cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 days agoNew clean energy comes out. look inside It’s just boiling water again…lemmy.worldimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1656
arrow-up1656imageNew clean energy comes out. look inside It’s just boiling water again…lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 days agoActually there’s also the mirror based solar which boils water in a central column.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 days agoIt’s cooler than that; they use the heat to make molten salt, then use a heat exchanger to boil water with that, the salt gets stupid hot and holds energy into the night.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoSounds like it’s hotter than that not cooler
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agocoincidentally, just saw a youtube short with more crazy shit https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l3CFqCgmumw they mix three salts together to control the melting temperature so it’s still hot but not as hard on the equipment.
minus-squareSmaile@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 days agoits basically a bowl of water made of solar panels, i mean its not a bad idea at all but its nothing crazy either, probably a bitch to maintain tho.
Actually there’s also the mirror based solar which boils water in a central column.
It’s cooler than that; they use the heat to make molten salt, then use a heat exchanger to boil water with that, the salt gets stupid hot and holds energy into the night.
Sounds like it’s hotter than that not cooler
coincidentally, just saw a youtube short with more crazy shit
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/l3CFqCgmumw
they mix three salts together to control the melting temperature so it’s still hot but not as hard on the equipment.
its basically a bowl of water made of solar panels, i mean its not a bad idea at all but its nothing crazy either, probably a bitch to maintain tho.