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minus-squaremossberg590@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·2 days agoReadily available, low boiling point, non corrosive (relatively), and ecologically safe. What more do you want?
minus-squareMutantTailThing@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·2 days agoAlso a ridiculously high heat capacity. It does make sense.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 days agoMolten salt. Lower pressure, higher efficiency, and I believe less reactive in the event of an uh-oh.
minus-squaremossberg590@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoThe molten salt is used as the first step. It then makes steam through a heat exchanger. Molten salt is safer next to the actual reactor because water is not a good coolant in case of emergency.
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoOh, I was just joking around. What my water system is missing is molten salt. Although for the sake of preposterousness, I’m going to suggest we use the molten salt to turn a giant water wheel.
Readily available, low boiling point, non corrosive (relatively), and ecologically safe. What more do you want?
Also a ridiculously high heat capacity. It does make sense.
Molten salt. Lower pressure, higher efficiency, and I believe less reactive in the event of an uh-oh.
The molten salt is used as the first step. It then makes steam through a heat exchanger. Molten salt is safer next to the actual reactor because water is not a good coolant in case of emergency.
Oh, I was just joking around. What my water system is missing is molten salt.
Although for the sake of preposterousness, I’m going to suggest we use the molten salt to turn a giant water wheel.