Membranes for Power Generation by Pressure Retarded Osmosis

Membranes for Energy Conversion

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 263-273

  Peinemann, Klaus Viktor ^a   Gerstandt, Karen ^a   Skilhagen, Stein Erik ^b   Thorsen, Thor ^c   Holt, Torleif ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Statkraft Development AS ^*  (Norway)

^c SINTEF   (Norway)

^d SINTEF PETROLEUM RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Membrane development; Membranes; Power generation; Pressure retarded osmosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 72849117549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527622146.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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