Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO): Past experiences, current developments, and future prospects

Desalination

Volumn 389, Issue , 2016, Pages 2-14

  Sarp, S ^a   Li, Z ^b,c   Saththasivam, J ^a  

^a HAMAD BIN KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic feasibility of PRO; Pressure Retarded Osmosis; PRO membranes; Process optimization for PRO; Salinity gradient processes; SWRO PRO hybrid process

Indexed keywords

DESALINATION; FREE ENERGY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDRAULIC FLUIDS; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

ECONOMIC FEASIBILITIES; GIBBS FREE ENERGY OF MIXING; HYBRID PROCESS; PRESSURE RETARDED OSMOSIS (PRO); PRESSURE-RETARDED OSMOSIS; SALINITY GRADIENTS; SEAWATER DESALINATION SYSTEMS; SEAWATER REVERSE OSMOSIS;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

DESALINATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDRAULICS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SALINITY; SEAWATER;

EID: 85027918442     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2015.12.008     Document Type: Article

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