Bernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green and pleasant batterieswww.rechargenews.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down17
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 · 2 years agomessage-square46fedilink
minus-squarecalabast@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years 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-down2·2 years agoIt’s just good ol’ fashioned mercury.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·2 years 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-22 years agoI actually bet it’s just very very fine stonedust and water in suspension.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoI’m not sure which would be worse for the machinery
minus-squareroguetrick@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 years 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-up7·2 years 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-22 years 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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