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 …

Recent advances in polymer and polymer composite membranes for reverse and forward osmosis processes

D Li, Y Yan, H Wang - Progress in polymer science, 2016 - Elsevier
Semipermeable membranes are the core elements for membrane water desalination
technologies such as commercial reverse osmosis (RO) process and emerging forward …

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 …

Poly (amidoamine) dendrimer (PAMAM) grafted on thin film composite (TFC) nanofiltration (NF) hollow fiber membranes for heavy metal removal

WP Zhu, J Gao, SP Sun, S Zhang, TS Chung - Journal of Membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study provides a facile and effective method to modify thin film composite (TFC) hollow
fiber nanofiltration (NF) membranes by grafting poly (amidoamine) dendrimer (PAMAM) on …

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 …

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 …

Progress in membranes for pressure retarded osmosis application

SN Rahman, H Saleem, SJ Zaidi - Desalination, 2023 - Elsevier
The ever-growing global energy crisis has been pushing industries to lean towards
renewable resources as an alternative for power generation. Recent research is focusing …

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 …

[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
What is next for forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) - ScienceDirect
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