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According to PV=nRT (ideal gas law), no you cannot in a closed system!!! But Hydrostor isn't violating any laws of physics -- they are simply capturing that heat so that it doesn't become waste heat!

Hydrostor has a thermal management system that captures the heat and stores is during compression. Then it reuses the heat when it is decompressing the air.[1]

This seem extremely promising as a much smaller footprint solution than pumped storage and much more sustainable and lower cost than any other energy storage solution. I just heard about them today, and I'm extremely impressed.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOWjwwKSR78



That doesn't seem isobaric. Searching if it's possible, I've seen mentions of condensing working fluids, and bumby mentions ocean floor bags which seem like a good solution.




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