MODELING AND DESIGN OF OSMOTIC POWER PLANT: AN INVESTIGATION ON OPERATING FACTORS

Worldwide energy consumption has been profoundly reliant on fossil fuels which cause
extreme environmental change therefore the investigation of new technologies to create
effective sustainable energy source plays a significant role on the planet. The more the
population rise in Malaysia, the more demand for electricity increases. Since fossil fuels
are rampantly exploited to depletion in Malaysia, thereby looking into the need for
alternative resources is vital. To diminish the dependency on fossil fuel resources,
Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) is an encouraging contender by utilising energy from
the salinity gradient between fresh water and seawater. According to the economic
expansion of membrane technologies and recent improvements in the technology, PRO
has possibly sustainable preference and has been actively conducted demonstrations from
lab-scale to pilot-scale.