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Correlations of Ion Composition and Power Efficiency in a Reverse Electrodialysis Heat Engine

The main objective of this study is to explore the influence of ion composition on the trans-membrane potential across the ion exchange membrane (IEM), and thus offers a reference for the deep insight of “reverse electrodialysis heat engine” running in the composite systems. In comparison to the nat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Luo, Fabao, Wang, Yang, Sha, Maolin, Wei, Yanxin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6928877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31766700
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms20235860
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Sumario:The main objective of this study is to explore the influence of ion composition on the trans-membrane potential across the ion exchange membrane (IEM), and thus offers a reference for the deep insight of “reverse electrodialysis heat engine” running in the composite systems. In comparison to the natural system (river water | seawater), the performance of the reverse electrodialysis (RED) stack was examined using NaHCO(3), Na(2)CO(3), and NH(4)Cl as the supporting electrolyte in the corresponding compartment. The effect of flow rates and the concentration ratio in the high salt concentration compartment (HCC)/low salt concentration compartment (LCC) on energy generation was investigated in terms of the open-circuit voltage (OCV) and power density per membrane area. It was found that the new system (0.49 M NaCl + 0.01 M NaHCO(3)|0.01 M NaHCO(3)) output a relatively stable power density (0.174 W·m(−2)), with the open-circuit voltage 2.95 V under the low flow rate of 0.22 cm/s. Meanwhile, the simulated natural system (0.5 M NaCl|0.01 M NaCl) output the power density 0.168 W·m(−2), with the open-circuit voltage 2.86 V under the low flow rate of 0.22 cm/s. The findings in this work further confirm the excellent potential of RED for the recovery of salinity gradient energy (SGP) that is reserved in artificially-induced systems (wastewaters).