Research on storage of energy in underground caverns

Globally, the energy sector has a significant impact on the environment, by polluting air, water and soil and contributing to climate change. Also, in Romania, the energy sector remains an important source of emissions and activities in this field are likely to affect ecosystems and biodiversity. Achieving the objects of the European Union regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, requires the integration of renewable energies in the electricity grid, which implicitly leads to problems of inadequacy of the National Energy System. Large-scale energy storage can provide the means to solve these desires. The underground caverns in the salt massifs of our country, create the possibility of storing large volumes of combustible fluids with minimal impact on the environment. By gaining experience in the field of other countries, the working technologies can be chosen and adapted to the different field conditions in Romania.

Victor Arad, Nicolae Iliaş, Susana Arad, Marian Ticu, Liviu Popa, Dorin Drăgan. Research on storage of energy in underground caverns. MIAB. Mining Inf. Anal. Bull. 2021;(3-1): 350—358. [In Russ]. DOI: 10.25018/0236_1493_2021_31_0_350.

Victor Arad^1,2, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), professor;
Nicolae Iiaş^1,2, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), professor;
Susana Arad¹, Dr. Sci. (Eng.), professor;
Marian Ticu¹, junior postgraduate student;
Liviu Popa¹, postgraduate student;
Dorin Drăgan¹, postgraduate student;
¹ University of Petroşani, Romania;
² Academy of Technical Sciences, Romania.

Susana Arad, e-mail: susanaarad@yahoo.com.

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