Modeling transient heat transfer in nuclear waste repositories

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 108-112

  Yang, Shaw Yang ^a   Yeh, Hund Der ^b  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Geological repository; Heat transfer; High level nuclear waste

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; BACKFILL MATERIAL; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DECAY HEAT; DISPOSAL SITES; EMPLACEMENT TUNNELS; ENGINEERING PROPERTIES; HEAT DISTRIBUTION; HEAT FLOW DISTRIBUTION; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; HOST ROCKS; LAPLACE DOMAINS; MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS; NUCLEAR WASTE; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; REPOSITORY SITES; THERMAL FIELD; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TIME DOMAIN SOLUTION; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER; TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO LAYERS; WASTE CANISTERS;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ROCKS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE HEAT;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEAT TRANSFER; LAPLACE TRANSFORM; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REPOSITORY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SIMULATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ENERGY TRANSFER; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 67649825799     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.068     Document Type: Article

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