Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients presents a collection of case studies on real-world power plants from around the world that involve sustainable energy extraction via salinity gradients. Using real-world examples, the book explains and demonstrates the fundamentals, technologies, processes, and application of salinity gradient energy extraction methods, and offers practical solutions.
The opening chapter of the book provides an overview of the fundamentals and technologies of salinity gradient energy. Each Subsequent chapter analyses a real-world salinity gradient power plant from a different region of the world and includes examples from developed and developing economies on three continents. For each case study, key aspects of performance are evaluated, and the benefits and operational challenges are discussed. Validated mathematical models are also included to improve readers understanding of how to control operating parameters.
Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients provides a unique perspective on the commercialization of salinity gradient energy extraction, and is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and industry engineers.
1. Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. Acknowledgments - p. Page viii 10. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 11. List of Tables - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 1 : Potential for power production using salinity gradients - p. Page xi 13. Chapter 2 : Blue energy extraction using a two-stage seawater reverse osmosis plant without external freshwater feed using pressure-retarded osmosis process: a theoretical case study - p. Page 19 14. Chapter 3 : A case study on the first prototype plant for osmotic energy extraction in Norway - p. Page 47 15. Chapter 4 : A strategical case study on energy extraction using salinity gradients at the river junction of the Magdalena River and Caribbean Sea - p. Page 66 16. Chapter 5 : Potential of power generation using salinity gradients: a case study on Hooghly estuarine region, India - p. Page 92 17. Chapter 6 : Energy extraction at the hypersaline Urmia Lake—ZarrinehRud River system in Iran: a case study - p. Page 118 18. Chapter 7 : Prospect and development of energy extraction using salinity gradients in Colombia: a case study - p. Page 143 19. Chapter 8 : Using reverse electrodialysis for salinity gradient energy extraction at Trapani (Italy): a case study - p. Page 173 20. Chapter 9 : Case study on the feasibility of blue energy generation at Haringvliet–Grevelingen - p. Page 198 21. Chapter 10 : Premier, progress, and future perspective of blue energy - p. Page 226 22. Index - p. Page 244
Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients presents a collection of case studies on real-world power plants from around the world that involve sustainable energy extraction via salinity gradients. Using real-world examples, the book explains and demonstrates the fundamentals, technologies, processes, and application of salinity gradient energy extraction methods, and offers practical solutions.
The opening chapter of the book provides an overview of the fundamentals and technologies of salinity gradient energy. Each Subsequent chapter analyses a real-world salinity gradient power plant from a different region of the world and includes examples from developed and developing economies on three continents. For each case study, key aspects of performance are evaluated, and the benefits and operational challenges are discussed. Validated mathematical models are also included to improve readers understanding of how to control operating parameters.
Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients provides a unique perspective on the commercialization of salinity gradient energy extraction, and is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and industry engineers.
1. Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients - p. Page i 2. Cover - p. Page i 3. Title page - p. Page ii 4. Table of Contents - p. Page iii 5. Copyright - p. Page iii 6. Dedication - p. Page v 7. Contents - p. Page vii 8. Preface - p. Page vii 9. Acknowledgments - p. Page viii 10. List of Illustrations - p. Page x 11. List of Tables - p. Page xi 12. Chapter 1 : Potential for power production using salinity gradients - p. Page xi 13. Chapter 2 : Blue energy extraction using a two-stage seawater reverse osmosis plant without external freshwater feed using pressure-retarded osmosis process: a theoretical case study - p. Page 19 14. Chapter 3 : A case study on the first prototype plant for osmotic energy extraction in Norway - p. Page 47 15. Chapter 4 : A strategical case study on energy extraction using salinity gradients at the river junction of the Magdalena River and Caribbean Sea - p. Page 66 16. Chapter 5 : Potential of power generation using salinity gradients: a case study on Hooghly estuarine region, India - p. Page 92 17. Chapter 6 : Energy extraction at the hypersaline Urmia Lake—ZarrinehRud River system in Iran: a case study - p. Page 118 18. Chapter 7 : Prospect and development of energy extraction using salinity gradients in Colombia: a case study - p. Page 143 19. Chapter 8 : Using reverse electrodialysis for salinity gradient energy extraction at Trapani (Italy): a case study - p. Page 173 20. Chapter 9 : Case study on the feasibility of blue energy generation at Haringvliet–Grevelingen - p. Page 198 21. Chapter 10 : Premier, progress, and future perspective of blue energy - p. Page 226 22. Index - p. Page 244
