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Brine Transport in the Bedded Salt of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (wipp): Field Measurements and a Darcy Flow Model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

David F. Mctigue  and
E. James Nowak
David F. Mctigue
Affiliation:
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Div. I
E. James Nowak
Affiliation:
Experimental Programs Div., Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
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Abstract

Brine flow has been measured to unheated boreholes for periods of a few days and to heated holes for two years in the WIPP facility. It is proposed that Darcy flow may dominate the observed influx of brine. Exact solutions to a linearized model for one-dimensional, radial flow are evaluated for conditions approximating the field experiments. Flow rates of the correct order of magnitude are calculated for permeabilities in the range 10−21–1020 m2 (1–10 nanodarcy) for both the unheated and heated cases.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 112: Symposium P – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XI , 1987 , 209
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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