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The Influence of ENSO on the Long‐Term Water Storage Anomalies in the Middle‐Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Basin: Evaluation and Analysis

Journal Article
Li, X., Jin, T., Liu, B., Chao, N., Li, F., & Cai, Z. (2023)
The Influence of ENSO on the Long‐Term Water Storage Anomalies in the Middle‐Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Basin: Evaluation and Analysis. Earth and Space Science, 10(10), Article e2023EA003007. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023ea003007
Recent extreme events in the Middle‐Lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin (MLYRB) are proven to be possibly linked to the El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events as indi...

Numerical assessments of the effects of injected air temperature and well configuration on the cycle performance in compressed air energy storage in aquifers

Book Chapter
Yang, L., Cai, Z., Li, C., Guo, C., & He, Q. (2023)
Numerical assessments of the effects of injected air temperature and well configuration on the cycle performance in compressed air energy storage in aquifers. In J. Miocic, N. Heinemann, K. Edlmann, J. Alcalde, & R. Schultz (Eds.), Enabling Secure Subsurface Storage in Future Energy Systems. London: Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp528-2022-74
Aquifers have advantages over salt caverns as the storage vessels for compressed air energy storage due to their wider availability for suitable sites and lower one-off capita...

Development of a Novel Simulator for Modelling Underground Hydrogen and Gas Mixture Storage

Journal Article
Cai, Z., Zhang, K., & Guo, C. (2022)
Development of a Novel Simulator for Modelling Underground Hydrogen and Gas Mixture Storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(14), 8929-8942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.12.224
Underground hydrogen storage can store grid-scale energy for balancing both short-term and long-term inter-seasonal supply and demand. However, there is no numerical simulator...

Novel machine learning approach for solar photovoltaic energy output forecast using extra-terrestrial solar irradiance

Journal Article
Fjelkestam Frederiksen, C. A., & Cai, Z. (2022)
Novel machine learning approach for solar photovoltaic energy output forecast using extra-terrestrial solar irradiance. Applied Energy, 306, Article 118152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118152
• Extra-terrestrial Solar Irradiance has been validated for PV output forecasting. • The machine learning approach successfully captures huge intra-daily PV output variations....
5 results

Unlock the Potential of the Rough Gas Facility with Hydrogen Storage

2021 - 2022
The proposed university-industry collaboration on modelling of hydrogen storage in Rough gas field is an innovative research directive. This would provide evidence-based decision making for the future...
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering | Value: £42,519

Hydrogen storage modelling

2021 - 2022
The project is to provide consultancy work to Centrica Storage Lt. The work briefs: 1) Case 1: Modelling CO2 as cushion gas and H2/CO2 mixture injection/withdrawal from one well (B1). 2) Case 2: Mode...
Funder: Centrica Storage Ltd

Investigation of the Hydromorphic behaviours of wood and modified wood for Jacket Pile Gripper applications

2021 - 2022
This Project aims to generate a critical knowledge which will be utilised in this ground-breaking innovation. The successful implementation of this simpler, more economical and environmental friendly ...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £9,936

Renewables to Potatoes Cold Storage for Energy Efficient Agriculture

2019 - 2019
Cononsyth Farm currently has renewable power generation through a wind turbine (330 kWp) and solar array (100 kWp). The farm also has significant cooling needs, in this case due to potato storage shed...
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £4,672

Inverted Hydro-generation

2018 - 2018
Inverted hydro-electrical generation concept realisation and proof of concept evaluation.
Funder: Energy Technology Partnership | Value: £10,000