cannedtuna@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agoNew clean energy comes out. look inside It’s just boiling water again…lemmy.worldimagemessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1765arrow-down121 cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1744arrow-down1imageNew clean energy comes out. look inside It’s just boiling water again…lemmy.worldcannedtuna@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square89linkfedilink cross-posted to: starwarsmemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 days agoActually there’s also the mirror based solar which boils water in a central column.
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 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-up2·3 days agoSounds like it’s hotter than that not cooler
minus-squarerumba@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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-26 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.