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Compressed air storage is less efficient. I think practically they have an efficiency of about 50 %, due to thermal losses (e.g. compressing air creates heat).
by _fizz_buzz_ 8y ago
Compressed air storage is less efficient. I think practically they have an efficiency of about 50 %, due to thermal losses (e.g. compressing air creates heat).
- DanBC 8y agoDoesn't dropping a weight on a cable cause heat? What's the difference?
- _fizz_buzz_ 8y agoThe article says that they can achieve an efficiency of 85 %. Which puts them in the ball park of hydro storage or lithium ion batteries. The problem with compressed air storage is that you are fighting with the fundamentals of thermodynamics i.e. compressing and decompressing air. The laws of thermodynamics try to ruin every good idea.