A practical method for the analysis of osmotic-and-diffusive energy conversion.
A practical method for the study of osmotic- and-diffusive conversion of free energy of solutions with different concentrations is presented. Equations for effective power, dissipative power, total power and energetic efficiency have been derived for fixed membrane systems. These equations allow energetic evaluation of these systems. The significance of the method for biological studies is also suggested.
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Institute of Physics, Pedagogical University, Kielce, Poland.
D004058:Diffusion; D004594:Electrophysiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D008433:Mathematics; D008566:Membranes / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009995:Osmosis; D055585:Physical Phenomena; D010825:Physics