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Re:Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback by zamadatix on Monday May 06, 2024 @12:29PM (#40276452)
If I'm remembering this correctly from physics class then in math terms this is described as U=C*n*R*T where U is the energy, the constant C varies depending on the degrees of freedom the molecules of the gas have, n is the molar amount of the gas, R is the ideal gas constant, and T is the temperature. From that perspective it seems impossible to raise the pressure without also raising n resulting in a higher U even if you maintained a constant T while you did so?
Re:Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback by pfdietz on Monday May 06, 2024 @12:50PM (#40276645)
I'm talking about internal energy per mass of air, not per volume. Sorry that wasn't clear.