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China develops multi-resource extraction plant from seawater

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Chinese scientists have developed a novel plant capable of extracting multiple valuable resources from seawater. The system efficiently produces hydrogen and fresh water, while also recovering uranium and bromine. This advancement improves energy efficiency by approximately 15% and addresses previous cost and power consumption issues associated with seawater-based hydrogen production. AI

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China develops multi-resource extraction plant from seawater

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Zhang Tong ·

    China develops plant to extract hydrogen, fresh water and uranium from the sea

    Chinese scientists have built a small, stable co-production plant that uses one system to extract hydrogen and fresh water from seawater, while also recovering uranium and bromine and improving electricity use efficiency by about 15 per cent. The team, led by Deng Dehui and Liu Y…

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