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Isn’t this setup a giant BLEVE-bomb? Where will these be built? Shouldn’t they be buried rather than surface domes? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid
by tatersolid 4y ago
Isn’t this setup a giant BLEVE-bomb? Where will these be built? Shouldn’t they be buried rather than surface domes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor_explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling_liquid_expanding_vapor...
- mikewarot 4y agoBLEVE explosions are caused by a positive feedback loop between escaping vapor combusting and then feeding more heat back into a container, causing a further rise in temperature. CO2 isn't combustible, and if it were to vent, it would lower the temperature, not raise it.
- tatersolid 4y ago200MWh is equivalent to about 860kg of TNT. That’s a pretty big boom if your pressure vessel fails catastrophically, even without any combustion.
- bouvin 4y agoAccording to other posters, liquid CO₂ can be stored at 5 atm pressure which is trivial from an engineering POW.