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Thus hydrogen's additional buoyancy compared to helium is: 11.8 / 10.9 ≈ 1.08, or approximately 8.0%. This calculation is at sea level at 0 °C. For higher altitudes, or higher temperatures, the amount of lift will decrease proportionally to the air density, but the ratio of the lifting capability of hydrogen to that of helium will remain the ...
Among the open areas, 165,700 acres have been identified as suitable for helium recovery. The United States possesses an estimated 306 billion cubic feet of recoverable helium, sufficient to meet current consumption rates of 2.15 billion cubic feet per year for approximately 150 years. [147]
Based on specific lift (lifting force per unit volume of gas), the greatest static lift is provided by hydrogen (11.15 N/m 3 or 71 lb f /1000 cu ft) with helium (10.37 N/m 3 or 66 lb f /1000 cu ft) a close second. [175] In addition to static lift, an airship can obtain a certain amount of dynamic lift from its engines.
Prior to this decision, roughly two billion cubic feet of helium were separated from natural gas annually and 0.6 billion cubic feet were sold. Three years after the decision, 0.88 billion cubic feet were sold, 0.54 were stored, and 0.98 were separated and vented. At the same time, roughly 4.74 billion cubic feet were not separated from natural ...
In August 2014, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned crude helium from the national reserve at an average price of US$104 per thousand cubic feet of helium content. [29] Grade A helium sold for about $200 per thousand cubic feet, or $7.21 per cubic meter in 2014.
These Helikites can lift surveillance equipment above the range of small arms fire, effectively making Helikites unassailable to most common threats. The smallest Helikite ever made was of just 0.028m³ (1 cubic ft). It flew well despite its tiny size. The largest Helikite made so far is 250m³ (8,750) cubic ft which has a net helium lift of ...
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Helikites are used by telecoms companies to lift 4G and 5G base stations for areas without cellphone coverage. Helikites range in size from 1 metre (gas volume 0.13 m 3) with a pure helium lift of 30g, up to 14 metres (gas volume 250m 3) able to lift 117 kg. Small Helikites can fly up to altitudes of 1,000 ft, and medium-sized Helikites up to ...