Capacitive Mixing for Harvesting the Free Energy of Solutions at Different Concentrations

An enormous dissipation of the order of 2 kJ/L takes place during the natural mixing process of fresh river water entering the salty sea. “Capacitive mixing” is a promising technique to efficiently harvest this energy in an environmentally clean and sustainable fashion. This method has its roots in...

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Main Authors: Renéa van Roij, Doriano Brogioli, Francesco Mantegazza, Domenico Salerno, Roberto Ziano, Raúl A. Rica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-04-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/4/1388