Compressed air energy storage technology program. Annual report for 1979

Technical Report · Sun Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5319203· OSTI ID:5319203

Loscutoff, W V

The objectives of the Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) program are to establish stability criteria for large underground reservoirs in salt domes, hard rock, and porous rock used for air storage in utility applications, and to develop second-generation CAES technologies that have minimal or no dependence on petroleum fuels. During the year reported reports have been issued on field studies on CAES on aquifers and in salt, stability, and design criteria for CAES and for pumped hydro-storage caverns, laboratory studies of CAES in porous rock reservoris have continued. Research has continued on combined CAES/Thermal Energy Storage, CAES/Solar systems, coal-fired fluidized bed combustors for CAES, and two-reservoir advanced CAES concepts. (LCL)

• Research Organization: Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5319203
• Report Number(s): PNL-3395
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
250200* -- Energy Storage-- Compressed & Liquified Gas
AQUIFERS
CAVITIES
COMPRESSED AIR STORAGE POWER PLANTS
ENERGY STORAGE
GEOLOGY
HEAT STORAGE
OFF-PEAK ENERGY STORAGE
PEAKING POWER PLANTS
POROSITY
POWER PLANTS
POWER SYSTEMS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROCK CAVERNS
SALT CAVERNS
SOLAR-ASSISTED POWER SYSTEMS
STABILITY
STORAGE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
UNDERGROUND STORAGE