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by chimere 2651 days ago
(Charm co-founder here) I love that video! That fluidization phenomenon is commonly used in large-scale gasification or combustion processes, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluidized_bed_reactor
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You probably know, but don't forget that compressing air is energy intensive. I'm not saying that the extra expense can't be marginalized - especially if you can dramatically increase production, I'm just pointing out that it's far from free. Just another fun engineering problem to tackle:)