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Stability Analysis of the CNG Storage Cavern in Accordance with Design Parameters

설계변수에 따른 압축천연가스 저장 공동의 거동 분석

  • 박연준 (수원대학교 토목공학과) ;
  • 문형석 ((주)골든엔지니어링) ;
  • 박의섭 (한국지질자원연구원 지구환경연구본부)
  • Received : 2013.01.29
  • Accepted : 2013.06.17
  • Published : 2013.06.30

Abstract

The domestic demand of natural gas has increased continuously due to the sudden rise of oil price and regulations on greenhouse gas to global warming. In order to improve the supply security of natural gas market in Korea, the agreement on supply of pipeline natural gas (PNG) in Russia was signed between Gazprom and Korea Gas Corporation in 2008. If the supply plan of Russian natural gas is realized, underground storage facilities would be required in order to balance supply and demand of natural gas because the gas demand is concentrated in the winter. This study investigated the safety of the storage facility in quantitative way considering several design parameters such as gas pressure, depth of the storage cavern, rock condition and in-situ horizontal stress ratio. Two dimensional stress analyses were conducted using axi- symmetry condition to examine the behavior of cavern depending upon suggested design parameters. Results showed that the factor of safety, defined as the ratio of 'shear strength'/'shear stress', was largely affected by the depth, rock class and gas pressure but was insensitive to the coefficient of lateral pressure(Ko).

최근 유가 상승 및 지구 온난화에 대한 온실가스의 규제 강화로 인해 국내 천연가스 수요가 지속적으로 증가하고 있다. 이에 국내 천연가스 시장의 공급 안전성을 높이기 위하여, 2008년 한국가스공사와 Gazprom 간에 러시아 파이프라인 천연가스 공급에 관한 협약서를 체결하기도 했다. 러시아 PNG 도입계획이 본격화되어 천연가스가 도입되면 겨울철에 가스 수요가 집중되는 국내의 경우엔 천연가스 수급 균형을 위하여 지하저장시설이 필수적으로 요구될 것이다. 본 연구는 암반등급, 토피고, 저장압력, 현지측압계수(Ko)를 변수로 하여 천연가스 저장 공동의 안정성을 정량적으로 평가하였다. 제안된 설계변수에 따른 저장 공동의 거동을 파악하기 위해 축대칭 조건을 사용하여 2차원 응력해석을 수행하였다. 해석 결과 전단강도/전단응력으로 정의된 공동의 안전율은 심도, 암반등급 및 저장압력에 크게 영향을 받았으나 측압계수의 영향은 거의 없었다.

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