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You can't dilute it; the entire point of the exercise is to obtain and not use up fresh water. Probably the sensible answer is to dry it and bury the powder sa
by JulianMorrison 8y ago
You can't dilute it; the entire point of the exercise is to obtain and not use up fresh water.
Probably the sensible answer is to dry it and bury the powder salt.
- jamesholden 8y agoThis is what I thought too. Why not dump them out into long shallow 'trays' which can then dry out in the sun, leaving behind just the salt, which can then be stored/used/disposed of. Also, I am not an expert.. but, couldn't we use the leftover salt for energy storage? https://www.solarreserve.com/en/technology/molten-salt-energy-storage https://www.solarreserve.com/en/technology/molten-salt-energ...
- saagarjha 8y ago> Also, I am not an expert.. but, couldn't we use the leftover salt for energy storage? I don't think salt is something that is in particularly short supply.
- lifeformed 8y agoBut wouldn't having it in a stable form as a mountain of salt be a decent storage solution? Or would the volumes produced be quickly untenable?
- kijin 8y agoThe mountain of salt will have a mass of at least 3.5% of the total amount of water you produce. It will be a lot more than that if you only use some of the water and let the rest evaporate. For example, Israel produces more than 1 million tonnes of fresh water per day. That's 35,000 tonnes of salt, or 16,000 cubic meters -- enough to cover a football field to a depth of 3 meters -- every single day.
- nabla9 8y agoOf course you can dilute brine into sea water. High concentration brine does not automatically mix into the sea water. It goes to the bottom of the sea and forms a separate layer. But you can use nozzle diffusers, mixer etc. and discharge into high currents.