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Potential of brackish water and brine for energy generation by salinity gradient power-reverse electrodialysis (SGP-RE)

Ramato Ashu Tufa, Efrem Curcio, Willem van Baak, J.A. Veerman, Simon Grasman, Enrica Fontananova, Gianluca Di Profio

RSC Advances · 2014 · 97 citations · 18 references

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Salinity Gradient Power-Reverse Electrodialysis (SGP-RE), tested on brackish water/solar pond brine, resulted in maximum power density of 1.13 W m<sup>−2</sup> cell pair, 63% less than that of pure NaCl solutions with comparable salinity.

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