Engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50%

Re:Engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50% by jacknews on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @03:59AM (#20221582)

I agree a large advance is still newsworthy, but it's just laziness not to go on to say what that means, ag "giving a really rather good 36% overall" or "despite the still-low overall officiency, scientists are optimistic about future progress" etc.

Then again how are they even measuring efficiency, is there a theoretical minimum energy required to remove the salt from water?

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Re:Engineers boost output of solar desalination system by 50% by mrguyorama on Wednesday June 19, 2019 @01:48PM (#20225412)

Would an average reader have a good concept of what "36% efficient overall" would mean here?

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