Winding-down ADDENDA
That "strorable energy-transfer liquid" which is the envisioned
manufactured output of an off-shore wind-farm could be:
1) liquid air
2) liquid air enriched in O2 (or LOX)
3) ammonia
4) midgrade HOOH (50% enrichment)
...and there are other possibilities and byproducts...
If one is going to electrolyze seawater to get the hydrogen for
ammonia, then you also can get sodium hydroxide, which is a
valuable chemical, and a seldom mentioned - very nasty -
by-product - trichloramine (or nitrogen trichloride).
http://www.webelements.com/webelements/compounds/text/N/Cl3N1-10025851.html
Nitrogen trichloride is a strong explosive. An explosion involving
NCl3 blinded Sir Humphry Davy (temporarily), but as a result -
forced him to take on Michael Faraday as assistant, so 'humanity'
benefited greatly from that accident, at Davy's expense. Not that
Faraday would not have shown his genius elsewhere, but for the
good/bad fortune of the world's first trichloramine disaster.
Such is the pursuit of science. Not to mention, this happenstance
was in part due to other lab workers (senior to Faraday) having
been recently fired. James Burke didn't cover this one yet AFAIK
and he (or the Beeb) could add into that forthcoming episode, one
William Perkin - that is, into the improbable "Connections" mix:
http://molinterv.aspetjournals.org/cgi/reprint/2/3/186.pdf
Nitrogen trichloride (Agene) will explode upon exposure to cold or
hot temperatures, sunlight, or organic substances, is linked to
asthma and also causes brain damage. However ... cough ... it is
possible (in theory) that it could be made and used immediatly
thereafter for power onboard an offshore (roboticly controlled
<g>) vessle, if a ceramic engine or turbine is ever developed
which can tolerate the corrosion.
Jones
"Let it be wind ?" (with apologies to Paul)
The long and winding road
That leads us to be free
Will never disappear
Ive seen that road before
It always leads me here
Leads me to the sea
The wild and windy night
That the rain cannot wash away
Has left a pool of tears
Crying for lost opportunities
Why leave us standing here ?
Let us know the way
