METHOD OF FORMING UNDERGROUND CAVERN AND DESALINIZATION PROCESS

Embodiments relate to techniques for forming underground caverns, and also to desalinization processes that may be employed in conjunction therewith. Particular embodiments form a salt cavern by introducing heated water into a salt formation, followed by removal of the resulting brine to leave a sal...

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Hauptverfasser:	MANCHESTER, SEBASTIAN, C, CRANE, STEPHEN, E, FONG, DANIELLE A, ASHWOOD, ANDREA, C, BERLIN, EDWIN, P., JR
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BLASTING CHEMISTRY CONVEYING DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE EARTH DRILLING FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL HEATING LIGHTING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING METALLURGY MINING PACKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS RANGES RECLAMATION OF CONTAMINED SOIL SOIL SAFETY DEVICES, TRANSPORT, FILLING-UP, RESCUE, VENTILATION, ORDRAINING IN OR OF MINES OR TUNNELS SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS STORING TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE VENTILATING WEAPONS
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Zusammenfassung:	Embodiments relate to techniques for forming underground caverns, and also to desalinization processes that may be employed in conjunction therewith. Particular embodiments form a salt cavern by introducing heated water into a salt formation, followed by removal of the resulting brine to leave a salt cavern. The injected water is provided as a result of a desalinization process of the brine. Concentrated brine resulting from the desalinization process, is used to form a solar pond whose stored thermal energy provides the heat source for the injected water. The resulting underground cavern may be employed to house large volumes of materials such as pressurized natural gas, liquid hydrocarbons, or compressed gas for energy storage. Also disclosed is a particular desalinization process based upon a Regenerative Evaporative Distiller (RED) structure, which efficiently leverages low grade heat available from the solar pond by relying primarily upon a latent heat of evaporation and condensation.