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Economic analysis of using above ground gas storage devices for compressed air energy storage system

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Above ground gas storage devices for compressed air energy storage (CAES) have three types: air storage tanks, gas cylinders, and gas storage pipelines. A cost model of these gas storage devices is established on the basis of whole life cycle cost (LCC) analysis. The optimum parameters of the three types are determined by calculating the theoretical metallic raw material consumption of these three devices and considering the difficulties in manufacture and the influence of gas storage device number. The LCCs of the three types are comprehensively analyzed and compared. The result reveal that the cost of the gas storage pipeline type is lower than that of the other two types. This study may serve as a reference for designing large-scale CAES systems.

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Abbreviations

P :

pressure

T :

temperature

\(\dot m\) :

mass flow rate

t :

energy release time

Vs :

volume of gas storage device

Rg :

gas constant

D :

diameter

δ :

wall thickness

M :

theoretical consumption of metallic raw materials

n :

number of gas storage device

h :

length of gas storage device

0:

ambient state

1:

storage tanks

1′:

single cylindrical tank

2:

gas cylinders

2′:

single cylinder

3:

gas storage pipelines

s 0 :

initial state of air storage device during energy release

s 1 :

final state of air storage device during energy release

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  1. Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Jinchao Liu, Xinjing Zhang, Yujie Xu, Zongyan Chen, Haisheng Chen & Chunqing Tan

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

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The present research was supported by grants from the National High-Tech Research and Development Projects (863) of China (No. 2013AA050801) and the International S&T Cooperation Projects of China (No. 2014DFA60600).

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Liu, J., Zhang, X., Xu, Y. et al. Economic analysis of using above ground gas storage devices for compressed air energy storage system. J. Therm. Sci. 23, 535–543 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11630-014-0738-y

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