In reply to OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson's message of Sat, 27 Jul 2013 08:55:25 -0500: Hi, [snip]
Since 2/3 of the energy in coal used in electric power plants ends up as low grade heat, it should be possible to use some of that in a desalination plant adjacent to existing power plants. >From: ChemE Stewart > >... > > > >> Really needs a large source of green energy to power > > > >Sans a more environmentally friendly "green energy" source, I wonder if >anyone has done the math to determine whether constructing and dedicating a >significant portion of the energy resources generated by a nearby nuclear >plant would make the conversion process more economical through large scale >volume. > > > >Again, I wonder what the cost per gallon'o'water is likely to be. With >demand for fresh water constantly increasing... at some point water >extracted via desalinization is likely to become a more palpable economical >& political choice for large portions of the planet's population centers. > > > >I would imagine the number crunchers have already have done the math, and >that is why they are building the plants regardless of what energy source is >used. It's inevitable that the price of fresh water will go up. It's >becoming the most valuable commodity on the planet. They would be fools not >to build desalinization plants. As always, there's money to be made. > > > >Regards, > >Steven Vincent Johnson > >svjart.OrionWorks.com > >www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/newvortex/ Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
