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Salinity Gradient

Capturing energy using salinity gradients where freshwater meets seawater.

Salinity gradient technologies generate electricity from the chemical pressure differential created by differences in ionic concentration between freshwater and saltwater. Seawater has a higher osmotic pressure than freshwater due to its high concentration of salt. Two main technology types, Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) and Pressure-Retarded Osmosis (PRO), make use of semi-permeable membranes which generate an osmotic potential that can be used to generate electricity using turbines in deltas or fjords. 

Marine Energy Documents Related to Salinity Gradient

Tethys Engineering is a knowledge hub that contains documents and resources about the technical aspects of marine energy development. The table below contains all of the documents in the Tethys Engineering Knowledge Base associated with Salinity Gradient.

Total: 467

Title Author Date Type of Content Technology Collection Method Engineering
Sustainable Energy from Salinity Gradients Cipollina, A., Micale, G. Book Salinity Gradient
Sustainable Power Generation from Salinity Gradient Energy by Reverse Electrodialysis Pawlowski, S., Crespo, J., Velizarov, S. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient
High-Salinity Pressure Retarded Osmosis Using Seawater Reverse Osmosis Brine Lee, S., Kim, S., Park, Y. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis
Membranes for blue energy conversion by pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO) Buonomenna, M. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis
Salinity Gradient Energy Nijmeijer, K., Metz, S. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient
Nanocomposite and nanostructured ion-exchange membrane in salinity gradient power generation using reverse electrodialysis Hong, J., Gao, H., Gan, L. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Materials, Performance
Marine Renewable Energy in Canada: A Century of Consideration and Challenges Daborn, G., Viehman, H., Redden, A. Book Chapter Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Membrane Modules for Large-Scale Salinity Gradient Process Applications Sarp, S., Hilal, N. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Modeling, Full Scale Materials, Performance, Structural
Pressure Retarded Osmosis and Reverse Electrodialysis as Power Generation Membrane Systems Zhang, B., Gao, H., Tong, X. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient Materials, Performance
Implementing Salinity Gradient Energy at River Mouths Alvarez-Silva, O. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient Lab Data, Modeling
Flat-Sheet Membrane for Power Generation and Desalination Based on Salinity Gradient Goh, P., Ismail, A. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis, Reverse Electrodialysis Performance
The REAPower Project: Power Production From Saline Waters and Concentrated Brines Tamburini, A., Cipollina, A., Tedesco, M. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Modeling, Scale Device Performance
Salinity Gradient Power Reverse Electrodialysis Brauns, E. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Lab Data, Modeling Control, Performance
Salinity gradient power and desalination Vanoppen, M., Blandin, G., Derese, S. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Performance
Desalination by Renewable Energy-Powered Electrodialysis Processes Fernandez-Gonzalez, C., Dominguez-Ramos, A., Ibanez, R. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Performance
Salinity gradient engines Tamburini, A., Cipollina, A., Papapetrou, M. Book Chapter Salinity Gradient Modeling Materials, Performance
The future of ocean renewable energy Neill, S. Book Chapter Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Analog electric circuit representation of energy conversion by pressure retarded osmosis Maisonneuve, J., Pillay, P. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Modeling Grid Integration, Structural
Conceptual design of a salinity gradient energy demonstration unit at the Magdalena River mouth Roldan-Carvajal, M., Álvarez-Silva, O., Maturana, A. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Hydrodynamics
Marine Renewable Energy Sources for Desalination, Generating Freshwater and Lithium Leijon, J., Anttila, S., Frost, A. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Modeling Materials
Ocean Energy for Ocean Worlds Cavagnaro, R., Spence, H., Schmaus, C. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Operation and control of pressure retarded osmosis for maximum power Maisonneuve, J., Lianqing, Z., Mingli, D. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Modeling Control, Performance
Construction of a feasibility index for Salinity Gradient Energy (SGE) projects in the Colombian Caribbean region Garrido, T., Alvarez-Silva, O. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient Modeling
Reverse Electrodialysis: Applications to Different Case Studies Giacalone, F., Tamburini, A., Papapetrou, M. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Modeling Performance
Salinity gradient energy in Colombia: an efficiency analysis Garcia, D., Rincón, D., Prada, J. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient Field Data
Development of PRIMRE, the Portal and Repository for Information on Marine Renewable Energy Ruehl, K., Driscoll, F., Copping, A. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
NREL Marine Energy Desalination Research and Development Portfolio Jenne, S., Gore, S., Sitterley, K. Conference Paper Wave, Salinity Gradient Field Data, Lab Data, Modeling Performance
Enabling Marine Energy Integration for Ocean Observing: Functional Requirements Cavagnaro, R., Matthews, C., Hume, D. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Molecular simulation of a hydrated cation exchange membrane system used in reverse electrodialysis Pérez-Grisales, M., Castañeda-Ramírez, S., Moncayo-Riascos, I. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Modeling Performance
Low cost carbon electrodes to produce salinity gradient energy using reverse electrodialysis membranes: Effect of feed flow velocities and addition of Mg2+ Najmiyah, T., Aziyah, L., Hendrawan, Y. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Lab Data Performance
Unlocking synergies: comprehensive analysis and challenges in the integration of reverse osmosis with reverse electrodialysis Rojano, S., Marchena, R., Maturana, A. Conference Paper Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Lab Data Hybrid Devices, Performance
Ocean Energy Potential in Panama: An Assessment for Sustainable Energy Development Lopez Tenorio, G., Chen, J., Vasquez, M. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Ocean Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Aquatic Renewable Energy Potential in Colombia: A Preliminary Study Colmenares-Quintero, R., Rojas, N., Baquero-Almazo, M. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Potential of renewable energies from ocean resources in the Colombian Caribbean Peña, J., Garcia, D., Illidge, J. Conference Paper Current, Tidal, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Enabling the Ocean Internet of Things with Renewable Marine Energy Topper, M., Jarnoux, N., Costello, R. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Lab Data, Modeling Control
Marine Energy and Technologies - Possibilities of Exploiting the Adriatic Sea in Croatia Zvonimir, G., Giorgio, G., Nastia, D. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC Modeling
Resource assessment, technology development, public policies, and deploying large-scale projects of marine and ocean energy in Colombia Osorio, A., Roldan-Carvajal, M., Colmenares, F. Conference Paper Current, Wave, Salinity Gradient, OTEC
Salinity-gradient power: Evaluation of pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis Post, J., Veerman, J., Hamelers, H. Journal Article Salinity Gradient Modeling Performance
Pressure-retarded osmosis for power generation from salinity gradients: is it viable? Straub, A., Deshmukh, A., Elimelech, M. Journal Article Salinity Gradient
Fouling in reverse electrodialysis under natural conditions Vermaas, D., Kunteng, D., Saakes, M. Journal Article Salinity Gradient Structural
Pressure retarded osmosis: from the vision of Sidney Loeb to the first prototype installation Achilli, A., Childress, A. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Field Data, Scale Device
Limiting extractable energy from pressure retarded osmosis with different pretreatment costs for feed and draw solutions Zhang, H., Yang, W., Rainwater, K. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Modeling Performance
Thin film composite membrane prepared by interfacial polymerization as an ion exchange membrane for salinity gradient power Park, C., Bae, H., Choi, W. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Lab Data Materials, Performance
Numerical study on energy harvesting from concentration gradient by reverse electrodialysis in anodic alumina nanopores Kang, B., Kim, H., Lee, M. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Modeling Materials, Performance
Potential and analysis of an osmotic power plant in the Magdalena River using experimental field-data Salamanca, J., Alvarez-Silva, O., Tadeo, F. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Pressure-Retarded Osmosis Field Data, Full Scale Performance
Miniaturized Salinity Gradient Energy Harvesting Devices Hsu, W-S., Preet, A., Lin, T-Y. Journal Article Salinity Gradient
Comparison of Pretreatment Methods for Salinity Gradient Power Generation Using Reverse Electrodialysis (RED) Systems Ju, J., Choi, Y., Lee, S. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Lab Data Performance
Harnessing salinity gradient energy: Pushing forward in water reclamation via on-site reverse electrodialysis technology Sampedro, T., Mazo, E., Gomez-Coma, L. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Lab Data Performance
A review on reverse electrodialysis for energy conversion: Operational parameters and multi-parameter coupling effects Zhou, J., Zhao, C., Sun, Y. Journal Article Salinity Gradient, Reverse Electrodialysis Lab Data
Robust and High performance hollow fiber membranes for energy harvesting from salinity gradients by pressure retarded osmosis Chou, S., Wang, R., Fane, A. Journal Article Salinity Gradient Lab Data, Modeling Materials, Performance, Structural
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