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OK, but then, forgetting about desalination, you'd be able to just build a power plant with this substance and sea water, right? The fact that very few such pla
by jessriedel 10y ago
OK, but then, forgetting about desalination, you'd be able to just build a power plant with this substance and sea water, right? The fact that very few such plants exit then tells us that it would probably be cheaper to just do your desalination with reverse osmosis powered by a conventional power plant.
- johncolanduoni 10y agoBaring some yet undiscovered and very bizarre (but thermodynamically viable) chemistry that requires you to involve saltwater in a practical implementation, yes. Otherwise saltwater (which has a positive heat of mixing) is just fighting your actual process.