By juggling heat, pressure, expansion and compression, the system can generate both high heat and high temperatures.

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In existing CAES systems energy is lost as heat during compression, and the air must then be reheated before expansion.

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Gas and dust would have piled up in the dead zone, increasing its density and causing it to heat up by gravitational compression.

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