Education
University of California, Los Los Angeles
University of California, Los Los Angeles
The invention of the practical reverse osmosis membrane revolutionized the concept of water desalination. Loeb invented the power generating process pressure retarded osmosis (Public Relations Officer)--making accessible a rich previously unknown source of green energy, and a method of producing power by a reverse electrodialysis (RED) heat engine, among other inventions in related fields. The production of energy by Public Relations Officer and RED, among others, is sometimes called "osmotic power."
Loeb was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1917.
He studied chemical engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
After working in industry for 20 years, he earned his Master of Science (1959) and Doctor of Philosophy (1964) degrees from the University of California at Los Los Angeles
lieutenant was in the course of his Master of Science In 1967 Loeb came to Beersheva to teach RO technology at the Negev Institute for Arid Zone Research, later incorporated into the Institutes for Applied Research of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU).
Loeb later accepted a half time teaching and half time research position as Professor of Chemical Engineering at the newly established BGU. Foreign 15 years at BGU, Loeb carried out research and taught membrane processes, desalination, and other subjects.
lieutenant was at BGU that Loeb invented pressure retarded osmosis and a method of producing power by a reverse electrodialysis heat engine.