Nathan Funke : Thank you for Bringing this up ! A few others have tried and Their thoughts got buried in Useless Trivia - Just goes to show you -
(Something?)
The Trompe system for producing Compressed air is truly an ancient system, the last known working models of which were in Ontario Canada and had
an
energy transportation efficiency of over 80% - better than Electrical Generation, OR Electrical Transportation !
A regular Google search
should have directed you to Wikipedia, and to a short article that shares the information that This Technology has had a long
history in smelting ores, and in mining where compressed air is highly desired for many reasons, Rock Drills being just one !
Today this seemingly esoteric information is therefor to be found tucked into a cranny in a dark corner of a Mining Engineers, brain - more so in those
brains over 70 years old, than in recent Mining School Grads ! ( I come from an Old mining town )
In the upper right of this page above the 'Permies.com Video of the day' is the 'Permies Toolbox', If you select the Search Engine feature, and then select
to do a google search within All of the Combined Permies.com Forum Threads prior to posting a question to these forum pages, you will find a listing of
the people that have posted Threads on this subject, and the Threads that you can then go to for more information!
This will give you Two more ways to contact people who want to talk about what you want to talk about, via P.M., or your new post on their threads !
Finally, and though last not the least, at the bottom of the page this is posted to is the '' SIMILAR THREADS '' section which is a computer generated list
of mostly related topics, which can only be generated by your post !
All of these tools are under utilized here at Permies, your posting just helped to spread the word ! For the Good of the Craft ! hope this helps us all !
For some further research that should be Water Rams, or Hydraulic Rams, Translating from the Australian is not all that easy ! BIG AL !
Think like Fire!, Flow like a Gas!, Don't be the Marshmallow ! As always, your comments and Questions are solicited and Welcome. PYRO - Logically A.L.