Pressure Retarded Osmosis: Renewable Energy Generation and Recovery

Pressure Retarded Osmosis: Renewable Energy Generation and Recovery offers the first comprehensive resource on this method of generating renewable energy. Dr. Khaled Touati and the team of editors combine their expertise with contributions from other leaders in the field to create this well-rounded resource, which discusses and analyses this novel method of creating a controllable renewable energy.

The promises of the PRO technique are first clearly presented and explained, and the authors then provide a comprehensive analysis of the issues that remain such as Concentration Polarization, Membrane Deformation, and Reverse Salt Diffusion. Possible solutions to these issues which often restrict industrial implementation are then discussed to mitigate these detrimental effects, and there is also an emphasis on the recovery of energy from desalination processes using PRO, which is able to reduce energy consumption and make it more economically and environmentally efficient.

Combines research with experience to deliver a complete resource on Pressure Retarded OsmosisDiscusses all areas of PRO in detailOffers solutions to problems commonly experienced and summarizes each method with a clear and concise conclusionIncludes case studies from the Great Salt Lake (U.S.A) and Dead Sea (Asia), as well as other rivers from America, Europe, and Asia

1. Pressure Retarded Osmosis as a Renewable Energy Source 2. Water and salt fluxes in Pressure Retarded Osmosis 3. Effects of the temperatures in PRO 4. Integration of PRO in desalination processes 5. Implementing salinity gradient energy at river mouths