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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.

rgmerk 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Also, parasitic losses in engines tend to be proportionally lower as the engines get bigger.

Compare the thermal efficiency of marine diesel engines to their automotive equivalents, for instance.

kumarvvr an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The turbines would have to spin at very high speeds at those sizes to be efficient.