Pressure retarded osmosis in closed circuit: a new technology for clean power generation without need of energy recovery

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 40-42, 2013, Pages 7420-7430

  Efraty, Avi ^a  

^a Osmotech Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Clean energy sources; Closed circuit desalination; Direct osmosis; Forward osmosis; Osmotic gradient driven processes; Osmotic power; Pressure retarded osmosis; Salinity gradient power

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OSMOSIS; POWER GENERATION; PRESSURE EFFECT;

EID: 84890119613     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.793499     Document Type: Article

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