Exploring the concept of compressed air energy storage (CAES) in lined rock caverns at shallow depth: A modeling study of air tightness and energy balance

Applied Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2012, Pages 653-667

  Kim, Hyung Mok ^a   Rutqvist, Jonny ^b   Ryu, Dong Woo ^a   Choi, Byung Hee ^a   Sunwoo, Choon ^a   Song, Won Kyong ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air tightness; Compressed air energy storage (CAES); Energy balance; Heat loss; Lined rock cavern (LRC); TOUGH FLAC

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAVES; COMPRESSED AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETES; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY STORAGE; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT LOSSES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PRESSURE VESSELS; ROCK BOLTING;

AIR LEAKAGE; AIR PRESSURES; AIR-PRESSURE; AIRTIGHT NESS; CAPILLARY RETENTION; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE (CAES); CONCRETE LINER; CONCRETE LININGS; CONCRETE PERMEABILITY; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY LOSS; HEAT TRANSPORT; HIGH MOISTURE; KEY PARAMETERS; LINED ROCK CAVERN (LRC); LIQUID SATURATION; MODELING STUDIES; MULTI-PHASE FLUID FLOW; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION STUDIES; OPERATION COST; OPERATION PRESSURE; PILOT TESTS; ROCK CAVERN; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SURROUNDING ROCK; TOUGH-FLAC; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

ROCKS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAVERN; COMPRESSED AIR; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONCRETE; ENERGY BALANCE; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; PERMEABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84855284597     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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