IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jeners/v17y2024i10p2357-d1393977.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Hydrogen Storage and Combustion for Blackout Protection of Mine Water Pumping Stations

Author

Listed:
  • Andrzej Chmiela

    (Mines Restructuring Company (Spółka Restrukturyzacji Kopalń S.A.), 41-914 Bytom, Poland)

  • Paweł Wrona

    (Department of Safety Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Magdziarczyk

    (Faculty of Economics and Management, Opole University of Technology, 45-758 Opole, Poland)

  • Ronghou Liu

    (Biomass Energy Engineering Research Centre, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China)

  • Le Zhang

    (Department of Resources and Environment, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), 800 Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200240, China)

  • Adam Smolinski

    (Central Mining Institute, 40-166 Katowice, Poland)

Abstract

Global warming increases the risk of power outages. Mine water pumping stations pump approximately 100 million m 3 of water per year (2023). The cessation of mine water pumping would expose neighboring mines and lower lying areas to flooding. The pumping stations have some containment, but a prolonged shutdown could cause environmental problems. Remediation of the resulting damage would be costly and time-consuming. The combination of the problems of dewatering abandoned mines and storing energy in the form of hydrogen to ensure continuity of power supply to pumping stations has not been the subject of extensive scientific research. The purpose of this paper was to develop options for protecting mine water pumping stations against the “blackout” phenomenon and to assess their investment relevance. Six technically feasible options for the modernization of mine water pumping stations were designed and analyzed in the study. All pumping station modernization options include storage of the generated energy in the form of green hydrogen. For Q1 2024 conditions, the option with the partial retail sale of the produced hydrogen and the increased volume of produced water for treatment is recommended for implementation.

Suggested Citation

  • Andrzej Chmiela & Paweł Wrona & Małgorzata Magdziarczyk & Ronghou Liu & Le Zhang & Adam Smolinski, 2024. "Hydrogen Storage and Combustion for Blackout Protection of Mine Water Pumping Stations," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-19, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:10:p:2357-:d:1393977
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/10/2357/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/10/2357/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Tomasz Siostrzonek, 2023. "The Mine Shaft Energy Storage System—Implementation Threats and Opportunities," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-12, July.
    2. Alicja Krzemień & Juan José Álvarez Fernández & Pedro Riesgo Fernández & Gregorio Fidalgo Valverde & Silverio Garcia-Cortes, 2022. "Restoring Coal Mining-Affected Areas: The Missing Ecosystem Services," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(21), pages 1-13, October.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Paweł Wrona & Zenon Różański & Grzegorz Pach & Adam P. Niewiadomski & Małgorzata Markowska & Andrzej Chmiela & Patrick J. Foster, 2023. "Variability of CO 2 , CH 4 , and O 2 Concentration in the Vicinity of a Closed Mining Shaft in the Light of Extreme Weather Events—Numerical Simulations," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-15, November.
    2. Małgorzata Magdziarczyk & Andrzej Chmiela & Roman Dychkovskyi & Adam Smoliński, 2024. "The Cost Reduction Analysis of Green Hydrogen Production from Coal Mine Underground Water for Circular Economy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-12, May.
    3. Małgorzata Magdziarczyk & Andrzej Chmiela & Weijian Su & Adam Smolinski, 2024. "Green Transformation of Mining towards Energy Self-Sufficiency in a Circular Economy—A Case Study," Energies, MDPI, vol. 17(15), pages 1-13, July.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:17:y:2024:i:10:p:2357-:d:1393977. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.