Power from salinity gradients

Gerald L. Wick

Energy, 1978, vol. 3, issue 1, 95-100

Abstract: A large source of energy exists at the interface between water bodies of different salinities. Two techniques, pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis, appear to be promising entrees into this energy source. Although the present cost of membranes suitable to these methods is too high, a research and development effort should make this salinity gradient energy competitive with other energy sources.

Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(78)90059-2

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