GB1059494A - Method and apparatus for the subterranean storage of gases under pressure - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for the subterranean storage of gases under pressure

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Publication number
GB1059494A
GB1059494A GB632164A GB632164A GB1059494A GB 1059494 A GB1059494 A GB 1059494A GB 632164 A GB632164 A GB 632164A GB 632164 A GB632164 A GB 632164A GB 1059494 A GB1059494 A GB 1059494A
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Prior art keywords
container
gas
liquid
pressure
conduit
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Wintershall Dea Deutschland AG
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Deutsche Erdoel AG
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04—BUILDING
    • E04H—BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H7/00—Construction or assembling of bulk storage containers employing civil engineering techniques in situ or off the site
    • E04H7/02—Containers for fluids or gases; Supports therefor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C3/00—Vessels not under pressure
    • F17C3/005—Underground or underwater containers or vessels
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2201/00—Vessel construction, in particular geometry, arrangement or size
    • F17C2201/05—Size
    • F17C2201/052—Size large (>1000 m3)
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2223/00—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel
    • F17C2223/01—Handled fluid before transfer, i.e. state of fluid when stored in the vessel or before transfer from the vessel characterised by the phase
    • F17C2223/0146—Two-phase
    • F17C2223/0153—Liquefied gas, e.g. LPG, GPL
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F17—STORING OR DISTRIBUTING GASES OR LIQUIDS
    • F17C—VESSELS FOR CONTAINING OR STORING COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED OR SOLIDIFIED GASES; FIXED-CAPACITY GAS-HOLDERS; FILLING VESSELS WITH, OR DISCHARGING FROM VESSELS, COMPRESSED, LIQUEFIED, OR SOLIDIFIED GASES
    • F17C2270/00—Applications
    • F17C2270/01—Applications for fluid transport or storage
    • F17C2270/0142—Applications for fluid transport or storage placed underground

Abstract

1,059,494. Gas-holders. DEUTSHE ERDOLA.G. Feb. 14, 1964 [Feb. 14, 1963], No. 6321/64. Heading F4X. Gases in either the liquid or gaseous phase are stored in a container which is immersed in a body of liquid in a subterraneous cavity. As shown, two bell-shaped open bottomed containers 15 and 16 interconnected by rods 17 are immersed in a body of water or brine contained in a disused mine shaft. Butane is supplied to and withdrawn from container 16 through a pipe 18 and propane is supplied to and withdrawn from container 15 through a pipe 19. An overflow conduit 21 extending from above ground to a point near the bottom of container 15 is provided and has a branch conduit 22 communicating with a point adjacent the bottom of container 16. As the containers are charged with gas the liquid level therein falls until it reaches the bottom of conduits 21 and 22 and conversely the liquid level rises as the gases are discharged. The containers are immersed to a depth such that the hydrostatic pressure exerted by the liquid is not greater than the gas pressure plus the maximum external pressure that the container will withstand or less than the gas pressure minus the maximum internal pressure that the container will withstand and in the case of liquefied gas is greater than the critical pressure of the gas. In the embodiment of Fig. 1 (not shown), only one container is shown and in a further embodiment the container may be closed at its base. In this case an overflow conduit is again provided and liquid is admitted through this conduit from above ground to discharge the gas from the container and is expelled through the conduit during charging. The container may be made from metal or cement or, since it is not subjected to a large pressure difference, from a flexible plastics material.
GB632164A 1963-02-14 1964-02-14 Method and apparatus for the subterranean storage of gases under pressure Expired GB1059494A (en)

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DED0040885 1963-02-14

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GB1059494A true GB1059494A (en) 1967-02-22

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NL (1) NL6401196A (en)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3981152A (en) * 1975-02-28 1976-09-21 The Boeing Company Quick egress from deep underground

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3981152A (en) * 1975-02-28 1976-09-21 The Boeing Company Quick egress from deep underground

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BE643694A (en) 1964-05-29
NL6401196A (en) 1964-08-17

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