A sealing structure of an underground high-pressure gas storage and a construction method thereof are provided. The sealing structure includes an annular lining structure, wherein the annular lining structure is surrounded by a plurality of concrete segments; closed steel sheets; the closed steel sheets are arranged at an inner side of the annular lining structure and used for connecting two adjacent concrete segments and plugging a gap between two adjacent concrete segments; and a sealing layer, wherein the sealing layer is arranged close to the inner side of the annular lining structure and forms a coating with the annular lining structure on the closed steel sheets.

The invention relates to an installation for storing and distributing cryogenic fluid, for example liquid hydrogen, comprising a cryogenic reservoir which is buried below the ground, a liquid withdrawal circuit connected to the reservoir with a downstream end located above the ground and designed to be connected to a consumer, the withdrawal circuit comprising a cryogenic pump arranged above the ground, the installation comprising a pipe for the recovery of vaporization gas generated inside the cryogenic pump, having a downstream end connected to the reservoir, the pipe for the recovery of the vaporization gases comprising at least one device for controlling the pressure and/or flow rate of the vaporization gas returned to the reservoir and the device for controlling the pressure and/or flow rate being configured to control the pressure inside the reservoir at a pressure level which is greater than the pressure at the inlet of the cryogenic pump.

A hydrostatically compensated compressed air energy storage system may include an accumulator disposed underground, a gas compressor/expander subsystem in fluid communication with the accumulator interior via an air flow path; a compensation liquid reservoir spaced apart from the accumulator and in fluid communication with the layer of compensation liquid within the accumulator via a compensation liquid flow path; and a first construction shaft extending from the surface of the ground to the accumulator and being sized and configured to i) accommodate the passage of a construction apparatus therethrough when the hydrostatically compensated compressed air energy storage system is being constructed, and ii) to provide at least a portion of one of the air flow path and the compensation liquid flow path when the hydrostatically compensated compressed air energy storage system is in use.

The storage apparatus according to the invention, a geo hydrogen storage system, is a system consisting of a plurality of groundwater wells drilled into the ground. Hydrogen is produced by electrolysis using green energy. The hydrogen and the associated oxygen are stored in and recovered from cartridges installed in said wells being flooded by the groundwater and located at appropriate distances from each other. The system uses closed-circuit circulating water to transport the gases generated in electrolysis in the form of bubbles. The gases are separated from the circulating water by volume expansion and form gas bubbles when they reach the corresponding cartridge. This gas bubble will, with continued operation, squeeze larger and larger volume of water from the groundwater in the cartridge, thereby pressurizing the system.

Methods and manufactures disclosed herein generally relate to a cannular composite (ITC) structure composed of multiple layers of sealing, reinforcement, sensing, protection, and interspatial injected materials.

An underground storage system for storing fluid includes a hole having a bottom, a support element including at least one opening able to receive a joining element, at least one reservoir having a longitudinal axis, a bottom end and a top end, a first closure able to close the reservoir at its bottom end, and a second closure able to close the reservoir at its top end. The top end is able to be joined to the support element via the joining element such that the reservoir is hung inside the hole and such that an axial clearance able to absorb axial thermal expansion of the reservoir remains between the first closure and the bottom.

Systems, plants, and methods are presented that make use of natural gas compression capability and various other components of an existing underground natural gas storage (UGS) facility by co-locating a liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and storage facility to increase natural gas storage of the UGS as LNG. Especially contemplated facilities include natural gas storage facilities with gas one or more compressor systems that have excess or redundant compression capacity.

A system for storing air at high pressure underground or underwater includes a plurality of arrays of air tanks, each tank configured to store compressed air at a pressure of at least 40 bar. A piping system connects between an outlet of each air tank, the piping system further including at least one central port for delivering compressed air to and from a respective array. A storage receptacle surrounds the arrays and piping system, protecting the arrays and piping system from an external environment, and thermally insulating the arrays and piping system. A liquid bath is arranged within the storage receptacle. A heat exchanger is configured to maintain a temperature of the liquid bath substantially constant. The storage receptacle may be comprised of plastic pieces welded together in a modular fashion. Each piece may be a cylindrical tube configured to receive therein one or more of the arrays.