Re: attn PV if he's still around.
- From: Cliff <Clhuprichguesswhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:18:59 -0500
On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 09:51:02 -0500, Steve Walker <fusion640@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yeah, this is a really neat concept.
Most of us were under the impression that compressed air was just too
expensive, but apparently it can store electrical energy with theoretical
100% efficiency, just as with a motor-compressed spring (some ratchet/pawl
system).
iow, compressed air is ess'ly just a spring.
Why waste time in converting the energy? Direct drive the compressor
from hydroelectric turbines,keep refilling the tanks until you run out
of tanks. Hydroelectric stations rarely use all their input power (water
flow) to generate electricity. What water is not needed (when demand is
lower) is bypassed and dumped. I'll bet you could compress a lot of air
with those suckers.
We already have gas leaks & now you want 10,000 PSI or so?
And entirely new pipeline systems?
And you would still have the compressor & cooling & new energy
transport losses.
Plus we are already way short of hydroelectric .... no new rivers to dam ...
--
Cliff
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