Forecast of thermal-hydrological conditions and air injection test results of the single heater test at Yucca Mountain

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/459353· OSTI ID:459353

Birkholzer, J T; Tsang, Y W ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States). Earth Sciences Div.

The heater in the Single Heater Test (SHT) in alcove 5 of the Exploratory Studies Facility (ESF) was turned on August 26, 1996. A large number of sensors are installed in the various instrumented boreholes to monitor the coupled thermal-hydrological-mechanical-chemical responses of the rock mass to the heat generated in the single heater. In this report the authors present the results of the modeling of both the heating and cooling phases of the Single Heater Test (SHT), with focus on the thermal-hydrological aspect of the coupled processes. Also in this report, the authors present simulations of air injection tests will be performed at different stages of the heating and cooling phase of the SHT.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 459353
• Report Number(s): LBNL-39789; ON: DE97004176; TRN: 97:007846
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Dec 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
THERMAL ANALYSIS
HYDROLOGY
HEATERS
GAS INJECTION
RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
TUFF
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
THEORETICAL DATA