Abstract
This paper describes the conceptual designs of a facility for storing, in the form of a clathrate hydrate, hydrogen produced in an industrial complex area. We recently reported the first engineering investigation of hydrate-based hydrogen storage, focusing on the conceptual design of hydrate production plants applicable for the large-scale stationary storage in urban or industrial complex areas (Nakayama et al., Energy Fuels 2010;24:2576-2588). This paper complements the previous study by presenting conceptual designs of underground hydrate-storage silos each to be coupled to a hydrate production plant. Several different types of underground silos each having a 35,000 m3 capacity were planned and designed on a construction-engineering basis, which included (a) a tunnel-type silo consisting of several levels radially arranged around an access shaft, (b) a tunnel-type silo consisting of several levels that branch off from a single access level connected to an access shaft, and (c) a vertically-oriented cylindrical tank-type silo. For each type of silo, we have specified the hydrate loading and unloading equipment as well as the cooling system, and have estimated the construction cost.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7612-7623 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 May |
Keywords
- Clathrate hydrate
- Gas hydrate
- Hydrogen storage
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Fuel Technology
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
