Systems, devices and methods for the compression, expansion, and/or storage of a gas are described herein. An apparatus suitable for use in a compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system includes a pneumatic cylinder having a working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in t
Systems, devices and methods for the compression, expansion, and/or storage of a gas are described herein. An apparatus suitable for use in a compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system includes a pneumatic cylinder having a working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the pneumatic cylinder, a hydraulic actuator coupled to the working piston, and a hydraulic controller fluidically coupleable to the hydraulic actuator. The apparatus is fluidically coupleable to a compressed gas storage chamber which includes a first storage chamber fluidically coupleable to the pneumatic chamber, and a second storage chamber is fluidically coupleable to the first storage chamber. The first storage chamber is disposed at a first elevation and is configured to contain a liquid and a gas. The second storage chamber is disposed at a second elevation greater than the first elevation, and is configured to contain a volume of liquid.
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1. A compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system, comprising: a pneumatic cylinder having a working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the pneumatic cylinder, the working piston dividing the pneumatic cylinder into, and defining therewith, a first pneumatic chamber and
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A compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system, comprising: a pneumatic cylinder having a working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the pneumatic cylinder, the working piston dividing the pneumatic cylinder into, and defining therewith, a first pneumatic chamber and a second pneumatic chamber,the first pneumatic chamber having a first fluid port and a second fluid port, the first fluid port fluidically coupleable to a gas source,the second pneumatic chamber having a first fluid port and a second fluid port, the first fluid port fluidically coupleable to the gas source;a hydraulic actuator coupled to the working piston;a hydraulic controller fluidically coupleable to the hydraulic actuator, the hydraulic controller operable in a compression mode in which the hydraulic actuator causes gas to be discharged from the pneumatic cylinder at a higher pressure than it enters the pneumatic cylinder from the gas source, and an expansion mode in which gas in the pneumatic cylinder does work on the hydraulic actuator and is discharged from the pneumatic cylinder to the gas source at a lower pressure than it enters the pneumatic cylinder; anda compressed gas storage chamber including a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber,the first storage chamber fluidically coupleable to the second fluid port of the first pneumatic chamber and the second fluid port of the second pneumatic chamber, the first storage chamber comprising a subterranean storage chamber disposed at a first elevation and configured to contain a liquid and a gas in direct contact,the second storage chamber fluidically coupleable to the first storage chamber, the second storage chamber disposed at a second elevation greater than the first elevation, and configured to contain a volume of liquid,wherein operation of the hydraulic controller in the compression mode produces a first hydraulic actuator force on the working piston sufficient to move the working piston in a first direction such that a first mass of gas contained in the first pneumatic chamber is discharged from the first pneumatic chamber into the first storage chamber at a first pressure such that a first volume of liquid is displaced from the first storage chamber to the second storage chamber, and a second hydraulic actuator force on the working piston sufficient to move the working piston in a second direction, opposite the first direction, such that a second mass of gas contained in the second pneumatic chamber is discharged from the second pneumatic chamber into the first storage chamber at a second pressure greater than the first pressure such that a second volume of liquid is displaced from the first storage chamber to the second storage chamber, andwherein, when receiving gas in the first or second pneumatic chamber from the first storage chamber, a flow of liquid from the second storage chamber to the first storage chamber maintains gas in the first storage chamber at a pressure that is at least one of relatively constant and within a predetermined range. 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a valve configured to fluidically isolate the first storage chamber from the second storage chamber. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the compressed gas storage chamber is operable in a first operating mode in which gas discharged from the pneumatic cylinder to the first storage chamber displaces liquid from the first storage chamber to the second storage chamber, and a second operating mode in which the first storage chamber is fluidically isolated from the second storage chamber. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein operation of the hydraulic controller in the compression mode produces a third hydraulic actuator force on the working piston sufficient to move the working piston in the first direction such that a third mass of gas is discharged from the pneumatic cylinder into the first storage chamber at a third pressure greater than the second pressure, in the second operating mode. 5. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a liquid management system fluidically coupleable to the pneumatic cylinder, the liquid management system configured to transfer heat energy away from gas being compressed in the compression mode and to transfer heat energy to gas being expanded in the expansion mode. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system is configured to store compressed natural gas, the system further comprising: a liquid management system fluidically coupleable to the pneumatic cylinder, the liquid management system configured to remove water from natural gas being expanded in the expansion mode. 7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a third storage chamber fluidically coupleable to the first storage chamber, the third storage chamber configured to contain a quantity of gas. 8. The system of claim 7, wherein the third storage chamber is an above ground storage vessel. 9. The system of claim 7, wherein the third storage chamber is a pipeline. 10. A system, comprising: a hydraulic pump operable to deliver hydraulic fluid over at least a hydraulic pressure range that includes a predetermined lower pressure and a predetermined upper pressure, greater than said lower pressure;a hydraulic actuator arrangement including a first hydraulic piston and a second hydraulic piston, each of said hydraulic pistons having a first side and a second side;a working actuator operably coupled to said hydraulic actuator arrangement, said working actuator having a working cylinder and a working piston disposed for reciprocating movement in the working cylinder, the working piston defining at least in part between a first side thereof and the working cylinder a working chamber configured to contain a quantity of gas,said hydraulic actuator arrangement being operatively coupled to said hydraulic pump to enable selective delivery of pressurized hydraulic fluid from said hydraulic pump to one or both of said first side and said second side of each of said first and second hydraulic pistons to yield an output force in a first force range corresponding to a first combination, and to yield an output force in a second force range, greater than said first force range, corresponding to a second combination; anda compressed gas storage chamber including a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber, the first storage chamber comprising a subterranean storage chamber disposed at a first elevation and configured to contain a liquid and a gas in direct contact, the second storage chamber fluidically coupleable to the first storage chamber, the second storage chamber disposed at a second elevation greater than the first elevation, and configured to contain a volume of liquid,the compressed gas storage chamber operable in a first operating mode in which the working actuator causes gas to be discharged from the working chamber to the first storage chamber at a first pressure range to displace liquid from the first storage chamber to the second storage chamber, and a second operating mode in which the working actuator causes gas to be discharged from the working chamber to the first storage chamber at a second pressure range, the first storage chamber being fluidically isolated from the second storage chamber in the second operating mode, and third operating mode in which, when receiving gas in the working chamber from the first storage chamber, a flow of liquid from the second storage chamber to the first storage chamber maintains gas in the first storage chamber at a pressure that is at least one of relatively constant and within a predetermined range,said hydraulic actuator arrangement being operable with said hydraulic pump to sequentially yield said first force range on said working piston to compress a first mass of gas to the first pressure range, and said second force range on said working piston to compress a second mass of gas to the second pressure range. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein first operating mode has a minimum operating pressure and a maximum operating pressure and the second operating mode has a minimum operating pressure and a maximum operating pressure, the maximum operating pressure of the first operation mode being substantially equal to the minimum operating pressure of the second operation mode. 12. The system of claim 11, wherein the difference between the maximum operating pressure and the minimum operating pressure in the first operating mode is less than the difference between the maximum operating pressure and the minimum operating pressure in the second operating mode. 13. The system of claim 10, further comprising a valve configured to fluidically isolate the first storage chamber from the second storage chamber in the second operating mode. 14. The system of claim 10, further comprising: a liquid management system fluidically coupleable to the working chamber, the liquid management system configured to transfer heat energy away from gas being compressed in the working chamber. 15. A method of compressing gas in a compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system, the compressed gas-based energy storage and recovery system including a gas compressor/expander device and a compressed gas storage chamber, the compressor/expander device including a pneumatic cylinder having a working piston disposed therein for reciprocating movement in the pneumatic cylinder, the working piston defining at least in part between a first side thereof and the pneumatic cylinder a working chamber configured to contain a quantity of gas, the compressed gas storage chamber including a first storage chamber and a second storage chamber, the first storage chamber comprising a subterranean storage chamber disposed at a first elevation and configured to contain a liquid and a gas in direct contact, the second storage chamber fluidically coupleable to the first storage chamber, the second storage chamber disposed at a second elevation greater than the first elevation and configured to contain a volume of liquid, the method comprising: fluidically isolating the working chamber from the compressed gas storage chamber;moving the working piston in a first direction to reduce the volume of the working chamber and compress the quantity of gas contained therein from a first pressure to a second pressure higher than the first pressure;establishing fluid communication between the working chamber and the compressed gas storage chamber when the second pressure is substantially equal to an operating pressure of the first storage chamber; andwhen receiving gas in the working chamber from the first storage chamber, transferring liquid from the second storage chamber to the first storage chamber to maintain gas in the first storage chamber at a pressure that is at least one of relatively constant and within a predetermined range. 16. The method of claim 15 further comprising: establishing fluid communication between the first storage chamber and the second storage chamber;receiving the quantity of gas in the first storage chamber from the working chamber; anddisplacing a volume of liquid from the first storage chamber to the second storage chamber. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the quantity of gas is a first quantity of gas, the method further comprising: fluidically isolating the first storage chamber from the second storage chamber; andreceiving a second quantity of gas in the first storage chamber from the working chamber. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first quantity of gas is received from the working chamber at a first pressure range and the second quantity of gas is received from the working chamber at a second pressure range. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second pressure range includes gas pressures greater than gas pressures in the first pressure range. 20. The method of claim 15 further comprising: fluidically isolating the first storage chamber from the second storage chamber; andreceiving the quantity of gas in the first storage chamber from the working chamber.
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