Membrane Technology for Osmotic Power Generation by Pressure Retarded Osmosis

This book covers PRO membranes, fouling, module fabrication, process design, process operation and maintenance summarizing the research progress in the last decade, future directions of R&D and commercialization.

1. Osmotic energy and pressure retarded osmosis. 2. Recent development of flat-sheet PRO membranes. 3. Recent development of hollow fiber PRO membranes. 4. Mass transport within pressure retarded osmosis membranes of different configurations. 5. Analysis of flux reduction behaviors in PRO. 6. Development of antifouling pressure retarded osmosis membranes. 7. PRO pretreatment. 8. Design and fabrication of thin-film composite hollow fiber modules for pressure retarded osmosis. 9. Design and optimization of seawater reverse osmosis and pressure retarded osmosis-integrated pilot processes. 10. Operation and maintenance of SWRO-PRO pilot systems. 11. Techno-economic evaluation of various RO+PRO and RO+FO integrated processes. 12. Design of other pressure retarded osmosis hybrid processes (pressure retarded osmosis-membrane distillation and  pressure retarded osmosis-forward osmosis).