Site-specific potential analysis for pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) power plants - The León River example

Renewable Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 466-474

  Ortega, Santiago ^a   Stenzel, Peter ^b   Alvarez Silva, Oscar ^c   Osorio, Andrés F ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EIA   (Colombia)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Osmotic power; Pressure retarded osmosis; River mouth hydrodynamics; Salinity gradient power

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; EXTRACTION; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RIVERS;

CARIBBEAN SEA; OSMOTIC POWER; PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; RIVER MOUTHS; SALINITY GRADIENT POWER;

OSMOSIS;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FLOW PATTERN; OSMOSIS; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RIVER BASIN; SALINITY; DESIGN; HYDRODYNAMICS; PRESSURE EFFECT;

CARIBBEAN COAST [COLOMBIA]; COLOMBIA; LEON BASIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; LEON RIVER;

EID: 84896036595     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.033     Document Type: Article

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