Water curtain — a successful means of preventing gas leakage from high-pressure unlined rock caverns : Kjorholt, H; Broch E Tunnlg Underground Space TechnolV7, N2, April 1992, P127–132

The water curtain—a successful means of

The water curtain—a successful means of preventing gas leakage from high-pressure, unlined rock caverns

✍ H. Kjørholt; E. Broch 📂 Article 📅 1992 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 569 KB

In Norway, high-pressure air is stored in ten unlined rock caverns, called air cushion surge chambers. These surge chambers are characterized by pressures up to 7. 7 MPa and volumes up to 11 O, 000 ms. This paper describes the successful use of water curtains to prevent air leakage from three such c