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Not sure this is new, there are trials running in The Netherlands ( afsluitdijk )

ptaipale 9y ago
Not being familiar with the name (though I knew the concept), "afsluitdijk" sounds like what you get when a cat swipes across the middle of your keyboard.
- johansch 9y ago
  (Meh, why did the PC-squad downvote this? Geesh, grow up. It's okay to have fun with languages!) As a Swede: I also read it that way the first time. The second time I read it as "avslutningsdike" (Swedish) or "finishing dyke" (English.) But after Googling the word it turns out afsluit is more like "tätning"/"isolation/termination".
  - spiderfarmer 9y ago
    It's more like 'closing' (something). The afsluitdijk is a bridge/dike that can be closed in case of storms.
    - johansch 9y ago
      In that case my first guess was right after all. :)
    - PanMan 9y ago
      Nope, it's not. It's always (sortof) closed. It's named that way because it closed of a large part of sea, and turned it into a lake. The Oosterscheldekering does open and close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering
  - geon 9y ago
    (Swe) Dike = ditch (Eng) Dyke = dam/sexual slur
    - johansch 9y ago
      https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke "chiefly British spelling of dike"
willvarfar 9y ago
The article explains that its an active research area and that there are three methods for doing this, and the new approach the article describes is combining two of them. Perhaps the Dutch system is using another method?
- babuskov 9y ago
  It looks like the Dutch system was using the PRO method.
  - cbcoutinho 9y ago
    No, the Dutch research project is investigating reverse electrodialysis (RED), not pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO)
the-dude 9y ago
Details : company is http://REDstack.nl http://REDstack.nl RED -> Reverse ElectroDialysis
- cbcoutinho 9y ago
  Wow, this is so cool - seeing the place I work at on HN.

Not being familiar with the name (though I knew the concept), "afsluitdijk" sounds like what you get when a cat swipes across the middle of your keyboard.

johansch 9y ago
(Meh, why did the PC-squad downvote this? Geesh, grow up. It's okay to have fun with languages!) As a Swede: I also read it that way the first time. The second time I read it as "avslutningsdike" (Swedish) or "finishing dyke" (English.) But after Googling the word it turns out afsluit is more like "tätning"/"isolation/termination".
- spiderfarmer 9y ago
  It's more like 'closing' (something). The afsluitdijk is a bridge/dike that can be closed in case of storms.
  - johansch 9y ago
    In that case my first guess was right after all. :)
  - PanMan 9y ago
    Nope, it's not. It's always (sortof) closed. It's named that way because it closed of a large part of sea, and turned it into a lake. The Oosterscheldekering does open and close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afsluitdijk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oosterscheldekering
- geon 9y ago
  (Swe) Dike = ditch (Eng) Dyke = dam/sexual slur
  - johansch 9y ago
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyke "chiefly British spelling of dike"

willvarfar 9y ago

The article explains that its an active research area and that there are three methods for doing this, and the new approach the article describes is combining two of them. Perhaps the Dutch system is using another method?

babuskov 9y ago
It looks like the Dutch system was using the PRO method.
- cbcoutinho 9y ago
  No, the Dutch research project is investigating reverse electrodialysis (RED), not pressure-retarded osmosis (PRO)

the-dude 9y ago

Details : company is http://REDstack.nl http://REDstack.nl RED -> Reverse ElectroDialysis

cbcoutinho 9y ago
Wow, this is so cool - seeing the place I work at on HN.