Overview of geologic storage of natural gas with an emphasis on assessing the feasibility of storing hydrogen.

Lord, Anna Snider

doi:10.2172/975258

Title: Overview of geologic storage of natural gas with an emphasis on assessing the feasibility of storing hydrogen.

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In many regions across the nation geologic formations are currently being used to store natural gas underground. Storage options are dictated by the regional geology and the operational need. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has an interest in understanding theses various geologic storage options, the advantages and disadvantages, in the hopes of developing an underground facility for the storage of hydrogen as a low cost storage option, as part of the hydrogen delivery infrastructure. Currently, depleted gas/oil reservoirs, aquifers, and salt caverns are the three main types of underground natural gas storage in use today. The other storage options available currently and in the near future, such as abandoned coal mines, lined hard rock caverns, and refrigerated mined caverns, will become more popular as the demand for natural gas storage grows, especially in regions were depleted reservoirs, aquifers, and salt deposits are not available. The storage of hydrogen within the same type of facilities, currently used for natural gas, may add new operational challenges to the existing cavern storage industry, such as the loss of hydrogen through chemical reactions and the occurrence of hydrogen embrittlement. Currently there are only three locations worldwide, two of which are in the Unitedmore »« less

Authors:: Lord, Anna Snider

Publication Date:: 2009-09-01

Research Org.:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 975258

Report Number(s):: SAND2009-5878
TRN: US201009%%450

DOE Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 03 NATURAL GAS; 08 HYDROGEN; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; AQUIFERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COAL MINES; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GEOLOGY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; NATURAL GAS; ROCK CAVERNS; SALT CAVERNS; SALT DEPOSITS; STORAGE; Hydrogen-Storage; Geological repositories.; Natural gas-Research; United States.

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