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champagne effect in water-compensated CAES

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Windward

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Dec 25, 2002
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Hydrostor is starting to get a lot of action with their water-compensated CAES plant:


The champagne effect can be a serious problem in these plants:


Some methods for counteracting it have been patented, for instance:


Does anybody know how Hydrostor intends to avoid the champagne effect? I am presuming that they know about the problem. If they don't, they are in for an unpleasant surprise.
 
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