The Republican "debates", including the Plan B debacle for junior varsity (not-ready-for-prime-time) candidates, would be a great way to test that concept. The hot air emanating from these bloviators would generate awesome pressure and take forever to cool.
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:39 PM, fmiser via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Andrew wrote: > > > > I used to think this was an elaborate hoax. Now I am > > leading in the other direction (non-hoax). > > > Canadian-based company NRStor Inc. set its sights on > > solving the complicated and critical problem of energy > > storage with technology that would compress air and store > > it in salt caverns to backup the grid when the wind isn't > > blowing. > > Interesting idea. > > I think if there is a hill that pumping water to the top will > probably have less losses. One issue with compressed gas is > the act of compressing it makes it hot, and for long term > storage that heat will be lost. The greater the pressure, > the greater the heat and the greater the loss. > > If they have figured out a way to effectively use > low-pressure air to generate electricity, it might work out > really good. But if it's just a turbine, high pressure makes > the turbine more effective, so there will be a compromise > either way. > > Short term storage - as in day vs night - the heat could be > retained and then the system looks pretty good. Except for > the explosion dangers. > > -- Philip, speaking before reading up on the details > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
