Description of the Gas Sampling and Circulation System for the LYNM PE1-A Experiment

Technical Report · Sat Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2024

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2475191· OSTI ID:2475191

Fritz, Bradley G. ^[1]; Peterson, Jacob A. ^[1]; Munley, William O. ^[1]; Boukhalfa, Hakim ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

A series of multiphysics experiments, referred to as Physics Experiment 1 (PE1) is underway at the U.S. Nevada National Security Site. The PE1 series includes detonations of three underground chemical explosions. As the name implies, there are a number of experiments investigating the signals generated by the explosion. The experiment series objectives are outlined in a report from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.1 One of the experiments is a gas migration experiment. Gas tracers were imbedded in the explosives and gas sampling boreholes were installed in the formation in the test bed. Connected to the monitoring points is a circulation system that moves gas to a central measurement location. This report does not describe the gas analysis or collection systems, but rather the circulation system that provides the gas for measurement. Here, we have combined four project documents into a single report that describes the design, build, installation, testing, and operation of the gas sampling network.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 2475191
• Report Number(s): PNNL--36268
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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