The development of WIPPVENT, a windows based interactive mine ventilation simulation software program at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Div.
- Mine Ventilation Services, Inc. (United States)
An interactive mine ventilation simulation software program (WIPPVENT) was developed at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). The WIPP is a US Department of Energy (DOE) research and development project located near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The facility is designed to provide a permanent, safe underground disposal of US defense generated transuranic waste in bedded salt. In addition to it`s regular functions, the underground ventilation system is engineered to prevent the uncontrolled spread of radioactive materials in the unlikely event of a release. To enhance the operability system, Westinghouse Electric Corporation has developed an interactive mine ventilation simulation software program (WIPPVENT). While WIPPVENT includes most of the functions of the commercially available simulation program VNETPC ({copyright} 1991 Mine Ventilation Services, Inc.), the user interface has been completely rewritten as a Windows{reg_sign} application and screen graphics have been added. WIPPVENT is designed to interact with the WIPP ventilation monitoring systems through the site wide Central Monitoring System.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Div.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-86AL31950
- OSTI ID:
- 183900
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/WIPP-95-2118; CONF-960303-1; ON: DE96001837; TRN: 96:004564
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting and exhibition of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 11-14 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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