Re:Carbon Nanotubes Excluding Salt from Seawater
by ResearchAtPlay on Friday August 25, 2017 @03:47PM
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Perhaps this membrane is also interesting for electricity production. From the abstract:
CNTPs block anion transport, even at salinities that exceed seawater levels
High salinity levels that occur in some mining processes could produce electricity via pressure-retarded osmosis. Reaching adequate flow rates through membranes has been a barrier to this tech in the past [1].
As a slightly off-topic question: Does anyone know of any industrial processes where high volumes of fluids with high salinity concentrations occur? I am doing some research on where this technology could be applied.
CNTPs block anion transport, even at salinities that exceed seawater levels
High salinity levels that occur in some mining processes could produce electricity via pressure-retarded osmosis. Reaching adequate flow rates through membranes has been a barrier to this tech in the past [1].
As a slightly off-topic question: Does anyone know of any industrial processes where high volumes of fluids with high salinity concentrations occur? I am doing some research on where this technology could be applied.
[1] www.nature.com/articles/nature11477