The use of secondary heat resources during the accumulation of compressed air in closed mining workings

Abstract

The article considers the possibility of energy accumulation in mining workings in order to reduce the consumption of fossil organic fuel by the mining enterprise itself. For this purpose, the authors propose to accumulate compressed air in closed mine workings using secondary heat resources to generate additional electricity. The energy management of mining enterprises can be equipped with freon steam turbines which implement the Rankine thermodynamic cycle to obtain additional electricity from secondary heat. To measure the efficiency of the process, the air mast be compressed isothermally. The compression must be carried out in several stages, and the air must be cooled after each stage. Taking into account the development of energy storage technologies in the form of compressed air in specially prepared closed mining workings, the required air pressure can be from 70 to 90 at. The article assesses the possibility of using a secondary heat resource during air compression at mining enterprises. It is shown that the use of freon steam turbines during the accumulation of compressed air in underground pressure accumulators increases the subsequent production of electricity during the operation of the air turbine by 7.6% during the day.