Recent Advancement of Sustainable and Renewable Energy in Osmotic Power Generation

Authors

  • Guo-Yong Yew Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Zhen-Shen Liew Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Soon-Onn Lai Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
  • Thiam-Leng Chew Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Hee-Min Teh Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Siti Habibah Shafiai Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Man-Kee Lam Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Jun-Wei Lim Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
  • Pau-Loke Show University of Nottingham Malaysia
  • Yeek-Chia Ho Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4186/ej.2021.25.2.193

Keywords:

clean energy, osmotic, antifouling membrane, pressure retard osmosis

Abstract

Investment in clean energy is demand in this century due to abundance of CO2 accumulation in the world to cause several environmental issues. Therefore, harvesting clean energy may assist in reducing carbon footprint in the world to create a green environment for sustainable living. The salinity gradient energy is one of the clean energies with the concept of mixing both salt concentration water from the ocean and fresh water from the river to create an osmotic pressure to power-up the generator for the production of electrical energy. Salinity different between the oceanic salt water and fresh water could produce an equilibrium osmotic pressure that achieve up to 27 bars equivalent from resulting pressure under the water for 200 to 300 meters. The potential of the power production through osmosis power generator is capture at the value of 2000 TWh per year, where in 2018 the world energy consumption was growing 2.3%, in which twice the number compare to the average rate of the growth. The major energy consumption is contributed from fossil fuel and consequently resulted from emissions of CO2 increased to 33.1 Gt to the atmosphere. This work explained the advantage of using salinity gradient energy and the fundamental principle of blue energy from pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO). Thus, the osmotic power by using different salinity gradient to create energy is widely known as blue energy, in which it is green and sustainable to produce electricity to the local communities.

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Author Biographies

Guo-Yong Yew

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia


Centre of Urban Resource Sustainability, Institute of Self‑Sustainable Building, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Zhen-Shen Liew

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia


Centre of Urban Resource Sustainability, Institute of Self‑Sustainable Building, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Soon-Onn Lai

Lee Kong Chian Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Jalan Sungai Long, Bandar Sungai Long, 43300 Kajang, Malaysia

Thiam-Leng Chew

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia


CO2 Research Centre (CO2RES), Institute of Contaminant Management, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Hee-Min Teh

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia


Centre of Urban Resource Sustainability, Institute of Self‑Sustainable Building, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Siti Habibah Shafiai

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute of Self-Sustainable Building, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Man-Kee Lam

Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute of Self-Sustainable Building, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Jun-Wei Lim

Centre for Biofuel and Biochemical Research (CBBR), Institute of Self-Sustainable Building, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia


Fundamental and Applied Sciences Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan 32610, Malaysia

Pau-Loke Show

Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Yeek-Chia Ho

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Centre of Urban Resource Sustainability, Institute of Self‑Sustainable Building, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Seri Iskandar, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

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Published In
Vol 25 No 2, Feb 28, 2021
How to Cite
[1]
G.-Y. Yew, “Recent Advancement of Sustainable and Renewable Energy in Osmotic Power Generation”, Eng. J., vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 193-206, Feb. 2021.

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