Compressed air energy storage sealing layer

Developing large-scale energy storage technology is crucial for mitigating the intermittency of renewable energy [6].Compressed air energy storage (CAES) [7] and underground hydrogen storage (UHS) [8] are two promising energy storage technologies that serve as buffers between renewable energy production and consumption [9].The CAES system …

Comparative analysis of thermodynamic and mechanical …

Developing large-scale energy storage technology is crucial for mitigating the intermittency of renewable energy [6] pressed air energy storage (CAES) [7] and underground hydrogen storage (UHS) [8] are two promising energy storage technologies that serve as buffers between renewable energy production and consumption [9].The CAES system …

Stability analysis for compressed air energy storage cavern with ...

Renewable energy becomes more and more important to sustainable development in energy industry [1].Renewable energy has intermittent nature and thus requires large-scale energy storage as an energy buffer bank [2] pressed air energy storage (CAES) is one of large-scale energy storage technologies, which can provide a buffer bank between …

Air tightness of compressed air storage energy caverns with …

During the operation of compressed air storage energy system, the rapid change of air pressure in a cavern will cause drastic changes in air density and permeability coefficient of sealing layer. To calculate and properly evaluate air tightness of polymer sealing caverns, the air-pressure-related air density and permeability must be considered.

Air tightness of compressed air storage energy caverns with …

Lined rock cavern at shallow depth is identified as a promising alternative and cost-effective solution for air storage of large-scale compressed air energy storage (CAES) …

Failure Monitoring and Leakage Detection for Underground Storage …

Compressed air energy storage (CAES) is a promising method for storing energy on a large scale. Although CAES has been studied over a few decades and two commercial CAES power plants have been operated since the 1990s (Glendenning 1976; Mehta and Spencer 1988; Crotogino et al. 2001), more recent studies have been devoted to the role of the CAES …

An analytical solution for elastoplastic responses of a lined rock ...

Recently, as the demand for energy storage grows, the underground lined rock caverns have been gradually applied in compressed air energy storage (CAES) projects (Kim et al., ... Referring to Section 5.1.1, a 2 cm thick steel lining is adopted as the sealing layer to ensure the air tightness of the underground cavern. The concrete is filled ...

(PDF) Compressed air energy storage in salt caverns in China ...

Principle of the salt cavity gas sealing detection method. instruments, single detection results, and inaccurate evaluation results. Another is recommended by Geostock, which is widely used in ...

A new multi-objective optimization model of multi-layer …

Key words: compressed air energy storage; multi-layer cavern; thermal-mechanical coupling; prestressed lining; multi- ... sealing layer, lining, surrounding hard rock), named the common lined cavern, is built in Hunan Province, China, with a diameter of …

A variable pressure water-sealed compressed air energy storage …

For compressed air energy storage (CAES) caverns, the artificially excavated tunnel is flexible in site selection but high in sealing cost. A novel concept of building a water …

Numerical simulation on cavern support of compressed air energy storage ...

Compressed air energy storage has the following advantages: site selection is relatively flexible, and energy storage systems can be built according to existing wind power or photovoltaic power plant sites. ... While ensuring safety, the polymer sealing layer is used to block the transmission of high-pressure air to improve energy storage ...

Airtightness evaluation of lined caverns for compressed air energy ...

5 · Large-scale compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology can effectively facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid. The airtightness of caverns is crucial for the economic viability and efficiency of CAES systems. ... However, their assumptions of constant values for the sealing layer permeability coefficient ...

Air leakage from an underground lined rock cavern for compressed air ...

Under the operating pressure of 4.5–10 MPa, the daily air leakage in the compressed air storage energy cavern of Yungang Mine with high polymer butyl rubber as the sealing material is 0.62% ...

Thermodynamic Analysis of Compressed Air Energy Storage …

determine the temperature and pressure variations within compressed air energy storage caverns and showed that the heat transfer reduces the temperature and pressure variations during the …

An Analytical Solution for Analyzing the Sealing-efficiency of ...

Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is a commercial, utility-scale technology that is suitable for providing long-duration energy storage. Underground air storage …

Air tightness of compressed air storage energy caverns with …

: During the operation of compressed air storage energy system,the rapid change of air pressure in a cavern will cause drastic changes in air density and permeability coefficient of sealing layer.To calculate and properly evaluate air tightness of polymer sealing caverns,the air-pressure-related air density and permeability must be considered this context,the high …

Airtightness evaluation of lined caverns for compressed air energy ...

5 · Large-scale compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology can effectively facilitate the integration of renewable energy sources into the power grid. The airtightness of caverns is …

Thermodynamic analysis of lined rock caverns for initial inflation …

Secondly, the influence of air flow is neglected, which affects both the heat transfer between the gas and the sealing layer and the energy conversion within the gas. The thermodynamic behaviors of the LRC compressed air energy storage system are influenced by various factors interacting with each other.

Development and technology status of energy storage in

Starting from the development of Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) technology, the site selection of CAES in depleted gas and oil reservoirs, the evolution mechanism of reservoir dynamic sealing, and the high-ow CAES and injection technology are summarized. It focuses on analyzing the characteristics, key equipment, reservoir construction ...

Stability of a lined rock cavern for compressed air energy …

Stability of a lined rock cavern for compressed air energy storage containing a weak interlayer during blasting in the adjacent cavern: model tests and numerical ... rocks are composed of three parts, namely, the seal-ing layer (for air-tightness), a concrete lining, and the surrounding rock (Zhou et al. 2018; Yang et al. 2021). ...

Airtightness evaluation of compressed air energy storage (CAES) …

Air tightness of compressed air storage energy caverns with polymer sealing layer subjected to various air pressures Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 15 ( 2023 ), pp. 2105 - 2116, 10.1016/j.jrmge.2022.10.007

Air tightness of compressed air storage energy caverns with …

The air tightness model of compressed air storage energy caverns is then established. In the model, the permeability coefficient and air density of sealing layer vary with air pressure, and …

Numerical and experimental investigations of concrete lined compressed ...

Higher air temperatures within the cavern affect the stress response of the structure and can result in energy loss. Three-layer (sealing layer, concrete lining, surrounding rock) ... Compressed air energy storage is a mature technology suitable for large-scale energy storage, although the efficiency still needs to catch up to other energy ...

Open Access proceedings Journal of Physics: Conference …

The ambient air is compressed by compressors located at the surface and the thermal energy is stored using thermal energy storage (TES) systems. The compressed air is stored in the subsurface reservoir (charge). Then, when the electricity is needed, the compressed air is released and expanded in gas turbines to produce electricity (discharge).

A new multi-objective optimization model of multi-layer …

Underground multi-layer cavern is a key component in the compressed air energy storage (CAES) engineering and its optimal design is of vital importance for improving the CAES efficiency, while most of the optimization models for CAES cavern only have strength index without consideration of economical index. In this study, a finite element method of the CAES …

An Analytical Solution for Mechanical Responses Induced by

Mechanical responses induced by temperature and air pressure significantly affect the stability and durability of underground compressed air energy storage (CAES) in a lined rock cavern. An analytical solution for evaluating such responses is, thus, proposed in this paper. The lined cavern of interest consists of three layers, namely, a sealing layer, a concrete lining …

A variable pressure water-sealed compressed air energy storage …

For compressed air energy storage (CAES) caverns, the artificially excavated tunnel is flexible in site selection but high in sealing cost. ... Air tightness of flexible sealing layer in compressed air storage energy caverns considering infiltration and accumulation of high-pressure air. J Storage Mater, 2024 (84) (2024), Article 110835. View ...

Air tightness of compressed air storage energy caverns with …

During the operation of compressed air storage energy system, the rapid change of air pressure in a cavern will cause drastic changes in air density and permeability coefficient of sealing layer. To calculate and properly evaluate air tightness of polymer sealing caverns, the air-pressure-related air density and permeability must be considered. In this context, the high-pressure air ...

Stability analysis for compressed air energy storage cavern with ...

During the use of compressed air energy storage devices, the chamber continuously inflates and deflates and operates continuously for 365 days a year, with a lifespan of about 40 years and a total ...

Thermodynamic Analysis of Compressed Air Energy Storage …

The air temperature fluctuations are reduced when steel sealing layer is employed. The thermal energy balance through the sealing layer for 30 cycles, considering air mass flow rates of 0.22 kg s−1 (charge) and −0.45 kg s−1 (discharge), reached 1056 and 907 kWh for FRP and steel, respectively.

Feasibility Analysis of Compressed Air Energy Storage in Salt

Combined with the field water sealing test, the tightness of the target salt cavern is verified. This method has been applied to the salt cavern screening and evaluation of a 300 MW compressed air energy storage power plant project in Yingcheng, Hubei Province, and remarkable results have been obtained, indicating the rationality of the method.

Technical feasibility of lined mining tunnels in closed coal mines …

Currently, there are two operating and well-documented Diabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage (D-CAES) facilities in the world: ... The maximum temperature variation reaches 16 K at point P1, a contact of the sealing layer with the compressed air. At point P5 (contact surface between concrete lining and rock mass) a temperature variation of 1.5 ...

Journal of Energy Storage

The core principle of compressed air energy storage [13] is to utilize surplus electricity generated from renewable energy sources to compress air into large-scale storage facilities bsequently, during periods of peak energy demand, the compressed air is released (or supplemented with natural gas for combustion) to drive turbines for electricity generation, …

An Analytical Solution for Mechanical Responses Induced by

Mechanical responses induced by temperature and air pressure significantly affect the stability and durability of underground compressed air energy storage (CAES) in a …

Stability analysis for compressed air energy storage cavern with ...

The cavern has a sealing layer to prevent air leakage. In order to make the rubber sealing layer close to the inner wall of the cavern, the surface of the abandoned coal mine roadway is smoothed while the abandoned coal mine roadway is preprocessed and strengthened. ... Compressed air energy storage (CAES) salt caverns are suitable for large ...

Mechanical Properties of Rubber Sealing Layer in Lined

Request PDF | On Jan 1, 2024, weiming liang and others published Mechanical Properties of Rubber Sealing Layer in Lined Rock Caverns for Compressed Air Energy Storage | Find, read and cite all the ...

Gas-mechanical coupled crack initiation analysis for local air …

Compressed air energy storage (CAES) is one of the most promising energy storage technologies, which mainly utilizes surplus electric energy to compress and seal the normal air into underground cavern (e.g., abandoned mines or wells, excavated caverns) for a low load period of the power grid, and releases the high-pressure air to drive the steam turbine for …