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How Do Nuclear Submarines Make Oxygen?- Smarter Every Day 251
A Smarter Every Day episode from aboard a nuclear submarine on how the crew makes breathable air. It covers oxygen generation from seawater, oxygen candles and CO2 scrubbing with amine.
Why HN readers recommended it
Go-to link when oxygen candles, CO2 capture or submarine air quality come up.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- SmarterEveryDay
- Topic
- submarine air systems
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 5
- HN mentions in dataset
- 10
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Not sure if it's the same stuff exactly or if the cost includes reprocessing but there's an amine cycle that seems to be mostly closed that's used for CO2 removal on submarines. So it's just used to separate CO2 from the rest of the output. …
rtkwe on Hacker News · 2021-04
In A CO2 capture solvent with exceptionally low total costs of captureYou might find this series from Smarter Every Day interesting. [VIDEO] I didn't find a bit about how they make drinking water, but here's an episode about how they regenerate their oxygen on a nuclear sub.
nielsbot on Hacker News · 2021-06
In Nuclear Power at McMurdo Station, AntarcticaI really enjoyed this Smarter Every Day episode that talks about maintaining air quality on a submarine: [VIDEO]
CharlesW on Hacker News · 2022-04
In Nukes, nubs and coners: The unique social hierarchy aboard a nuclear submarine
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