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Seawater has a higher density, about 2,5% according to Wikipedia. So 40m of water column fresh water vs seawater would be equal to 1m water column fresh water.
by JLK_121416 3y ago
Seawater has a higher density, about 2,5% according to Wikipedia. So 40m of water column fresh water vs seawater would be equal to 1m water column fresh water. 400m would result in a 1 bar pressure difference.
- Doxin 3y agoReverse osmosis systems (like the one speculated with a membrane) has operating pressures between 40 and 82 bar when using seawater. The ocean is pretty deep but having a 16 kilometer pipe straight down seems like it has its own engineering problems.
- DropInIn 3y agoHave you heard of oil? If we can run those for hundreds of miles through water, pumping thick sludge that is crude oil....