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Solar-powered desalination system requires no extra batteries

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130 points bentocorp | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 22:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.351s | source
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voidUpdate ◴[18 Nov 24 14:22 UTC] No.42172504[source]▶
This sounds a lot like the concept of a solar powered distiller... As in, heating a container of water with the sun, evaporating the water and then cooling it down to convert it into fresh water...
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marcosdumay ◴[18 Nov 24 15:39 UTC] No.42173380[source]▶
It's not. It's an electrodialysis desalinator. I have no idea what in the article gave you the idea it was thermal.
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1. yogurtboy ◴[18 Nov 24 18:02 UTC] No.42175040[source]▶
I think their thought process was "It uses the sun to desalinate water, so it must be the same"