Pressure Retarded Osmosis

Dr. Eng. Khaled Touati - Dr of Industrial Engineering and Eng. of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation Laboratory of Natural Water Treatment- Water Researches and Technologies Center. Professor Tadeo’s main interest area is Systems with Constraints, in particular Observation and Control of Positive Systems, Optimal Control, Neutralization Processes, Greenhouses, Hydrogen Reformers, Membranes, Renewable Energies, etc. Prof. Joon Ha Kim has a background of Chemical & Environmental Engineering disciplines from Korea as well as California in the US. He has researched on the academic area of environmental systems engineering, which associates complex environmental systems, modelings, and optimized solutions to mitigate the problems caused by the intrinsic complexities in the environmental systems. Professor Silva obtained a Master of Civil Engineering in Water Resources from National University of Colombia. He also has a PhD in Marine Sciences from National University of Colombia. Sung Ho Chae, PhD, Environmental Systems Engineering Lab, School of Environmental Science & Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea.

1. Pressure Retarded Osmosis as a Renewable Energy Source 2. Water and salt fluxes in Pressure Retarded Osmosis 3. Effects of the temperatures in PRO 4. Integration of PRO in desalination processes 5. Implementing salinity gradient energy at river mouths