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Re:To Store Renewable Energy, Try Freezing Air by aurizon on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @09:29PM (#21997998)
It is a heat engine, forward and reverse = Carnot rules.

https://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Carnot_efficiency.

He essentiallt states that you can only get a certain maximum % out of exnapsnio engines if you expand them to absolute zero in a vacuum. Since you expand to room temperature and pressure, the equation determines that efficiency. That is why car engines are 35% or efficient. Specialized constant speed diesels a bit better and turbines close to 60%

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