> "The new method requires so little energy that it can run on a store-bought battery."
We currently have techniques that require no additional power (just using the sun), but almost every desal operation uses a powered method.
Power consumption isn't the only factor here. A low power technique that has throughput per area equivalent to solar stills is just worse than all available alternatives.
If you made a device that turns the briny sludge byproduct into fuel or some other consumable, that would be amazing.
We currently have techniques that require no additional power (just using the sun), but almost every desal operation uses a powered method.
Power consumption isn't the only factor here. A low power technique that has throughput per area equivalent to solar stills is just worse than all available alternatives.
If you made a device that turns the briny sludge byproduct into fuel or some other consumable, that would be amazing.