On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 10:34:07AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 02:19:28PM -0500, Lynn B. Di Tullio wrote:
> > In a nutshell...its too much hot air! or not enough...
> >
> > The size tank you would need for compressed air energy storage would be
> > enormous. Compressed air tanks are used for starting gas turbines, to
> > overcome inertia at remote (non-personed) locations; however, even with a
> > big tank, its gone in under a minute. The energy content of pressurized air
> > is simply not that large -- even at high pressures. That's why everyone
> > leans toward storage of combustible energy.
>
>
> So you haven't seen the Spanish car that runs on compressed air?
Sorry, I was remembering this as being made in Spain, but I guess they are
being built in several
places.
http://www.e.volution.co.za/
You might check the archives, this was discussed quite a bit previously.
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Harmon Seaver
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