NDLI: Pressure Retarded Osmosis: Laboratory Scale Design and Experiment

Content Provider	The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection
Author	Berry, Alexander Weinand, Dylan Zenouzi, Mansour Hennessy, Conor Mathieu, James Kowalski, Greg
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Clean forms of renewable energy with low to no environmental impact are highly desirable. Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) has been a growing form of “Blue Energy” [1], a renewable energy medium involving mixing bodies of salt and fresh water. PRO systems take advantage of the pressure difference seen between freshwater and seawater by forcing fresh water across a semipermeable membrane into a body of saltwater. This transfer, through the means of forward osmosis, yields an increase in pressure on the saltwater side of the membrane. This observable increase in pressure can be used for generating electricity. A popular thought proposed has involved taking a part of this newly created pressure and diverting it back into the system with the use of a pressure exchanger. Residual pressure would then be devoted to the generation of electricity. If done correctly, a net gain can be seen between the electricity gleaned from the output of the system, and the energy consumed to run the pumps necessary for operation. The group’s aim is to design and construct a variant of the traditional PRO system for the purpose of analysis in a laboratory setting. The design proposed consists of a compact, two-membrane system that allows for the testing and analysis of forward osmosis in a closed system. While the system is not intended for actual electrical generation, it provides a medium for future experimentation.
Sponsorship	Advanced Energy Systems Division Solar Energy Division
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780791856857
DOI	10.1115/ES2015-49804
Volume Number	Volume 2: Photovoltaics; Renewable-Non-Renewable Hybrid Power System; Smart Grid, Micro-Grid Concepts; Energy Storage; Solar Chemistry; Solar Heating and Cooling; Sustainable Cities and Communities, Transportation; Symposium on Integrated/Sustainable Building Equipment and Systems; Thermofluid Analysis of Energy Systems Including Exergy and Thermoeconomics; Wind Energy Systems and Technologies
Conference Proceedings	ASME 2015 9th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2015 Power Conference, the ASME 2015 13th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, and the ASME 2015 Nuclear Forum
Language	English
Publisher Date	2015-06-28
Publisher Place	San Diego, California, USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Design Water Electric power generation Membranes Renewable energy Pumps Osmosis Pressure Seawater Testing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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