Blue Energy Extraction Using Salinity Gradients: A Critical Evaluation of Case Studies presents a collection of case studies on real-world power plants from around the world that involve sustainable energy extraction via salinity gradients. Using real-world examples, the book explains and demonstrates the fundamentals, technologies, processes, and application of salinity gradient energy extraction methods, while also offering practical solutions. The book provides an overview of the fundamentals and technologies of salinity gradient energy, with each chapter analyzing a real-world salinity gradient power plant from a different region of the world. Examples from developed and developing economies on three continents are covered. For each case study, key aspects of performance are evaluated, and benefits and operational challenges are discussed. Validated mathematical models are also included to improve readers understanding of how to control operating parameters.
Author Biography:
Mihir Kumar Purkait is a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and Dean of Alumni and External Affairs at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His research activities are focused on four distinct areas: advanced separation technologies, waste-to-energy, smart materials, and electrocoagulation.
Dr. Mukesh Sharma is currently a Research Fellow at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India. He obtained his M.Sc. and PhD in Earth Science and Technology from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. His research work includes membrane technology and its applications in simultaneous sustainable energy extraction, electrochemistry, wastewater treatment, water treatment, bioelectrochemical process, desalination, waste management, resource recovery, fuel cells and formation of value-added products derived from agricultural wastes and processes intensification. He has published many scientific research and review papers in various reputed international journals. He has authored several book chapters in various publications, including Elsevier, CRC and Springer and patented technologies and its demonstrations on the field of blue energy generations.
Pranjal Pratim Das is a research scientist in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. His research work is purely dedicated to industrial wastewater treatment via electrochemical (esp. electrocoagulation) and advanced oxidation (esp. ozonation) techniques for the removal of toxic emerging contaminants.
Chang-Tang Chang is a professor at National Ilan University, Taiwan (NIU). He is the chairman of Research and Development Center of Energy and Resource Technology at NIU and was the chairman of International Air and Waste Management Association (2010) in Taiwan section. He is also a professional Environmental Engineer. He has published more than 200 SCI papers, 22 patents, 25 book chapters, handled over 40 R&D projects, and guided 18 PhD and 40 Masters student in the field of environmental materials synthesis, energy generation and wastewater treatment. He is also experienced in both nonconventional energy generation from wastewater and saline water. In this book, Prof. Chang’s contribution will be essential for providing the numerous case studies for the treatment of various industrial effluent from Taiwan.
