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Claim · claim:salinity-drives-red

Salinity gradient —drives→ Reverse electrodialysis

The atlas records this claim as established: a salinity gradient drives reverse electrodialysis under the conditions below.

establishedK7 · engineering prototypeledger chemical → electrical · loss to thermalno record-level review date

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3cited sources1enumerated routes using it1routes with composition evidence1recorded pathways

Conditions

  • alternating cation- and anion-exchange membranes with sea and river water in alternate compartments
regime: aqueous medium required · selective membrane required · liquid

Evidence · 3

  1. [1]
    R. E. Pattle. Production of electric power by mixing fresh and salt water in the hydroelectric pile (1954)
    Nature 174, 660 · doi:10.1038/174660a0 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  2. [2]
    J. W. Post, et al.. Salinity-gradient power: Evaluation of pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis (2007)
    Journal of Membrane Science 288, 218–230 · doi:10.1016/j.memsci.2006.11.018 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record
  3. [3]
    B. E. Logan, M. Elimelech. Membrane-based processes for sustainable power generation using water (2012)
    Nature 488, 313–319 · doi:10.1038/nature11477 · crossref ✓ 2026-09-19 · record

Matrix cells this relation feeds

D = disequilibrium row · C = coupling family column. A cell reads the state of the atlas for that pair.

D.04 × C.22 · Salinity gradient × Osmotic / salinity-gradient · Established
family: Osmotic / salinity-gradient

Uses of this claim

recorded pathways · 1

Cite this claim

Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). claim claim:salinity-drives-red: Salinity gradient —drives→ Reverse electrodialysis. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/claim/salinity-drives-red

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