Comments on Cleantech Blog: Low Cost Desalination - Saltworks Breakthrough

We have developed a device that is scaleable that ...

2009-12-16T17:52:59.280-08:00

We have developed a device that is scaleable that desalinates sea water and/or removes the waste from waste water. We have built a small model.

This uses only photovoltaics. We are at www.photovoltaics.com It can be grid connected.

We have also made different materials that draws the potassium/sodium ions to one polarity and the cholrine/sulfate ions to the other. You attach these to a load and you get .90 volts with the current dependant upon the material size.

All of the above as stated is scaleable.

The materials are not expensive. Patents have been filed.

When I read of such WORLD BEATING concepts I like ...

2009-12-01T02:14:39.493-08:00

When I read of such WORLD BEATING concepts I like to recite my favourite saying. Yes you'll be punished:
Optimism is born out of Blissful Ignorance.
Pessimism is the product of BITTER experience.
I am curently working on an Australian Desalination (Reverse Osmosis) Plant Project and have just completed another. A concept such as this one sounds good but the energy component of COST, although important is only one aspect. We need to know the operating costs, and capital costs, as if the cost of money outweighs the energy savings, it's DEAD in the WATER. In addition, plants with large foot prints will be difficult to sell to the public.
I'm interested to hear from the proponents as to the total costs. A 1000L/day pilot plant is really TINY compared with 125,000,000L/day and more plants up to 600ML/day.

What is the real cost?

Efforts were on throughout the world for low cost ...

2009-11-09T11:20:34.128-08:00

Efforts were on throughout the world for low cost desalination and by achieving this Saltworks technologies have created history. This will definitely help mankind in long term.