Method of determining gas storages volumes for settlements gas supply and analysis of energy indicators received in the result of the research

In order to ensure uninterrupted gas supply to the population, there is a need for its underground storage under high pressures. The value of this pressure depends on the type of soil and its mechanical strength. The volume of storage depends on the number of people living in the area and for what purposes the gas is used. Because it is used for heating, local heat supply and domestic purposes, it is crucial to determine which sources of heat are used by individual and central sources of heat. Therefore, such heat sources have been considered, whose thermal loads have been determined according to the particular region’s heat specific expenses and for the provision of local heat supply. Gas consumption was also determined by electric energy indicators of heat sources, heat losses during the transformation and transportation of the heat pipe. Accordingly, it is introduced a method to determine the storage volumes of gas storage facilities of settlements with different quantities of populations, the amount of electric power consumed by compressors and by electric drives for air cooling, the required surfaces.