Feasibility of osmotic power from a hydrodynamic analysis at module and plant scale

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 389, Issue , 2012, Pages 324-333

  van der Zwan, Sam ^a   Pothof, Ivo W M ^a,b   Blankert, Bastiaan ^c   Bara, Julie I ^d  

^a DELTARES   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Pentair X Flow BV   (United States)

^d Lenntech BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue energy; Concentration polarization; Pressure retarded osmosis; Salinity power; Salt mass transfer

Indexed keywords

2-D MODEL; BLUE ENERGY; CO-CURRENT FLOW; CONCENTRATION POLARIZATION; COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW; GROSS POWER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES; HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; KEY ELEMENTS; MASS TRANSFER MODELS; MEMBRANE FLUXES; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL MODELS; OSMOTIC POWER; POWER OUT PUT; PRE-TREATMENT; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SALINITY POWER; TECHNICAL FEASIBILITY; TRANSMEMBRANES;

HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; OSMOSIS; POWER PLANTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; WATER TREATMENT;

MEMBRANES;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY;

EID: 83855163572     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.10.044     Document Type: Article

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