HYDROGEN STORAGE IN SALT CAVERNS IN THE PERMIAN BASIN: SEAL INTEGRITY EVALUATION AND FIELD TEST THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT IS TO ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY TO DEVELOP LARGE-VOLUME HYDROGEN STORAGE CAVERNS IN PERMIAN BEDDED SALT. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES INCLUDE ACCURATE QUANTIFICATION OF VERTICAL HETEROGENEITY IN THE SALADO FORMATION, MEASUREMENT OF SEALING PROPERTIES OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC MATERIALS EXPOSED TO HYDROGEN, IDENTIFICATION OF COUPLED BIO-CHEMO-MECHANICAL PROCESSES THAT IMPACT HYDROGEN FLOW/CONTAINMENT, NUMERICAL UPSCALING AND SIMULATION, AND FINAL VALIDATION WITH A FIELD TEST IN THE SALADO FORMATION AT DOE’S WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT.

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