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Re:Solar-powered desalination device wins MIT $100K competition by beefield on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @04:15AM (#31420374)
> watermaker that uses 4w/liter

I think you have a typo there, but I am not sure what you mean. Maybe 4Wh/liter? (Knowing nothing about desalination, that sounds low, though)

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Re:Solar-powered desalination device wins MIT $100K competition by helsinkiandrew on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @10:50AM (#31423509)
Yes, this device (first I found from google) produces 100L/hour using 400 Watts

https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/schenker/product-23417-55567...

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Re:Solar-powered desalination device wins MIT $100K competition by danbruc on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @05:55AM (#31420873)
Seems about right, the Katadyn PowerSurvivor 40E/12 V mentioned in another comment is 12 V, 4 A and 5.7 l/h, i.e. 8.4 Wh/l.
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