Pressure retarded osmosis: Advancement in the process applications for power generation and desalination

Desalination

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 31-46

  Altaee, Ali ^a   Sharif, Adel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Desalination; Osmotic energy; Osmotic power; Pressure retarded osmosis; Renewable energy; Salt energy

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; MEMBRANES; PRESSURE GRADIENT;

OSMOTIC ENERGY; OSMOTIC POWER; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; PROCESS APPLICATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

OSMOSIS;

DESALINATION; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; POWER GENERATION; PRESSURE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84916603827     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.09.028     Document Type: Review

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