Salt Crystalliser

Make salt from the sea on sunlight. The crystalliser concentrates brine and crystallises salt.

7,600Tonnes of sodium chloride a year
SunlightRuns on the array, unattended
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Salt Crystalliser Cell, front elevation

Salt From the Sea

  • Sodium chloride
    7,600 tonnes a year washed and dried, produced for $8.10 per tonne against a conventional price of $20 to $30
  • Bittern
    Magnesium-rich liquor, the feed for magnesium metal in the Molten Salt Electrolyser

Specification

Configuration40 vapour compression sub-units, crystalliser duty
MaterialsOff the shelf components
Energy capture100% of array output
Intensity0.20 megawatt-hours per tonne of salt
Design life30 years on polymer
AcceptsSeawater, concentrated brine

Front elevation

Salt Crystalliser Cell, front elevation, 12.2 metres long and 2.9 metres high