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Site-specific potential analysis for pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) power plants – The León River example

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  • Ortega, Santiago
  • Stenzel, Peter
  • Alvarez-Silva, Oscar
  • Osorio, Andrés F.

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In order to implement osmotic power as a renewable energy source it is necessary to take into account the site-specific characteristics of any river mouth location where a project is proposed. This includes the salinity structure, inter- and intra-annual flow variations, ecological and social restrictions of the flow extraction, among others. Using the case of a location with suitable conditions for osmotic power, the León River mouth at the Colombian Caribbean Coast is analyzed in detail. A discharge analysis is undertaken to determine the appropriate size of an osmotic power plant by studying the relationships of the flow extraction with the installed capacity, load factor and yearly generation of the power plant. Furthermore, hydrological and ecological characteristics of the river are taken into account. Once the design flow is determined, the impact of the flow extraction on the salinity structure is analyzed for different climatic scenarios defined by the ENSO phases. The developed methodology can be taken as a basis to assess the osmotic power potential of other rivers on a worldwide level.

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  • Ortega, Santiago & Stenzel, Peter & Alvarez-Silva, Oscar & Osorio, Andrés F., 2014. "Site-specific potential analysis for pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) power plants – The León River example," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 466-474.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:68:y:2014:i:c:p:466-474
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.02.033
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    1. Osorio, A.F. & Ortega, Santiago & Arango-Aramburo, Santiago, 2016. "Assessment of the marine power potential in Colombia," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 53(C), pages 966-977.
    2. He, Wei & Wang, Yang & Elyasigomari, Vahid & Shaheed, Mohammad Hasan, 2016. "Evaluation of the detrimental effects in osmotic power assisted reverse osmosis (RO) desalination," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 608-619.
    3. Konstantinos Zachopoulos & Nikolaos Kokkos & Costas Elmasides & Georgios Sylaios, 2022. "Coupling Hydrodynamic and Energy Production Models for Salinity Gradient Energy Assessment in a Salt-Wedge Estuary (Strymon River, Northern Greece)," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(9), pages 1-24, April.
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    5. Alvarez-Silva, Oscar & Osorio, Andrés F., 2015. "Salinity gradient energy potential in Colombia considering site specific constraints," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 737-748.
    6. Abdelkader, Bassel A. & Navas, Daniel Ruiz & Sharqawy, Mostafa H., 2023. "A novel spiral wound module design for harvesting salinity gradient energy using pressure retarded osmosis," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 203(C), pages 542-553.
    7. Salamanca, Jacobo M. & Álvarez-Silva, Oscar & Tadeo, Fernando, 2019. "Potential and analysis of an osmotic power plant in the Magdalena River using experimental field-data," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 548-555.
    8. Maisonneuve, Jonathan & Pillay, Pragasen & Laflamme, Claude B., 2015. "Osmotic power potential in remote regions of Quebec," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 81(C), pages 62-70.
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