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Pumping costs would not be higher due to depth. There is a whole lot of pressure at greater depths. That by itself can bring the water up. There might be a sl
by nashashmi 11y ago
Pumping costs would not be higher due to depth. There is a whole lot of pressure at greater depths. That by itself can bring the water up. There might be a slight difference in density of warmer water over cooler water that could add to pumping costs.
But I agree with the first point: water warms up along the way unless they were to use insulated pipes like heat exchangers.
- hacker234 11y ago> There is a whole lot of pressure at greater depths. That by itself can bring the water up. The pressure inside a deep pipe will be the same as that outside the pipe. Where will your differential pressure come from?
- stmfreak 11y agoFrom evacuating the water at the top of the pipe.
- colordrops 11y agoHow does that differ from standard run-of-the-mill pumping? Edit: ok, I get it, there's no suction, just removal of the water, and the pressure of the ocean pushes it back up to sea level.