An Analytical Solution for Analyzing the Sealing-efficiency of Compressed Air Energy Storage Caverns

• Published in: KSCE journal of civil engineering Vol. 23; no. 5; pp. 2025 - 2035
• Main Authors: Ye, Bin, Cheng, Zirui, Ye, Weimin, Peng, Yicheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul Korean Society of Civil Engineers 01.05.2019; Springer Nature B.V; 대한토목학회
• Subjects: Air; Air leakage; Alternative energy sources; Aquifers; Caverns; Civil Engineering; Compressed air; Concrete; Duration; Efficiency; Electricity distribution; Energy dissipation; Energy loss; Energy losses; Energy resources; Energy storage; Engineering; Engineers; Exact solutions; Food service; Geotechnical Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Industrial Pollution Prevention; Leakage; Permeability; Petroleum engineering; Pressure; Renewable resources; Sealing; Simulation; Thickness; Underground caverns; Underground storage; Underground utilities; 토목공학; analytical solution; compressed air energy storage; energy loss; lined rock cavern; sealing efficiency; air leakage

Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is a commercial, utility-scale technology that is suitable for providing long-duration energy storage. Underground air storage caverns are an important part of CAES. In this paper, an analytical solution for calculating air leakage and energy loss within undergro...