The car's limited range would require plenty of fill-ups at compressed-air service stations, except those don't exist.
The second-biggest form of bulk-energy storage, though it is dwarfed by PSH, is compressed-air energy storage (CAES).
Compressed-air plants are inefficient, and so they are commercially viable only in places where the price of power varies dramatically.
ECONOMIST: Compressed air might help to make wind power more reliable
At any rate, a group of municipal power companies in the American Midwest reckon that building a wind-powered compressed-air plant to take advantage of the blustery Great Plains will be worthwhile.
ECONOMIST: Compressed air might help to make wind power more reliable
At the moment, however, there are only two compressed-air energy-storage plants in the world (one in America and one in Germany), and neither was built to make use of wind power.
ECONOMIST: Compressed air might help to make wind power more reliable
RAPHaEL -- which is part of a larger RoMeLa robot project named CHARLI -- has already won several awards, including grabbing first prize at the 2008-2009 Compressed Air and Gas Institute Innovation Award Contest.
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National University of Singapore industrial design students Gabriel Tan and Wendy Chua's prototype uses negative ions, compressed air and anti-bacterial deodorants to clean clothes.
Based at Nottingham University, Professor Garvey -- whose interest in wind turbines stretches back to his school days -- began his research into compressed air storage two years ago.
Ours use compressed air, which can be stored -- that makes a big difference if your fountain goes bang into the sky only once every 15 minutes.
In a moment of inspiration, Garvey realized that air could be compressed using a wind turbine or a wave-powered device.
In addition to nukes, OR-SAGE also examines advanced coal with carbon capture and storage, solar and compressed air energy power plants.
While the International Air Transport Administration also considers compressed gas cylinders hazardous in general, the body approves of the avalanche-specific canisters for either checked or carry-on luggage, thereby making the US the only country in the world to prohibit them. (Passengers outside the US are, however, required to inform the airline before their flight that they will be transporting the system).
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