To make solar power viable, we need a solution for overnight energy storage.

Batteries are complicated.

Do you know what isn't? Water go up. stonks-up

    • Sausage
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      2 months ago

      Cool good to know, but why do they need to keep cleaning the pipes?

      • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        Some of molten salt crystallizes on pipe walls, because they are colder, and it makes the pipe narrower.

    • Sausage
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      2 months ago

      https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030645492100801X

      Just from reading here a bit there seems to be some corrosion though. My chemistry is to shit atm to understand it though

      • Collatz_problem [comrade/them]
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        2 months ago

        making it necessary to mitigate corrosion by either purifying the salt, controlling its redox potential in a reducing state, or using redox buffers

        The salt is not pure enough, it seems.