Harvesting blue energy based on salinity and temperature gradient: challenges, solutions, and opportunities

M Rastgar, K Moradi, C Burroughs, A Hemmati… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Greenhouse gas emissions associated with power generation from fossil fuel combustion
account for 25% of global emissions and, thus, contribute greatly to climate change …

Brine management in desalination industry: From waste to resources generation

MO Mavukkandy, CM Chabib, I Mustafa, A Al Ghaferi… - Desalination, 2019 - Elsevier
Desalination brine has high salinity and contains various chemical contaminants and its
disposal causes a major concern for desalination around the world. Environmentally friendly …

An overview of brine management: Emerging desalination technologies, life cycle assessment, and metal recovery methodologies

AS Bello, N Zouari, DA Da'ana, JN Hahladakis… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines which management methods are the most recent and advanced in
managing rejected brine generated from desalination plants. It also provides up-to-date …

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 …

Draw solution solute selection for a hybrid forward osmosis-membrane distillation module: effects on trace organic compound rejection, water flux and polarization

GS Arcanjo, FCR Costa, BC Ricci, AH Mounteer… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The integrated forward osmosis membrane bioreactor and membrane distillation (OMBR-
MD) is an emerging technique for wastewater reclamation and trace organic compound …

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 …

Forward osmosis membrane process: A review of temperature effects on system performance and membrane parameters from experimental studies

N Anh-Vu, Y Nomura, T Hidaka, T Fujiwara - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Forward osmosis (FO) offers a promising solution for concentration and material recovery,
characterized by its low energy consumption and high separation efficiency. Temperature …

Novel thin film composite hollow fiber membranes incorporated with carbon quantum dots for osmotic power generation

W Gai, DL Zhao, TS Chung - Journal of Membrane Science, 2018 - Elsevier
By means of carbon quantum dots incorporation, we have developed novel thin film
composite (TFC) membranes for osmotic power generation. The newly developed TFC …

Review of osmotic heat engines for low-grade heat harvesting

Y Zhao, M Li, R Long, Z Liu, W Liu - Desalination, 2022 - Elsevier
Osmotic heat engines (OHEs) consisting of a separation unit for separating the salt solution
into two solutions with different concentrations and a power generation unit for extracting …

Closed-loop pressure retarded osmosis draw solutions and their regeneration processes: A review

AE Zadeh, K Touati, CN Mulligan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO) is an osmotic process that has been used to
harvest energy from salinity gradients using a semi permeable membrane. A comparison …