Category: Transient Plane Source
Author(s): John C. Stormont, Laxmi P. Paneru, Stephen J. Bauer
Keywords: consolidation, porosity, rock salt, sand, thermal conductivity, thermal properties, transient plane source (tps) method
Abstract: This article summarizes thermal properties testing on granular salt that has been consolidated under a wide range of temperature, stress, and moisture conditions. Thermal property measurements were taken on four different sample groups: laboratory-consolidated granular salt using domal and bedded salt types, granular salt that was consolidated in situ, polycrystalline salt cores, and a single crystal of halite. Thermal conductivity was measured with transient plane source method. Results show thermal conductivity of a single crystal of halite and granular salt decreased with an increase in temperature. Dilated salt was found to have a lower conductivity than consolidated salt at comparable porosities.
Reference: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 51(3): 911-923
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-017-1353-5