The first osmotic power station
In Norway, Statkraft built the world's first prototype osmotic power station , which will use sea and fresh water for energy. The operation of the power plant is based on the effect of osmosis through a semipermeable membrane.
At the heart of the process is a membrane, on both sides of which there is fresh and mooska water. A thin layer of membrane retains salt, but passes pure water. As a result, a turbine that generates electricity drives pressure on the membrane from seawater.
So far this is not an industrial project, and its capabilities are more than modest compared to traditional methods of generating electricity. So far, the power plant is capable of generating a funny 2-4 kW. In the future, by 2015, it is planned to increase the capacity to 25 MW, which is not so bad anymore and, by estimation, will be enough to electrify a small town.
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Considering the total potential of the osmotic technology, which is projected at about 1,700 TWh, the Norwegian project has a future.
via 3dnews
At the heart of the process is a membrane, on both sides of which there is fresh and mooska water. A thin layer of membrane retains salt, but passes pure water. As a result, a turbine that generates electricity drives pressure on the membrane from seawater.
So far this is not an industrial project, and its capabilities are more than modest compared to traditional methods of generating electricity. So far, the power plant is capable of generating a funny 2-4 kW. In the future, by 2015, it is planned to increase the capacity to 25 MW, which is not so bad anymore and, by estimation, will be enough to electrify a small town.
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Considering the total potential of the osmotic technology, which is projected at about 1,700 TWh, the Norwegian project has a future.
via 3dnews
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/76417/
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