• J. Ronald Aseer

Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) operating osmotic power plant is a promising technology for renewable-resource power generation. A wealth of literature on replacing traditional fossil fuel power plants has been published in PRO feasibility. Within this paper the PRO and the latest ground breaking Dual Stage PRO method are discussed briefly with the perspective of the writers on the potential growth and implementation of the PRO power plants. Osmotic power plants belong to renewable sources of ocean energy that harness the capacity of salinity gradients that occur in the mixing zone between river and sea water at the mouth between rivers. The global potential of salinity gradient energy is massive and technically restricted only by the flow of water into the oceans of the world's rivers. Just a small amount of the ability can be used in practice. Extractable river water is restricted to preserving the river's ecological integrity, and the ecological potential for osmotic power plants is added. Every river-mouth is a potential osmotic power plant location but there are some practical constraints. Site requirements are established to determine suitable regions for osmotic power plants, and potentials are measured for selected regions.

Draw Solution, Feed Water, Osmotic Membrane Unit, Power Generation, Power Plant, Pressure Retarded Osmosis.

"A Paper on Osmotic Power Plants", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.155-161, January 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREO06037.pdf

"A Paper on Osmotic Power Plants", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp155-161, January 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIREO06037.pdf