| ▲ | alexchamberlain 8 hours ago | |||||||
Would this be effective at smaller volumes? Could it get down to say the size of a washing machine for use at home? | ||||||||
| ▲ | lambdaone 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Very unlikely. All the technologies involved work best at scale; for example, the area-to-volume ratio of the liquid gas storage vessel is a critical parameter to keep energy losses low. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | kumarvvr an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
The turbines would have to spin at very high speeds at those sizes to be efficient. | ||||||||