Enhanced Ionic Conductivity and Power Generation Using Ion-Exchange Resin Beads in a Reverse-Electrodialysis Stack

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 14717-14724

  Zhang, Bopeng ^a   Gao, Haiping ^a   Chen, Yongsheng ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODIALYSIS; FLOW VELOCITY; ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; IONIC CONDUCTIVITY; PACKED BEDS; POSITIVE IONS;

ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; HARVESTING ENERGIES; LINEAR FLOW VELOCITIES; POWER DENSITIES; POWER PERFORMANCE; PUMPING ENERGIES; REVERSE ELECTRODIALYSIS; SPACER FABRICS;

ION EXCHANGE;

ION EXCHANGE RESIN; NANOBEAD; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; FRESH WATER; ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELL; ION EXCHANGE; MODELING; POWER GENERATION; RESIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONDUCTANCE; DENSITY; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PRESSURE; REVERSE ELECTRODIALYSIS STACK; THICKNESS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PROCEDURES; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER FLOW;

ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRESH WATER; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; IONS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SEAWATER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84950133095     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03864     Document Type: Article

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