cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 days agoNew clean energy comes out. look inside It’s just boiling water again…lemmy.worldimagemessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1757arrow-down121
arrow-up1736arrow-down1imageNew clean energy comes out. look inside It’s just boiling water again…lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square87linkfedilink
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 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-up3·6 days agoSounds like it’s hotter than that not cooler
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 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.
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.