Simulation of Heat Transfer Around a Canister Placed Horizontally in a Drift
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
5-1-1994
Publication Title
High Level Radioactive Waste Management 1994
Publisher
ASCE
Volume
2
First page number:
801
Last page number:
808
Abstract
The Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project is investigating the feasibility of locating a high level radioactive nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The bore hole and the in-drift waste emplacement schemes are under evaluation as potential repository drift geometries. This paper presents a two-dimensional finite element thermal analysis of the nuclear waste canister placed horizontally in a drift. Simulation has been carried out for 1000 years and the peak temperatures at the walls of the drift and at the center of the canister have been determined. The effect of the three modes of heat transfer, conduction, natural convection and radiation, is also discussed.
Keywords
Nevada – Yucca Mountain; Radioactive waste repositories; Temperatures
Disciplines
Environmental Sciences | Mechanical Engineering | Nuclear Engineering | Oil, Gas, and Energy | Other Mechanical Engineering
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Moujaes, S. F.,
Bhargava, A.
(1994).
Simulation of Heat Transfer Around a Canister Placed Horizontally in a Drift.
High Level Radioactive Waste Management 1994, 2
801-808.
ASCE.