… - ACS ES&T …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As nitrate pollution in groundwater continues to escalate, more is being discovered about
the detrimental health implications associated with concentrated nitrate ingestion. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] What is next for forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO)

TS Chung, L Luo, CF Wan, Y Cui, G Amy - Separation and Purification …, 2015 - Elsevier
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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 …

A pilot-scale forward osmosis membrane system for concentrating low-strength municipal wastewater: performance and implications

Z Wang, J Zheng, J Tang, X Wang, Z Wu - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Recovery of nutrients and energy from municipal wastewater has attracted much attention in
recent years; however, its efficiency is significantly limited by the low-strength properties of …

A critical review on recent polymeric and nano-enhanced membranes for reverse osmosis

A Giwa, N Akther, V Dufour, SW Hasan - Rsc Advances, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this paper, current and recent advances in polymeric and nano-enhanced membrane
development for reverse osmosis have been reported in terms of membrane performance …