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Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by Magiccupcake on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:51PM (#37685034)
Further concentrated salt solutions deposit in the device, clogging it causing it to not work. You could harvest the salt, but then it is no longer passive.
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Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by ranguna on Thursday September 28, 2023 @01:25AM (#37685551)
Then don't concentrate it on the devices. Dump the water on a drying pool and extract the salt afterwards.
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Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by djtango on Thursday September 28, 2023 @01:40AM (#37685655)
Ironically we'd probably need some amount of water to then purify the salt from the other random stuff
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Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by 6510 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @01:43AM (#37685688)
Need distilled water, luckily we were just making that.
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Re:Desalination system could produce freshwater that is chea... by j16sdiz on Thursday September 28, 2023 @01:45AM (#37685700)
You are underestimating the volume.

In that volume, you need a large drying pool.. which is no better than a parking lot.

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