Kooten, Tim van (2025) Hydrogen storage in salt caverns, the Netherlands. Bachelor's Thesis, Physics.
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Abstract
This research focuses on hydrogen storage in salt caverns in the Netherlands and its integration with the energy grid. The working of salt caverns for hydrogen are explored, including its efficiencies, pressures, volumes and extraction rates. A Python model was made to simulate how the hydrogen storage interacts with energy demand and renewable energy production. This includes varying renewable energy supplies and grid demands. The research aims to advance the knowledge on how hydrogen storage in salt caverns can help balance a fully green grid. The modeling looks into the aspects of storage, production, demand and conversion of electricity. While briefly discussed, the transportation of hydrogen and electricity and multi-year scenarios is not a primary focus of this research. The model operates on 15-minute time intervals and is currently limited to this temporal resolution. The findings indicate that multiple salt caverns with a combined volume of 20-25 million m3 greatly enhances the reliability of the energy grid, improving the reliability by up to 41.9% and reducing energy deficiency by up to 10 TWh over a year. However, the results also show that having only renewable energy production and hydrogen storage are not enough to have a reliable grid without vast amounts of overproduction or storage. Additional technologies such as batteries, above ground hydrogen storage, importation of energy from neighboring countries or alternative flexible energy production is needed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor's Thesis) |
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| Supervisor name: | Miocic, J.M. and Meer, A.A. van der |
| Degree programme: | Physics |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2025 10:26 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2025 10:26 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/35994 |
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