Parametric assessment of hydrochemical changes associated to underground pumped hydropower storage

Pujades, Estanislao; Jurado, Anna; Orban, Philippe; Dassargues, Alain

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.103

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Parametric assessment of hydrochemical changes associated to underground pumped hydropower storage

Pujades, Estanislao; Jurado, Anna; Orban, Philippe et al.

2019 • In Science of the Total Environment, 659, p. 599-611

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groundwater; UPSH; hydrochemical impact; UPSH efficiency; hydropower storage; underground reservoir

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[en] Underground pumped hydropower storage (UPHS) using abandoned mines is an alternative to store and produce electricity in flat regions. Excess of electricity is stored in form of potential energy by pumping mine water to a surface reservoir. When the demand of electricity increases, water is discharged into the mine (i.e., underground reservoir) through turbines producing electricity. During the complete operational process of UPHS plants, hydrochemical characteristics of water evolve continuously to be in equilibrium successively with the atmosphere (in the surface reservoir) and the surrounding porousmedium (in the underground reservoir). It may lead to precipitation and/or dissolution of minerals and their associated consequences, such as pH variations. Induced hydrochemical changes may have an impact on the environment and/or the efficiency (e.g., corrosions and incrustations affect facilities) of UPHS plants. The nature of the hydrochemical changes is controlled by the specific chemical characteristics of the surrounding porous medium. However, the magnitude of the changes also depends on other variables, such as hydraulic parameters. The role of these parameters is established to define screening criteria and improve the selection procedure of abandonedmines for constructing UPHS plants. This work evaluates the role of the main hydrogeological factors for three different chemical composition of the porous medium. Results are obtained by means of numerical reactive transport modeling. Potential impacts on the environment (mainly on groundwater and surface water bodies) and on the efficiency of the UPHS plants vary considerably from a hydraulic parameter to another showing the need for a detailed characterization before choosing locations of future UPHS plants.

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Geological, petroleum & mining engineering

Author, co-author :

Pujades, Estanislao; UFZ – Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig > Department of Computational Hydrosystems

Jurado, Anna; Technische Universität Dresden > Institute for Groundwater Management

Orban, Philippe ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement

Dassargues, Alain ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département ArGEnCo > Hydrogéologie & Géologie de l'environnement

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English

Title :

Parametric assessment of hydrochemical changes associated to underground pumped hydropower storage

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01 April 2019

Journal title :

Science of the Total Environment

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0048-9697

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1879-1026

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Elsevier, Netherlands

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659

Pages :

599-611

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Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.103

European Projects :

FP7 - 600405 - BEIPD - Be International Post-Doc - Euregio and Greater Region

Name of the research project :

SMARTWATER

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Public Service of Wallonia – Department of Energy and Sustainable Building
CE - Commission Européenne

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