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Can this be combined with uphill water storage so you store both kinetic and chemical energy? The pump would store water uphill as it does now, but when it flow

Can this be combined with uphill water storage so you store both kinetic and chemical energy? The pump would store water uphill as it does now, but when it flows down it goes through the membrane and also generates power this way? Of course it robs some of the momentum used for the turbines but idk, maybe it’s more efficient?

rini17 2y ago
Uphill water storage has little energy density, you need huge reservoir to get useful amounts of energy.
- culopatin 2y ago
  Ok, and?
  - rini17 2y ago
    And it means extracting the kinetic energy in this scenario is not worth it, you won't recoup the cost of turbine. Only advantage of placing electrolyte above the cell might be that you don't need to pump it when discharging, only when charging.