Molten Salt Electrolyser
Make magnesium and rare earth metals on sunlight. The electrolyser reduces light metals and rare earths from their salts.
104Tonnes of magnesium metal a year
SunlightRuns on the array, unattended
Light Metal and Rare Earths
- Magnesium metal
104 tonnes a year, produced for $1,029.11 per tonne against a conventional price of $1,800 to $2,400 - Rare earth metal
Reduced from chloride or fluoride feed - Chlorine
302 tonnes a year, captured for reuse
Specification
| Rated input | 850 kilowatts |
| Materials | Off the shelf components |
| Temperature | 700 to 900 degrees Celsius |
| Energy capture | 100% of array output |
| Intensity | 17.0 to 40.0 megawatt-hours per tonne |
| Accepts | Anhydrous magnesium chloride, rare earth chloride or fluoride |
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