Re: OT US energy independece

On Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:20:54 -0400, "Proctologically Violated©®"
<UNfitcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The point is, a hot gas likely contains a relatively small amount of energy,
*compared to the energy stored via compression*.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_energy_storage

A 5-liter bottle at 200 bar( ~ 3,000 PSI) = 530 kJ (or 0.15 kWh) (max).
Or ~ 0.11 HP for 1 hour. At best.

Those bottles get HEAVY !!
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Cliff
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