Seawater Greenhouse (2017)

Re:Seawater Greenhouse (2017) by michaelscott on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @06:47AM (#26410264)

I love the low-tech solution to the problem! Not much more to say, I just think it's a great a solution that will go a long way to both helping the people in this area of Somaliland, and serving as a template for similar projects in other regions of the world.

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Re:Seawater Greenhouse (2017) by wolfram74 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @07:29AM (#26410533)

I'm curious what the life expectancy of the cardboard evaporators are, I'd have guessed they would either mold over or just fall apart from being soggy all the time. Color me surprised.

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Re:Seawater Greenhouse (2017) by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:52AM (#26411780)

I'm curious how quickly lime etc will clog the cardboard.

I have an evaporative humidifier, and it has a similar filter. Every couple of months I throw it away and put in a new one, because its turned into a solid block of lime.

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Re:Seawater Greenhouse (2017) by black6 on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @07:59AM (#26410755)

In the several years I worked on a non-climate controlled manufacturing floor, we never replaced the cardboard in our evaporative coolers[0]. We added a quaternary amine-based cleaning agent every so often to knock out the mold.

0: https://www.mcmaster.com/2073K37/

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Re:Seawater Greenhouse (2017) by Robotbeat on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:15AM (#26411415)

Concentrations of salt of 3.5 percent or higher tend to kill mold. So that should help significantly.

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