GB1213112A - Method and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of electric power generating plants - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of electric power generating plants

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GB1213112A
GB1213112A GB3861/69A GB386169A GB1213112A GB 1213112 A GB1213112 A GB 1213112A GB 3861/69 A GB3861/69 A GB 3861/69A GB 386169 A GB386169 A GB 386169A GB 1213112 A GB1213112 A GB 1213112A
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/28Dissolving minerals other than hydrocarbons, e.g. by an alkaline or acid leaching agent
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02CGAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02C6/00Plural gas-turbine plants; Combinations of gas-turbine plants with other apparatus; Adaptations of gas-turbine plants for special use
    • F02C6/14Gas-turbine plants having means for storing energy, e.g. for meeting peak loads
    • F02C6/16Gas-turbine plants having means for storing energy, e.g. for meeting peak loads for storing compressed air
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/16Mechanical energy storage, e.g. flywheels or pressurised fluids

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Abstract

1,213,112. Gas turbine plant; power plant. W.J. LANG. Jan.23, 1969 [Feb.14, 1968; March 20, 1968], No.3861/69. Headings F1G and F1Q. [Also in Division F4] In an electricity generating plant energy is stored during periods of low electrical load requirement by compressing gas by means of electric power and storing the gas under hydrostatic pressure in a subterranean reservoir, the gas being withdrawn to drive a prime mover to generate electricity during periods of high electrical load requirement, the hydrostatic pressure remaining substantially constant. The gas may be air, carbon dioxide or natural gas, or a gas such as LPG which becomes liquid under pressure. In one embodiment, Fig. 1, the subterranean reservoir is formed by an aquifer bounded by impermeable caprock, compressed air being forced down a shaft 5 into the aquifer by an electrically driven compressor 11 during periods of low load and being withdrawn through a shaft 7 under pressure of the displaced water to drive a turbine 13 and generator 15 during periods of high load requirement. The displaced water maintains the air pressure substantially constant. In a modification, Fig. 2 (not shown), shafts 5, 7 are replaced by a single shaft (16) connected at ground level to a reversible screw type compressor-turbine and motor-generator unit. In a further modification, several aquifer reservoirs are used, the air being stored under low hydrostatic pressure in one reservoir and then being compressed and stored under higher hydrostatic pressure in a second reservoir before being withdrawn, when required, to drive the turbine. The expanded air is returned to the low-pressure reservoir. In a further arrangement, Fig. 3, the air reservoir is formed by a man-made cavity in impermeable rock or salt 25, the hydrostatic pressure on the compressed air being provided by a water pipe 27 passing through the air shaft 26 and connected to a ground level water reservoir 29. The storage plant may supplement the output of a main hydroelectric, steam or diesel driven generating plant.
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GB2000229B (en) * 1977-06-16 1982-02-24 Lundberg R Apparatus and method for multiplying the output of a generating unit
GB2000229A (en) * 1977-06-16 1979-01-04 Lundberg R Apparatus and method for multiplying the output of a generating unit
WO2011017732A1 (en) * 2009-08-06 2011-02-17 Walter Doyle System for producing energy & method
US9139974B2 (en) 2009-09-23 2015-09-22 Bright Energy Storage Technologies, Llp Underwater compressed fluid energy storage system
US9022692B2 (en) 2009-09-23 2015-05-05 Bright Energy Storage Technologies, Llp System for underwater compressed fluid energy storage and method of deploying same
WO2011056296A3 (en) * 2009-10-28 2011-09-29 General Electric Company Compressed air energy storage system with reversible compressor - expander unit and corresponding method
EP2494164A2 (en) * 2009-10-28 2012-09-05 General Electric Company Compressed air energy storage system with reversible compressor-expander unit and corresponding method
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US9557079B2 (en) 2010-07-14 2017-01-31 Bright Energy Storage Technologies, Llp System and method for storing thermal energy
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US9816437B2 (en) 2012-02-23 2017-11-14 Prextor Systems, S.L. Combined cycle CAES technology (CCC)
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WO2016114665A3 (en) * 2015-01-15 2016-12-22 Nippelinventions Apparatus and method for compensation of extraction of natural gas from a natural gas field
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US11767950B2 (en) 2017-02-01 2023-09-26 Hydrostor Inc. Hydrostatically compensated compressed gas energy storage system
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US11519393B2 (en) 2019-01-15 2022-12-06 Hydrostor Inc. Compressed gas energy storage system
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CN114016988A (en) * 2021-11-03 2022-02-08 王瀚艺 Method and system for storing and releasing energy through formation
CN114961856A (en) * 2022-06-17 2022-08-30 重庆大学 Method for water-sealing air-compressing energy storage by using abandoned flooded coal mine
CN117722262A (en) * 2024-02-18 2024-03-19 成都英沃信科技有限公司 Method for using natural gas abandoned reservoir as gas circulation energy storage warehouse
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