Mineralogy, microstructures and geomechanics of rock salt for underground gas storage

Abstract Rock salt has excellent properties for its use as underground leak‐proof containers for the storage of renewable energy. Salt solution mining has long been used for salt mining, and can now be employed in the construction of underground salt caverns for the storage of hydrogen gas. This pap...

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Published in:	Deep Underground Science and Engineering
Main Authors:	Veerle Vandeginste, Yukun Ji, Frank Buysschaert, George Anoyatis
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2023-06-01
Subjects:	creep hydrogen impurities rock salt salt solution mining underground gas storage
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/dug2.12039