How about extracting trace elements from sea water, this has already been suggested for OTEC plants but if you can supply even more energy at low cost?
I think we don´t need to search B11 in the sea water. The 80% of the total amount of boron is the isotope B11 (the rest is B10) , so the land should be plenty of it.
Which kind of extracted elements are you referring in this question? Give us some examples and its utility.
jlumartinez wrote:
Which kind of extracted elements are you referring in this question? Give us some examples and its utility.
None in particular, a Wiki article and a few others I have looked at since suggest that with OTEC, you will be pumping large amounts of water so why not use some of the energy to extract elements...
Nanos wrote:What cheap methods of getting that 80% out exist ?
One way is to use heating/condensation or distilling which should leave behind all the minerals in the sea water. This in effect is removing the Boron from the seawater.
I like the p-B11 resonance peak at 50 KV acceleration. In2 years we'll know.