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by asciilifeform 14y ago
The advantage, of course, is that a Beautiful Female Inventor (TM) is pushing it. And therefore you should invest immediately. Or something like that.
In all seriousness, compressed air is a simply dreadful way to store energy. The necessity of an adiabatic cycle (store the heat from compression to use during expansion), for one thing. Tank rupture, for another.
- JoeAltmaier 14y agoEnergy systems everywhere have to deal with large energy densities and risk. A transformer explosion or substation short are dramatic and dangerous as well - yet we deploy them throughout the nation (even in your neighborhood). The adiabatic cycle management is the principle point in the article; their solution reportedly drives efficiency to 70%.
- rdl 14y agoI'd be interested in knowing the advantages (for stationary power storage) vs. pumping water. With water pumping, you do need convenient access to huge amounts of water, and evaporation is a problem, but pumps are pretty efficient.
- asciilifeform 14y agoWhat would be the compressed air equivalent of a fuse? Without fuses, the electric grid as we know it would be quite impossible.