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* small wind installations, mechanically coupled to air compressor | * small wind installations, mechanically coupled to air compressor | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_energy_storage energy storage]; also [http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/energystorage/files/Moutoux_Thesis.pdf Wind Integrated Compressed Air Energy Storage In Colorado] | * for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_energy_storage energy storage]; also [http://www.colorado.edu/engineering/energystorage/files/Moutoux_Thesis.pdf Wind Integrated Compressed Air Energy Storage In Colorado]; compressed air could be "co-fired" with [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Biogas_start_up biogas] | ||
* pneumatic motors | * pneumatic motors | ||
* [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Compressed_Air_Water_Pump compressed air water pump] | * [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Compressed_Air_Water_Pump compressed air water pump] | ||
* various ventilation uses (e.g. air exchange in greenhouses | * various ventilation uses (e.g. air exchange in greenhouses, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passivhaus Passivhaus] etc.), as an alternative to electric fans | ||
* drying of biomass (... food, manure, etc.) before further uses, such as combustion, pyrolysis | |||
* aeration of water in [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Aquaculture aquaculture] | |||
* control air flow in updraft and other [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Gasifier gasifiers] | * control air flow in updraft and other [http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Gasifier gasifiers] | ||
* inflatable structures (greenhouses) | * inflatable structures (greenhouses, tents, other temporary installations) | ||
* cooling (possibly via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_tube vortex tube]) | * cooling (possibly via [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_tube vortex tube]) | ||
* generate compressed air via (solar) heat engine that directly powers an air compressor | * generate compressed air via (solar) heat engine that directly powers an air compressor | ||
Revision as of 18:50, 12 January 2011
Compressed air is one of the basic utilities, next to water, electricity and gas.
(image from Flickr user Dakohlmeyer via CC license)
Uses in the OSE context / product ecology
- small wind installations, mechanically coupled to air compressor
- for energy storage; also Wind Integrated Compressed Air Energy Storage In Colorado; compressed air could be "co-fired" with biogas
- pneumatic motors
- compressed air water pump
- various ventilation uses (e.g. air exchange in greenhouses, Passivhaus etc.), as an alternative to electric fans
- drying of biomass (... food, manure, etc.) before further uses, such as combustion, pyrolysis
- aeration of water in aquaculture
- control air flow in updraft and other gasifiers
- inflatable structures (greenhouses, tents, other temporary installations)
- cooling (possibly via vortex tube)
- generate compressed air via (solar) heat engine that directly powers an air compressor