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Salinity Gradient Power (Sgp): A Developmental Roadmap Covering Existing Generation Technologies And Recent Investigative Results Into The Feasibility Of Bipolar Membrane-Based Salinity Gradient Power Generation, Clifford R. Merz, Wilfrido A. Moreno, Marilyn Barger, Stephen M. Lipka
Salinity Gradient Power (Sgp): A Developmental Roadmap Covering Existing Generation Technologies And Recent Investigative Results Into The Feasibility Of Bipolar Membrane-Based Salinity Gradient Power Generation, Clifford R. Merz, Wilfrido A. Moreno, Marilyn Barger, Stephen M. Lipka
Clifford Merz
Besides wind and solar-based renewable energy technologies, marine sources are being actively discussed. Sources of marine renewable energy traditionally have included ocean currents, ocean waves, tides, thermal gradients, and salinity gradients. Salinity gradient power (SGP) is an attractive marine renewable resource because it possesses not only the largest energy potential but likely the largest total available resource as well. SGP is instantly available when diluted and concentrated ionic solutions are mixed; is renewable, sustainable, and produces no CO2 emissions or other significant effluents that may interfere with global climate. The ultimate challenge is in the economics of the recovery …