Salinity Gradient Heat Engines classifies all the existing SGHEs and presents an in-depth analysis of their fundamentals, applications and perspectives. The main SGHEs analyzed in this publication are Osmotic, the Reverse Electrodialysis, and the Accumulator Mixing Heat Engines. The production and regeneration unit of both cycles are described and analyzed alongside the related economic and environmental aspects. This approach provides the reader with very thorough knowledge on how these technologies can be developed and implemented as a low-impact power generation technique, wherever low-temperature waste-heat is available.
This book will also be a very beneficial resource for academic researchers and graduate students across various disciplines, including energy engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, electrical and mechanical engineering.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Front Matter - p. iv 6. Copyright - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. ix 8. Preface - p. xi 9. Chapter 1. Salinity gradient heat engines: An innovative concept for waste heat valorization - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. The state of art of conventional and nonconventional heat engines - p. 68 11. Chapter 3. Osmotic heat engine (OHE) - p. 83 12. Chapter 4. Reverse electrodialysis heat engine (REDHE) - p. 127 13. Chapter 5. Solvent extraction regeneration technologies - p. 163 14. Chapter 6. Salt extraction regeneration technologies - p. 197 15. Chapter 7. Coupling salinity gradient heat engines with power generation systems and industrial processes - p. 229 16. Chapter 8. Special engines - p. 265 17. Chapter 9. Resource, environmental, and economic aspects of SGHE - p. 319 18. Index - p. 355
Salinity Gradient Heat Engines classifies all the existing SGHEs and presents an in-depth analysis of their fundamentals, applications and perspectives. The main SGHEs analyzed in this publication are Osmotic, the Reverse Electrodialysis, and the Accumulator Mixing Heat Engines. The production and regeneration unit of both cycles are described and analyzed alongside the related economic and environmental aspects. This approach provides the reader with very thorough knowledge on how these technologies can be developed and implemented as a low-impact power generation technique, wherever low-temperature waste-heat is available.
This book will also be a very beneficial resource for academic researchers and graduate students across various disciplines, including energy engineering, chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, electrical and mechanical engineering.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Front Matter - p. iv 6. Copyright - p. iv 7. Contributors - p. ix 8. Preface - p. xi 9. Chapter 1. Salinity gradient heat engines: An innovative concept for waste heat valorization - p. 1 10. Chapter 2. The state of art of conventional and nonconventional heat engines - p. 68 11. Chapter 3. Osmotic heat engine (OHE) - p. 83 12. Chapter 4. Reverse electrodialysis heat engine (REDHE) - p. 127 13. Chapter 5. Solvent extraction regeneration technologies - p. 163 14. Chapter 6. Salt extraction regeneration technologies - p. 197 15. Chapter 7. Coupling salinity gradient heat engines with power generation systems and industrial processes - p. 229 16. Chapter 8. Special engines - p. 265 17. Chapter 9. Resource, environmental, and economic aspects of SGHE - p. 319 18. Index - p. 355
