Semi-compressible encapsulated gas suspension as a working fluid

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Been playing with this idea

http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Quasi-aerogel

It's been boiled down to some sort of elastomeric beads, filled with a suitable gas/fluid/liquid (depending on pressure/temperature) suspended in a liquid.

The idea is to increase pumping and compression efficiency, while still retaining the usefulness of enthalpy of formation from phase changes from the encapsulated working fluid.
 
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The name of the website leads me to suspect the outcome of this project.
 
Thanks. I understand the connotations of the site, but I am not that way inclined. I tend to have more follow through than a typical 'baker'.

This idea, if feasible, would be a potential research project at my university.
 
Well, I have 3 things to say:
1) I like the idea.
2) I have doubts as to its veracity.
3) I have absolutely no knowledge of the subject, and thus am not qualified to comment.