Wet powder seal for gas containment
Abstract
A gas seal is formed by a compact layer of an insoluble powder and liquid filling the fine interstices of that layer. The smaller the particle size of the selected powder, such as sand or talc, the finer will be the interstices or capillary spaces in the layer and the greater will be the resulting sealing capacity, i.e., the gas pressure differential which the wet powder layer can withstand. Such wet powder seal is useful in constructing underground gas reservoirs or storage cavities for nuclear wastes as well as stopping leaks in gas mains buried under ground or situated under water. The sealing capacity of the wet powder seal can be augmented by the hydrostatic head of a liquid body established over the seal.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6858876
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-02-0016
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SEALS; DESIGN; UNDERGROUND STORAGE; GAS CYLINDERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; CONTAINERS; MANAGEMENT; STORAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE; 422000* - Engineering- Mining & Underground Engineering- (1980-)
Citation Formats
Stang, L G. Wet powder seal for gas containment. United States: N. p., 1979.
Web.
Stang, L G. Wet powder seal for gas containment. United States.
Stang, L G. Wed .
"Wet powder seal for gas containment". United States.
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abstractNote = {A gas seal is formed by a compact layer of an insoluble powder and liquid filling the fine interstices of that layer. The smaller the particle size of the selected powder, such as sand or talc, the finer will be the interstices or capillary spaces in the layer and the greater will be the resulting sealing capacity, i.e., the gas pressure differential which the wet powder layer can withstand. Such wet powder seal is useful in constructing underground gas reservoirs or storage cavities for nuclear wastes as well as stopping leaks in gas mains buried under ground or situated under water. The sealing capacity of the wet powder seal can be augmented by the hydrostatic head of a liquid body established over the seal.},
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place = {United States},
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month = {8}
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