Design and testing of Energy Bags for underwater compressed air energy storage

Energy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 496-508

  Pimm, Andrew J ^a   Garvey, Seamus D ^a   de Jong, Maxim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Thin Red Line Aerospace   (Canada)

Author keywords

CAES; Compressed air; Energy bag; Energy storage; Marine engineering; Testing

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; MARINE ENGINEERING; PRESSURE VESSELS; REPAIR; TESTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ENERGY STORAGE;

BAG MATERIALS; CAES; COMPRESSED AIR ENERGY STORAGE; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; COST-EFFECTIVE STORAGES; ENERGY BAG; HIGH-PRESSURE AIRS; INITIAL DEPLOYMENTS; REINFORCED FABRICS;

ENERGY STORAGE; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

COMPRESSED AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; STORAGE STRUCTURE; TESTING METHOD; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; VESSEL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LEAKAGE; OFFSHORE ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SEAFLOOR; WATER DEPTH;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84896405895     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Succar S., Williams R.H. Compressed air energy storage: theory, resources, and applications for wind power 2008, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton.
2. Garvey S.D. Structural capacity and the 20MW wind turbine. Proc IMechE A J Power Energy 2010, 224(8):1083-1115.
3. Drew B., Plummer A.R., Sahinkaya M.N. Areview of wave energy converter technology. Proc IMechE A J Power Energy 2009, 223(8):887-902.
4. Underground gas storage: worldwide experiences and future development in the UK and Europe 2009, The Geological Society, London. D.J. Evans, R.A. Chadwick (Eds.).
5. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Working Party on Gas Study on underground gas storage in Europe and Central Asia 1999.
6. Kim Y.M., Shin D.G., Favrat D. Operating characteristics of constant-pressure compressed air energy storage (CAES) system combined with pumped hydro storage based on energy and exergy analysis. Energy 2011, 36(10):6220-6233.
7. DECC Energy trends: September 2013 2013.
8. MacKay D.J.C. Sustainable energy - without the hot air 2009, UIT Cambridge, Cambridge.
9. Seymour R.J. Undersea pumped storage for load leveling. California and the World's oceans '97, San Diego 1997.
10. Slocum A.H., Fennell G.E., Dündar G., Hodder B.G., Meredith J.D., Sager M.A. Ocean renewable energy storage (ORES) system: analysis of an Undersea energy storage concept. Proc IEEE 2013, 101(4):906-924.
11. YouTube MIT demonstrates offshore renewable energy systems 26 October 2009, [Online]. Available:, [accessed 23.05.2013]. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjsP2sNE56w.
12. Fiaschi D., Manfrida G., Secchi R., Tempesti D. Aversatile system for offshore energy conversion including diversified storage. Energy 2012, 48(1):566-576.
13. Lim S.D., Mazzoleni A.P., Park J., Ro P.I., Quinlan B. Conceptual design of ocean compressed air energy storage system. Oceans 2012, 2012:1-8.
14. Laing, O, Laing, J.L.N. Energy storage for off peak electricity. USA Patent US4873828; 31 March 1989.
15. Pimm A.J., Garvey S.D. Analysis of flexible fabric structures for large-scale subsea compressed air energy storage. Seventh international conference on modern practice in stress and vibration analysis, Cambridge 2009.
16. Pimm A.J., Garvey S.D., Drew R.J. Shape and cost analysis of pressurized fabric structures for subsea compressed air energy storage. Proc IMechE C J Mech Eng Sci 2011, 225(5):1027-1043.
17. Garvey S.D. The dynamics of integrated compressed air renewable energy systems. Renew Energy 2012, 39(1):271-292.
18. Connolly D., Lund H., Mathiesen B.V., Pican E., Leahy M. The technical and economic implications of integrating fluctuating renewable energy using energy storage. Renew Energy 2012, 43:47-60.
19. Cheung B., Cao N., Carriveau R., Ting D.S.-K. Distensible air accumulators as a means of adiabatic underwater compressed air energy storage. Int J Environ Stud 2012, 69(4):566-577.
20. Vasel-Be-Hagh A.R., Carriveau R., Ting D.S.-K. Numerical simulation of flow past an underwater energy storage balloon. Comput Fluids 2013.
21. Chanson H. Some hydraulic aspects during overflow above inflatable flexible membrane dam 1996, University Of Queensland, Department of Civil Engineering, Report CH47/96.
22. Taylor G.I. On the shapes of parachutes. The scientific papers of G. I. Taylor 1963, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
23. Water Weights Brochure 2009 2009, [Online]. Available:, [accessed 23.05.2013]. http://www.waterweights.com/files/files/downloads/Water_Weights_brochure2009.pdf.