Pressure-retarded osmotic power system model considering non-ideal effects

Renewable Energy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2015, Pages 416-424

  Maisonneuve, Jonathan ^a   Pillay, Pragasen ^a   Laflamme, Claude B ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Operating parameters; Osmotic power; Pressure retarded osmosis; Renewable energy; Salinity gradient power

Indexed keywords

OPERATING PARAMETERS; OSMOTIC POWER; PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SALINITY GRADIENT POWER;

EID: 84908432851     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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