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Simulation of Water Transport in Heated Rock Salt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

M. Schlich
Affiliation:
RWTH Aachen, Institut für Elektrische Anlagen und Energiewirtschaft, Lehrauftrag Leistungsreaktoren (LL), Schinkelstraße 6, D-5100 Aachen, Federal Republic of Germany
N. Jockwer
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft für Strahlen- und Umweltforschung mbH, Institut für Tief-lagerung (GSF-IfT), Theodor-Heuss-Allee 4, D-3300 Braunschweig, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

This paper summarizes computer simulation studies on water transport in German rock salt. Based on JOCKWERS's experimental investigations on water content and water liberation, the object of these studies was to select a water transport model, that matches the water inflow which was measured in some heater experiments in the Asse Salt Mine. The main re-sult is, that an evaporation front model, with Knudsen-type vapor transport combined with fluid transport by thermal expansion of the adsorbed water layers in the non evaporated zone, showed the best agreement with experi-mental evidence.

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Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1985

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