Comment on Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity
richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
As desalination plant need a lot of power it is a plus. But there is always that question in background with this approach what are they gonna do with this salt ?
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
It’s pretty common to produce table salt by dehydrating sea water. This saltwater electricity plant doesn’t produce salt, though, since the basis of their electricity generation process is diluting concentrated salt water.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
I swear, nobody in this comment section actually understood the article.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
New to the internet?
richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
To my knowledge, desalination plants do not recover salt from brine. There is a European project that is studying this feasibility. Generally, brines are discharged into the sea, which is destructive for the environment due to their concentration.