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I think the compressed air tank problem would relate to the pressure.
This is the payoff between pressure and range.
The EROEI of the system is not too clear either as high pressure compressors
would not be cheap and a lot of energy would be lost in heat in compressing
the air.
Re LPG there have indeed been a number of exposions or burnouts with taxis in
particular in Sydney. A LPG blevy is a very dangerous situation.
If one was looking like happening near me I would not be happy until I got at
least 300 metres away. Blevies on rail cars have wiped out towns in the US.
This why there is such virulent opposition to LNG terminals being near
cities. They are usually well out to sea. If one went up in the Thames it
would remove central London.
The NSW police rescue squad has a film called Blevy. A real eye opener.
The problem from what I gathered both from the film and the talk by the NSWFB
was if the breaching of the tank occurs such that the gas is playing on the
tank itself and someone opens the boot and the internal light comes on; BOOM.
Then the flame burns a hole in the tank and BIG BOOM !
No doubt they try everything to protect the tank but in accidents who knows
what might happen.
Perhaps Klaus has some comment on this.
73 Barry VK2AAB
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