Brine Transport Experiments in Granular Salt

Jordan, Amy B.¹  Boukhalfa, Hakim¹  Caporuscio, Florie Andre¹  Stauffer, Philip H.¹ 

[1]Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

关键词: SALTS;    SODIUM CHLORIDES;    WATER VAPOR;    RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;    BRINES;    HEAT TRANSFER;    RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION;    INFORMATION NEEDS;    SALT DEPOSITS;    TEMPERATURE;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1257087
RP-ID  :  LA-UR--15-26804
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1257087
Others  :  TRN: US1601483

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

To gain confidence in the predictive capability of numerical models, experimental validation must be performed to ensure that parameters and processes are correctly simulated. The laboratory investigations presented herein aim to address knowledge gaps for heat-generating nuclear waste (HGNW) disposal in bedded salt that remain after examination of prior field and laboratory test data. Primarily, we are interested in better constraining the thermal, hydrological, and physicochemical behavior of brine, water vapor, and salt when moist salt is heated. The target of this work is to use run-of-mine (RoM) salt; however during FY2015 progress was made using high-purity, granular sodium chloride.