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.73 m^3/s of seawater is only a pipe of 1m diameter with water traveling at 1 m/s. Not that big a pipe in the grand scheme of things!
by liketochill 5y ago
.73 m^3/s of seawater is only a pipe of 1m diameter with water traveling at 1 m/s. Not that big a pipe in the grand scheme of things!
- ephbit 5y agoTrue. Not that big. But let's not forget that it's not about merely pumping the water around. All this water must be processed. And I figure the process is a little more involved than simple reverse osmosis for seawater desalination. In the desalination business 1 m diameter pipes with water traveling at 1 m/s and the resulting volumetric flow rate isn't a big thing .. but I'd guess for more complex processes it indicates huge/expensive apparatuses.