Talk:Pressure-retarded osmosis

Only the second web reference is still valid! This article needs updating by an expert, but a Google search revealed very littleTimpo (talk) 15:56, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Redundant to Osmotic power

This article deals with the subject of Osmotic power whereas the topic of PRO is touched only with one single sentence. Should be cut down to a valid stub or appropriately expanded. --Burkhard (talk) 22:37, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

I edited it because Cleo is such a retard

- Jeb — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.230.224.182 (talk) 21:09, 14 April 2016 (UTC)

Richard Norman's 1974 Science paper

Norman's paper in Science, submitted 3 May 1974, does not mention Loeb. In fact, Norman wrote

...there is one large natural energy flux which, though readily available, I have not seen mentioned as a resource, namely, salination of water or the energy released from the mixing of freshwater with seawater.

This clearly indicates that Norman was unaware of Loeb's 1973 patent.

Loeb followed up in January 1975 with comments suggesting that he himself had been working on this for some time. In that publication, Loeb stated

To facilitate examination of the concept in some detail, the United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation awarded a grant (No. 337) to our Research Authority in May 1974.

Loeb further pointed out the potential use of PRO with highly saline feed from the Dead Sea.