Real Water Power that could be the game changer

[markdansie]

Osmotic Power
Although the research is still in its infancy, if I was to give an award to a technology with the most potential to bring about massive change it is this.I doubt if it can achieve the the 1MW per square meter due to material and conductor issue,s but even 1000th of that power output would be impressive. Using solar desalination the water can be reused. This is real water power[/font]
http://revolution-green.com/electricity-generated-water-salt-three-atoms-thick-membrane/

[tinman]

Osmotic Power
Although the research is still in its infancy, if I was to give an award to a technology with the most potential to bring about massive change it is this.I doubt if it can achieve the the 1MW per square meter due to material and conductor issue,s but even 1000th of that power output would be impressive. Using solar desalination the water can be reused. This is real water power[/font]
http://revolution-green.com/electricity-generated-water-salt-three-atoms-thick-membrane/

Well that is one of the best i have heard of in a long time.
Even at 1kw an !square! meter,being so slim,you could put 10 modules together for a 1 cubic meter cell,and still put out 10kw.
Im sure i could find space for that on the side of my home.

I have a small desalination plant at home that was given to me by my boss,when he fitted the larger one to his boat. It will desalinate 1 ltr of sea water a minute,and only uses 480 watts to do it.
I see a looped system here
Now,where to get some of that material Mark?.


Brad

[markdansie]

Well that is one of the best i have heard of in a long time.
Even at 1kw an !square! meter,being so slim,you could put 10 modules together for a 1 cubic meter cell,and still put out 10kw.
Im sure i could find space for that on the side of my home.

I have a small desalination plant at home that was given to me by my boss,when he fitted the larger one to his boat. It will desalinate 1 ltr of sea water a minute,and only uses 480 watts to do it.
I see a looped system here
Now,where to get some of that material Mark?.


Brad

I think they are still figuring out how to mass produce it with consistency. The material itself is cheap.
Some big questions remain like how long will the material last, how much maintenance etc.
It does open the way for a lot of research into other materials and production methods


Exciting times we live in
Mark

[minnie]

   I think the tinman is over excitable, I reckon it is something to be deployed
   where a river meets the ocean. Perhaps the tinman has a river and an ocean???
           John.

[lancaIV]

http://hightechafrica.blogspot.pt/2012/04/pressure-retarded-osmosis-power.html

https://www.google.pt/search?client=opera&q=norway+osmosis+salt+sweetwater&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8


"Statkraft estimates it spent over ten years and more than 100 million kroner (about $12 million USD) in research funds to help develop one of these techniques, pressure retarded osmosis (PRO), in the prototype facility at Tofte."


Much money,many days research : only for the functional prototype !


"According to Friso Sikkema, senior specialist in power generation and renewables at DNV Kema, the amount of potential energy contained in such processes is 'substantial'. The osmotic energy contained in 1 m³ of seawater amounts to around 0.75 kWh."