Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): Alexander Urquhart, Stephen Bauer
Keywords: backfill, crushed salt, Heat Transfer, reconsolidation, Rock, salt, Thermal Conductivity, Thermal Properties, Transient plane source (TPS) method
Abstract: Crushed salt can be used as a backfill in salt repositories to bury and conduct heat away from radioactive waste in salt repositories. Since crushed salt compacts during reconsolidation, its thermo-physical properties will vary because of changes in porosity. A Transient Plane Source thermal constant analyzer was used to measure thermal conductivity of the salt samples. Thermal conductivity was found to decrease with increasing temperatures.
Reference: Acta Geotechnica (2016), 11(4): 913-924
DOI: 10.1007/s11440-015-0414-8