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Re:The most awesome startup I have ever seen. by jacquesm on Monday March 12, 2012 @09:25AM (#3693384)
You have to account for the ~22% loss due to the packing density of cylindrical tanks within the container.

So that 38.5 m^3 is closer to 30 m^3 effective volume, maybe another 5% loss due to end-caps and plumbing.

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Re:The most awesome startup I have ever seen. by DaniFong on Monday March 12, 2012 @12:30PM (#3694163)
This is just about the correct estimate of usable space.
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Re:The most awesome startup I have ever seen. by jacquesm on Monday March 12, 2012 @01:20PM (#3694426)
Super stuff you're doing Dani, keep it up :)

Definitely rooting for you, compressed air has been tried many times but you're bringing a bunch of interesting new takes on the idea to the table, it would be great to see this nasty little problem solved.

Possible side-line/byproduct: UPS for datacenters / small businesses.

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Re:The most awesome startup I have ever seen. by rdl on Tuesday March 13, 2012 @09:06PM (#3701254)
I think after the horrible results with the rotational UPSes at 365 Main, non-battery UPS technology is kind of hated by most datacenter administrators.
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