Assuming for a moment the technology/scifi world of The Expanse, one thing that ...

		walrus01 on Aug 10, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Planet Ceres is an 'ocean world' with sea water be... Assuming for a moment the technology/scifi world of The Expanse, one thing that doesn't seem to be a scarce resource is electrical power, due to plentiful nuclear reactors. Wouldn't it be possible to flash brine into steam and separate the h2o from the salt, storing the salt in solid cubes or something?

Brine is pretty corrosive, more so if you heat it up, but you you could do that, yes.