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I wonder how well it would work to have a compressed air storage system where the tank is in a loop with a solar water heating system. The heat from the loop c
by juliangoldsmith 8y ago
I wonder how well it would work to have a compressed air storage system where the tank is in a loop with a solar water heating system. The heat from the loop could be used to provide heated water, or maybe drive something like a Stirling engine. You could use the output of the Stirling engine to compress a bit more air using the waste heat.
- hedora 8y agoThey talk about this in the middle bit. Some high pressure small scale systems report 70% efficiency when used for heating + refrigeration + electricity, even though the electricity part is only ~11% efficient.