Development of a reinforced concrete foundation system for renewable energy storage using compressed air technology

摘要

The objective of this project is to develop a reliable, safe and economic renewable energy storage media utilizing one of building structural components: a reinforced concrete (RC) foundation system. The proposed RC foundation system, in addition used for transferring structure loads into soils or rocks underground, will be configured to store renewable energy generated from solar panels or wind mills attached to building structures through compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology. The RC foundation system developed from this project can be incorporated as an important component into next generation CO_2 free building structures to improve sustainability of building structures and minimize negative environmental impacts.