Optimization of the Design of Underground Hydrogen Storage in Salt Caverns in Southern Ontario, Canada
Mining,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
5(1), P. 9 - 9
Published: Jan. 22, 2025
With
the
issue
of
energy
shortages
becoming
increasingly
serious,
need
to
shift
sustainable
and
clean
sources
has
become
urgent.
However,
due
intermittent
nature
most
renewable
sources,
developing
underground
hydrogen
storage
(UHS)
systems
as
backup
solutions
offers
a
promising
solution.
The
thick
regionally
extensive
salt
deposits
in
Unit
B
Southern
Ontario,
Canada,
have
demonstrated
significant
potential
for
supporting
such
systems.
Based
on
stratigraphy
statistics
unit
B,
this
study
investigates
feasibility
stability
caverns,
focusing
effects
cavern
shape,
geometric
parameters,
operating
pressures.
Three
shapes—cylindrical,
cone-shaped,
ellipsoid-shaped—were
analyzed
using
numerical
simulations.
Results
indicate
that
cylindrical
caverns
with
diameter-to-height
ratio
1.5
provide
best
balance
between
capacity
structural
stability,
while
ellipsoid-shaped
offer
reduced
stress
concentration
but
less
space,
posing
practical
challenges
during
leaching.
results
also
optimal
pressure
range
maintaining
minimizing
leakage
lies
0.4
0.7
times
vertical
situ
stress.
Higher
pressures
increase
lead
greater
stress,
displacements,
risks,
lower
leads
internal
extrusion
tendency
walls.
Additionally,
rate
drops
maximum
working
pressure,
yet
total
mass
keeps
growing
trend.
Language: Английский
Cavern integrity under cyclic underground hydrogen storage in heterogeneous Brazilian pre-salt formations
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
94, P. 922 - 933
Published: Nov. 16, 2024
Language: Английский
Studying injection-extraction induced thermal stress on hydrogen storage cavern in bedded salt rocks
Wei Liu,
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Yunkui Dong,
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Liangliang Jiang
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et al.
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
94, P. 626 - 638
Published: Nov. 14, 2024
Language: Английский
Thermodynamic performance of hydrogen in lined rock caverns for large-scale underground storage: Short-term and long-term analyses
Journal of Energy Storage,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
117, P. 116149 - 116149
Published: March 14, 2025
Language: Английский
Optimizing geological hydrogen storage in bedded salt formations: Assessing permeation and leakage dynamics
Journal of Energy Storage,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
122, P. 116709 - 116709
Published: April 18, 2025
Language: Английский
Analysis of the deformation characteristics of surrounding rock due to interlayers during cyclic injection-production period of salt cavern hydrogen storage
Fuel,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
385, P. 134115 - 134115
Published: Dec. 20, 2024
Language: Английский
Comparative Study of Temperature and Pressure Variation Patterns in Hydrogen and Natural Gas Storage in Salt Cavern
Zhongzhong Liu,
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Yuxuan Liu,
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Zonghao Wang
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et al.
Published: Sept. 2, 2024
Clarifying
the
distribution
of
temperature
and
pressure
in
wellbore
cavern
during
hydrogen
injection
extraction
is
crucial
for
quantitatively
assessing
stability
integrity.
This
paper
establishes
an
integrated
flow
heat
transfer
model
production,
analyzing
variations
both
cavern.
The
specific
conclusions
are
as
follows.
(1)
parameters
natural
gas
within
chamber
were
compared.
Under
identical
production
conditions,
was
10°C
higher
than
that
gas,
16°C
wellbore.
2.9
MPa
greater
2.6
(2)
A
comparative
analysis
conducted
on
impact
surrounding
rock’s
horizontal
numerical
distance
processes.
As
from
cavity
increases,
5
to
15
meters,
fluctuation
rock
diminishes
progressively,
with
effect
storage
extending
at
least
10
meters.
(3)
influence
thermal
conductivity
processes
better
conductivity,
deeper
effects
penetrate
layers,
capacity
having
most
significant
impact.
Language: Английский
Comparative Study of Temperature and Pressure Variation Patterns in Hydrogen and Natural Gas Storage in Salt Cavern
Zhongzhong Liu,
No information about this author
Yuxuan Liu,
No information about this author
Zonghao Wang
No information about this author
et al.
Applied Sciences,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(19), P. 9005 - 9005
Published: Oct. 6, 2024
Clarifying
the
distribution
of
temperature
and
pressure
in
wellbore
cavern
during
hydrogen
injection
extraction
is
crucial
for
quantitatively
assessing
stability
integrity.
This
paper
establishes
an
integrated
flow
heat
transfer
model
withdrawal,
analyzing
variations
both
cavern.
The
parameters
natural
gas
within
chamber
were
compared.
specific
conclusions
are
as
follows.
(1)
Under
identical
withdrawal
conditions,
was
10
°C
higher
than
that
gas,
16
wellbore.
2.9
MPa
greater
2.6
(2)
A
comparative
analysis
conducted
on
impact
surrounding
rock’s
horizontal
numerical
distance
processes.
As
from
cavity
increases,
5
to
15
m,
fluctuation
rock
diminishes
progressively,
with
effect
storage
extending
at
least
m.
(3)
influence
thermal
conductivity
processes
also
better
conductivity,
deeper
effects
penetrate
layers,
capacity
having
most
significant
impact.
Language: Английский