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2 months agoI know that’s a thing I just don’t know how it compares to what OP is talking about
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It seems like you’d lose a fair bit of energy from powering the pump and from the turbine not capturing 100% but I don’t actually know how it compares to other types of energy storage.
It seems like you’d lose a fair bit of energy from powering the pump and from the turbine not capturing 100% but I don’t actually know how it compares to other types of energy storage. To me it seems like you’re probably better off heating something up, like turning that pool of water into steam, or finding a material that can absorb a lot of heat but I have no actual data on that.
01·1 year agoCorrect.
Of course not all of the energy used to power the pump is lost (that’s the whole idea) but there is still some energy loss. Maybe it’s only a small amount like you say with the turbine but that’s what I was referring to.