Compressed Air Storage
Compressed Air Energy Storage - Compressed Air Energy Generation
Compressed Air may be generated at multiple source points throughout the Thermal Waste Recovery system
on a flexible option basis.
Compressed Air may be produced with the use of traditional compression pumps from electricity sourced from Solar, Wind or
internal recovered energy.
Alternatively, air may be compressed by combining air and water in
isothermal compression
chambers and also from
Standardized Condensing
modules that harnesses the energy of the process of converting vapors into liquids.
Air Supply
The incoming air supply requirements may be sourced from ambient air or a preferred method of supply is air
routed through the air exhaust management stage of the Air Flow Funnel / Wind Tunnel system.
This method provides an opportunity to supply clean dry air to meet the needs of air compression processes within
the Recovery 2.0 operations.
The combined centralized air supply module may allow for the consolidation of air flow to meet the Pneumatic demand to
satisfy the air compressors,
Air Displacement
units and to fill the temporary void created by the
Newcomen style
condensers.
Rapid air intake into the centralized air supply module may create a substantial temporary low pressure zone in
the internal air intake module resulting in a strong air flow draw.
This draw may act as a driver to increase the volume and velocity of Air Flow across the entire
Air Flow Funnel / Wind Tunnel
system.
Compressed Air storage capacity may be determined by the limitations of economic capital cost and physical space to accommodate
the pressure vessel storage.
One novel approach to ambient gases or low pressure compressed air storage is the use of a
Bio Lung.
The construction of an appropriate pressure shell lined with flexible bladders may
accumulate large volumes of air into a compact space.
The extraction of energy from compressed air may be realized in several methods which provide flexible multiple options.
Compressed Air may be used to run ancillary mechanical processes throughout the waste recovery facility as required.
The release of the compressed air takes advantage of the effects of rapid expansion to perform cooling tasks in processes such as
the Condensing Stage and has the potential to generate
Wind on Demand.
Compressed Air Expansion
explaining the Compressed Air Expansion process
Wind on Demand
Compressed Air may be harnessed as a
Energy Transfer Fluid
and may be used as a working fluid in
Pumped Heat Energy Storage
Controlled Expansion
The controlled expansion of compressed air in incremental multiple stages through reduced pressure zones
provides a unique opportunity to harvest energy at each step in the process.
A series of release nozzles or valves control the flow between the pressure zones to insure the safe and orderly decompression
as desired or on demand.
The Compressed Air Expansion module has the ability to operate as an on demand
heat sink
designed to support
Thermal Energy
harvesting as an effective cold side Temperature Gradient.
Compressed Air Expansion may be synchronized in conjunction with the
steam condensing
system to invoke the phase change from water vapor into liquid water.
Implementation of a modified Newcomen steam engine could drive a pumping system with the ability to compress air
to assist in the regeneration cycle.
The largest potential for extracting energy from compressed air is in the form of
artificial wind
harvesting.
In addition to wind, the opportunity to harvest
sound/pressure vibration
from the thunderous emissions by wrapping the entire Compressed Air Expansion module in an noise dampening envelope designed to absorb and convert this energy.
One of the outputs generated in the
Direct Air Capture
process is Clean Dry Air.
Clean Dry Air
may be used as a prepared feedstock for the Compressed Air system.
Air Turbulence
Heat Exchange
Sound Pressure Harvest
Rapid Energy Release
In certain circumstances the Controlled Expansion of compressed air with a pulsed release acts as a heart beat to maintain
a circulatory cooling cycle.
This style of approach reduces the necessity for high volume storage requirements
since it only requires a modest buffer reserve.
Pneumatic Power
The internal used of Pneumatic Power to assist mechanical processes within the recovery operation.
Double acting Pneumatic cylinders or reciprocal pneumatic actuators may be used to drive pumps or air engines.
Electricity may be generated with either linear or rotary induction motors.
The pump systems may be utilized to pump water or used to regenerate lower pressure compress air
into higher pressure zones.
Traditional Pneumatic cylinders commonly exhaust the spent air to atmosphere after only one cycle
resulting in a total loss and poor efficiency.
In a multi-stage energy recovery strategy the air used in a Pneumatic cylinder cycle is evacuated into a lower pressure zone,
captured for further use.
When ready for exhaust the spent air may be expelled into a
regeneration cycle
or routed though a
Bubble Buoyancy Column
to further extract additional energy.
Energy Storage
- Battery Banks
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Compressed Air Storage
- Exothermic Element Storage
Short Cycle Regeneration
- Hydro Energy
- Wind Energy
- Gravity Energy
- Gradient Energy
Energy Sources
- Solar
- Electricity
- Waste Heat
- Optional Sidestreams
Understanding Energy & Recovey
- Energy as a Commodity
- Recovered Energy
