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A Method to Increase the Leaching Progress of Salt Caverns with the Use of the Hydro-Jet Technique

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  • Mariusz Chromik

    (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland)

  • Waldemar Korzeniowski

    (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, Mickiewicza 30 Av., 30-059 Kraków, Poland)

Abstract

For the storage of hydrocarbons, hydrogen, or other products, underground caverns left over from the exploitation of salt deposits, or made specifically for this purpose, are successfully used. This article analyses the effectiveness of currently used well-leaching technologies in terms of the possibility of increasing the speed of obtaining industrial brine, better control of the shape of the created cavern, and, as a result, a shorter production time. An innovative solution was proposed, which consisted of creating appropriate niches in the walls of the leach well using the high-pressure hydrojet technique, just before the start of the sump leaching. A series of numerical simulations of the technologies were performed for various combinations of niche locations along the well, determining the successive phases of the formation of the cavern space at individual stages and the brine concentration increments for the two assumed technology scenarios. As a result of the modified technology, the possibility of creating a sump with a volume greater than 17%, compared to the classical method carried out at the same time, was indicated. The resulting sump also had a better shape to partially eliminate the reduction in leaching efficiency due to the accumulation of insoluble matter at the bottom. In addition, the brine obtained according to the modified technology had a 15% higher concentration than in the classical method.

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  • Mariusz Chromik & Waldemar Korzeniowski, 2021. "A Method to Increase the Leaching Progress of Salt Caverns with the Use of the Hydro-Jet Technique," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(18), pages 1-42, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:18:p:5833-:d:635984
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    1. Krzysztof Tajduś & Anton Sroka & Rafał Misa & Antoni Tajduś & Stefan Meyer, 2021. "Surface Deformations Caused by the Convergence of Large Underground Gas Storage Facilities," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(2), pages 1-11, January.
    2. Waldemar Korzeniowski & Katarzyna Poborska-Młynarska & Krzysztof Skrzypkowski & Krzysztof Zagórski & Mariusz Chromik, 2020. "Cutting Niches in Rock Salt by Means of a High-Pressure Water Jet in Order to Accelerate the Leaching of Storage Caverns for Hydrogen or Hydrocarbons," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(8), pages 1-24, April.
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