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Would this be effective at smaller volumes? Could it get down to say the size of a washing machine for use at home?
by alexchamberlain 9mo ago
Would this be effective at smaller volumes? Could it get down to say the size of a washing machine for use at home?
- lambdaone 9mo agoVery unlikely. All the technologies involved work best at scale; for example, the area-to-volume ratio of the liquid gas storage vessel is a critical parameter to keep energy losses low.
- rgmerk 9mo agoAlso, parasitic losses in engines tend to be proportionally lower as the engines get bigger. Compare the thermal efficiency of marine diesel engines to their automotive equivalents, for instance.
- kumarvvr 9mo agoThe turbines would have to spin at very high speeds at those sizes to be efficient.