Demands and challenges of large scale salt cavern hydrogen storage in China

Authors

Chun he YANG, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical En gineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow
Gui bin WANG, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical En gineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Xi lin SHI, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical En gineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Shi jie ZHU, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical En gineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Zhu yan ZHENG, State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical En gineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
LIU Wei, State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China
Jin yang FAN, State Key Laboratory of Coal Mine Disaster Dynamics and Control, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China

Abstract

Hydrogen is a low carbon and clean energy source that can be produced from a wide range of sources, and the vigorous development of hydrogen energy industry is an important measure to achieve the dual carbon goa l and cope with the global energy transition. In the whole industry chain of "preparation storage transportation application" of hydrogen energy, the difficulty of hydrogen storage has long been a constraint to the high quality development of hydrogen ener gy industry. Salt cavern hydrogen storage has outstanding advantages such as low cost, large scale, high safety, and high hydrogen storage purity, which is an important development direction of large scale hydrogen storage in the future, and also a major s trategic demand during China's low carbon energy transition. The current situations of hydrogen production industry and hydrogen energy consumption in China were comprehensively investigated, and the demand for salt cavern hydrogen storage in China was fur ther analyzed. The technology and engineering status of using salt caverns to store natural gas and hydrogen in foreign countries were investigated, and the de velopment and construction history of salt cavern storage in China were summarized. The similarit ies and differences of using salt caverns to store natural gas, helium, compressed air, and hydrogen were compared, and three major scientific and technological challenge s that salt cavern hydrogen storage in Chin faces were proposed: hydrogen seepage and biochemical reaction in bedded salt rock, wellbore integrity control in salt cavern hydrogen storage, and pregnancy and prevention of disaster in hydrogen storage groups. The r esearch results clearly define the rapid growth trend of hydrogen storage demand and the key research directions o f large scale salt cavern hydrogen storage in China.

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Recommended Citation

YANG, Chun he; WANG, Gui bin; SHI, Xi lin; ZHU, Shi jie; ZHENG, Zhu yan; Wei, LIU; and FAN, Jin yang (2024) "Demands and challenges of large scale salt cavern hydrogen storage in China," Rock and Soil Mechanics: Vol. 45: Iss. 1, Article 1.
DOI: 10.16285/j.rsm.2023.6785
Available at: https://rocksoilmech.researchcommons.org/journal/vol45/iss1/1