Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Harald HC6kmark, Jan Sundberg, John Wrafter, MC$rta LC$ndell, PC$r-Erik Back, Rolf Christiansson
Keywords: construction, modelling, nuclear waste repository, rock, spent nuclear fuel, thermal conductivity, transient plane source (tps) method
Abstract: This article looked at the simulation model used to control temperature evolution in the field for Swedish nuclear waste repositories. Heat transport properties of rock are known key factors for the repository layout and were measured using the Transient Plane Source (TPS) method. Compared to all samples tested, results found bedrock dominated by deformed granitoid rocks were characterized by relatively high thermal conductivities.
Reference: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences (2009), 46(6): 1042-1054
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2009.02.004