Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months ago'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green and pleasant batterieswww.rechargenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down17cross-posted to: geography@mander.xyz
arrow-up1192arrow-down1external-link'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green and pleasant batterieswww.rechargenews.comBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square45fedilinkcross-posted to: geography@mander.xyz
minus-squarecalabast@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoVery cool. Do we know what the fluid is? Does it pose any health risks if it somehow leaks into the groundwater?
minus-squareDasnap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·11 months agoIt’s just good ol’ fashioned mercury.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.socialcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·11 months agoThe article claims it’s 2.5x as dense as water, which according to this density chart is probably bromine.
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 months agoI actually bet it’s just very very fine stonedust and water in suspension.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.socialcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI’m not sure which would be worse for the machinery
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoSupposedly it’s exactly that, but stabilized by a polymer to keep it in suspension for up to 60 days without mixing. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/1025707592/10/#zoom=true Edit: I’ve concluded it’s likely calcium carbonate.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months ago Our innovative fluid R-19 is environmentally benign and has been engineered to be non-reactive and non-corrosive. https://www.rheenergise.com/
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoThey’re saying it’s minerals and a polymer. In that case even a leak into groundwater would just be leaking groundwater. (Depending on what the polymer is)
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Very cool. Do we know what the fluid is? Does it pose any health risks if it somehow leaks into the groundwater?
It’s just good ol’ fashioned mercury.
The article claims it’s 2.5x as dense as water, which according to this density chart is probably bromine.
I actually bet it’s just very very fine stonedust and water in suspension.
I’m not sure which would be worse for the machinery
Supposedly it’s exactly that, but stabilized by a polymer to keep it in suspension for up to 60 days without mixing. https://online.flippingbook.com/view/1025707592/10/#zoom=true
Edit: I’ve concluded it’s likely calcium carbonate.
rotor blades are going to love this
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https://www.rheenergise.com/
They’re saying it’s minerals and a polymer. In that case even a leak into groundwater would just be leaking groundwater. (Depending on what the polymer is)
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