Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing harmful brine. The self-cleaning technology could also recover valuable minerals such as lithium, potentially turning desalination waste into a useful resource.
I don’t know how regular desalination plants work, this method apparently works by evaporating water on a black surface, and the cool trick is that the surface is self cleaning, so the salt can be recovered as a solid.
Interesting. I’ve previously seen survivalist methods work similarly with as little as a container of salty water placed inside a modified 2L soda bottle. Sun-powered evaporation makes for a natural still! :D
I don’t know how regular desalination plants work, this method apparently works by evaporating water on a black surface, and the cool trick is that the surface is self cleaning, so the salt can be recovered as a solid.
Interesting. I’ve previously seen survivalist methods work similarly with as little as a container of salty water placed inside a modified 2L soda bottle. Sun-powered evaporation makes for a natural still! :D