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Environment & Energy

hunter

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5. Raising the temperature of nuclear power reactors by an order of magnitude...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Jul 7, 2018, 06:32 PM

Jul 2018

... makes air cooling practical wherever water is scarce.

It makes a lot of things practical, including fuel synthesis, and desalinization by reverse osmosis, forward osmosis, or Membrane Condenser Technology.

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Harnessing Clean Water from Power Plant Emissions [View all] NNadir Jul 2018 OP

Not that I'm reading all that, but I appreciate the scholarly/practical angle you bring to DU ... mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #1

Thank you for your kind words. I do read a lot of "solar thermal" papers, but I have to tell... NNadir Jul 2018 #6

Thank you for going to all the trouble murielm99 Jul 2018 #2

As a new member I've only read a few of your articles and agree that it would be huge if we could in2herbs Jul 2018 #3

I've been studying nuclear energy in detail for more than 30 years, ever since... NNadir Jul 2018 #4

Raising the temperature of nuclear power reactors by an order of magnitude... hunter Jul 2018 #5

My feeling is that the membrane condenser technology is more suited to retrofitting coastal... NNadir Jul 2018 #7