
Yerington
Pit, Anaconda Mine, Yerington, NV.
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k/b equivalent to 1 m of dry
concrete
Retains 92% of gas pressure
after 15 h storage.
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Pressure
Vessel
V = 5.7 x 107 m3
A = 1.3 x 106 m2
M = 1.1 x 108 t
P = 2.5 x 106 Pa
Pressurizing
Layer
VPL = 1.1 x 108 m
APL = 2.3 x 106 m2
MPL = 2.2 x 108 t
Whole
Device
VT = 1.7 x 108 m3
Amap = 1.1 x 106 m2
MT = 3.4 x 108 t
Assume
ρ = 2.00 t∙m-3
ϕ = 0.2 scalar
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Energy
Storage Capacity
CAES 5.3 x 106 kW∙h 0.18% of US need
H2 7.4 x 107
kW∙h 2.48% of US need
Tesla
Powerwalls (13.5
kW∙h at $5500 each)
CAES 391k at $2.2B
H2 5.5M at $30B
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photo:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:
Anaconda_Copper_Mine,_Near_Yerington,_
Nevada_(15700705511).jpg#file
Ken Lund, 2014 CC-BY-SA-2.0
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