▲ 145 ▼ Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water (news.mit.edu) submitted 2 years ago by el_brujo_especial@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 18 comments fedilink hide all child comments MIT engineers and collaborators developed a solar-powered device that avoids salt-clogging issues of other designs. More details in their paper here
[–] 8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Does it come with or without micro plastics? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It will certainly comes with a preposterous amount of salt to deal with. That's a critical limiting factor with desalination. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago I thought the salt level in the input rises. So you could cycle the input with fresh salt water and pump the higher salt content stuff back to sea. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GONADS125@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child) It will certainly comes with a preposterous amount of salt to deal with. That's a critical limiting factor with desalination. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago I thought the salt level in the input rises. So you could cycle the input with fresh salt water and pump the higher salt content stuff back to sea. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago I thought the salt level in the input rises. So you could cycle the input with fresh salt water and pump the higher salt content stuff back to sea. permalink fedilink source parent