REAPower: use of desalination brine for power production through reverse electrodialysis

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3161-3169

  Tedesco, M ^a   Cipollina, A ^a   Tamburini, A ^a   Micale, G ^a   Helsen, J ^b   Papapetrou, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^c Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH Co Planungs KG (WIP)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brine; Ion exchange membrane; Modelling; Reverse electrodialysis (RED); Salinity gradient power; Seawater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923621967     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.934102     Document Type: Article

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