[Coral-List] Underwater Compressed Air System (Energy Storage)

[John Ware]

Milton,

Their website does not seem to provide and technical details such as 
volume and stored pressure.  There is an implication that the air would 
be stored at the ambient pressure at depth ("the weight of the water 
pushes the air back to the surface").  Obviously, a higher pressure is 
required to push the air into the containers but it would appear as if 
the storage are not high-pressure vessels.

This does not mean that I think this works.  For example, the word 
"adiabatic" is used and that would appear to be physically impossible.

John
(just so you know: BSME, MSME, PhD, all in engineering)

RainbowWarriorsInternational wrote:

>Dear all,
>
>Sorry for cross listing, but I need URGENT info on the potential dangers to marine life and ecosystems of  Underwater Compressed Air System (Energy Storage) as developed by HydroStor in Canada when used off the coast in Caribbean coastal waters.
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>regards
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> 
>Milton Ponson, President
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