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 …

Ionic liquid-based antimicrobial materials for water treatment, air filtration, food packaging and anticorrosion coatings

Z Fallah, EN Zare, MA Khan, S Iftekhar, M Ghomi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Efforts to widen the scope of ionic liquids applications across diverse research areas have
flourished in the last two decades with developments in understanding and tailoring their …

Design and fabrication of hollow fiber membrane modules

CF Wan, T Yang, GG Lipscomb, DJ Stookey… - Hollow Fiber …, 2021 - Elsevier
Membrane technologies are widely used in separation processes because of their compact
size, mild operating conditions, and ability to conduct separations that may not be technically …

Ultra-strong polymeric hollow fiber membranes for saline dewatering and desalination

CZ Liang, M Askari, LT Choong, TS Chung - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (OARO) has become an emerging membrane
technology to tackle the limitations of a reverse osmosis (RO) process for water desalination …

Thin film nanocomposite hollow fiber membranes comprising Na+-functionalized carbon quantum dots for brackish water desalination

W Gai, DL Zhao, TS Chung - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
We have incorporated Na+-functionalized carbon quantum dots (Na-CQDs) into the
polyamide layer via interfacial polymerization reaction and developed novel thin film …

Thin-film composite hollow fiber membrane with inorganic salt additives for high mechanical strength and high power density for pressure-retarded osmosis

CF Wan, T Yang, W Gai, Y De Lee, TS Chung - Journal of membrane …, 2018 - Elsevier
Using high salinity draw solutions in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) demands novel
membranes with a higher withstanding pressure and a higher power density to take full …

Techno-economic evaluation of various RO+ PRO and RO+ FO integrated processes

CF Wan, TS Chung - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) and forward osmosis (FO) have been proposed to
integrate with seawater reverse osmosis (RO) in order to reduce the overall energy …

High-performance and durable pressure retarded osmosis membranes fabricated using hydrophilized polyethylene separators

SJ Kwon, K Park, DY Kim, M Zhan, S Hong… - Journal of Membrane …, 2021 - Elsevier
A high-performance and durable thin-film composite (TFC) pressure retarded osmosis
(PRO) membrane was fabricated using a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-coated polyethylene …

Membrane-based indirect power generation technologies for harvesting salinity gradient energy-A review

Y Jiao, L Song, C Zhao, Y An, W Lu, B He, C Yang - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
The giant and sustainable salinity gradient energy broadly occurs when mixing solution
sources with different concentrations can be potentially harvested through the intensively …

Multiple staging of pressure retarded osmosis: Impact on the energy generation

N Al-Zainati, I Ibrar, A Altaee, S Subbiah, J Zhou - Desalination, 2024 - Elsevier
As pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is getting more attention for sustainable energy
generation, further investigation to enhance its efficiency is required. Applying a multiple …