Although the technologies involved in converting saline gradient energy (SGE) are rapidly developing, few studies have focused on evaluating possible environmental impacts. In this work, impacts of a hypothetical 50 kW RED plant installed La Carbonera Lagoon, Yucatan, Mexico, addressed. The theoretical support was taken from literature review and analysis components pressure retarded osmosis (P...

Investment in clean energy is demand this century due to abundance of CO2 accumulation the world cause several environmental issues. Therefore, harvesting may assist reducing carbon footprint create a green environment for sustainable living. The salinity gradient one energies with concept mixing both salt concentration water from ocean and fresh river an osmotic pressure power-up generator pro...

Osmotically-driven membrane processes, including forward osmosis (FO) and pressure retarded osmosis (PRO), are emerging technologies that have come under renewed interest and subjected to numerous investigations in recent years. In FO, water is extracted from a feed solution utilizing the high osmotic pressure of a concentrated draw solution (DS) that flows on the opposite side of an FO membran...

Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) has the potential to produce clean, renewable energy from natural salinity gradients. However, membrane fouling can lead to diminished water flux productivity, thus reducing the extractable energy. This study investigates organic fouling and osmotic backwash cleaning in PRO and the resulting impact on projected power generation. Fabricated thin-film composite mem...