Underground hydrogen storage: Influencing parameters and future outlook

Bin Pan; Xia Yin; Yang Ju; Stefan Iglauer

doi:10.1016/j.cis.2021.102473

Underground hydrogen storage: Influencing parameters and future outlook

Adv Colloid Interface Sci. 2021 Aug:294:102473. doi: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102473. Epub 2021 Jun 25.

Authors

Bin Pan¹, Xia Yin², Yang Ju³, Stefan Iglauer⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, Calgary, Canada.
² Petroleum Exploration and Production Research Institute, SINOPEC, No.31, Xueyuan Road, Beijing, China.
³ State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, China University of Mining and Technology at Beijing, D11 Xueyuan Road, Beijing 100083, China.
⁴ School of Engineering, Edith Cowan University, 270 Joondalup Drive, Joondalup, Australia. Electronic address: s.iglauer@ecu.edu.au.

PMID: 34229179
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102473

Abstract

Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) is a promising technology with which large quantities of H₂ can potentially be stored in the subsurface safely, economically and efficiently. As UHS is a relatively new technology, we critically reviewed all available data related to solid properties, fluid properties and solid-fluid interactions relevant to UHS. We also provide clear conclusions, and highlight research gaps. This review therefore advances fundamental understanding of UHS at multiple physical scales and provides key guidance for UHS project operations at reservoir scale.

Keywords: Capillary pressure; Chemical reactions; Containment security; Hydrogen; Hydrogen density; Relative permeability; Storage capacity; UHS; Underground hydrogen storage; Wettability.

Publication types

Review