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Energy storage in salt caverns.

Author(s) : GRUPPING A. W.

Type of article: Article

Summary

In mountainous terrain, the gap between peak demand and base load can be filled with pumped hydro storage systems, consisting of two lakes at different height and a reversible pump turbine at the level of the lower lake. The paper describes three systems for energy storage in two underground caverns, leached out at different depth in a salt formation. During the night, saturated brine is pumped from the lower to the higher cavern to store potential energy. In addition, in two of the systems compression energy is stored in the lower cavern.

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  • Original title: Energy storage in salt caverns.
  • Record ID : 1994-3173
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Erdöl Kohle Erdgas Petrochem. ver. Brennst.-Chem. - vol. 46 - n. 7-8
  • Publication date: 1993

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