Modeling thermal-hydrologic processes for a heated fractured rock system: Impact of a capillary-pressure maximum

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 501-523

  Sun, Y ^a   Buscheck, T A ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Hao, Y ^a   James, S C ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure; Repository; Thermal hydrology; Transition saturation; Van Genuchten

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CAPILLARY PRESSURES; CAPILLARY PROPERTIES; DRY-OUT; DUAL-PERMEABILITY; EMPLACEMENT DRIFTS; FRACTURED ROCK; HEAT-DRIVEN; HEATED CONDITIONS; HIGH-LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY; HOST ROCKS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC MODELS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; IN-SITU; MODEL RESULTS; NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES; PRESSURE FUNCTIONS; RESIDUAL SATURATION; ROCK MATRIX; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEST DATA; THERMAL TESTS; TWO-COMPONENT; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES; HYDROLOGY; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WATER;

ROCKS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; EMPLACEMENT; HOST ROCK; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; PERMEABILITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REPOSITORY; SATURATION; TEMPERATURE;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 77953845628     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-009-9459-1     Document Type: Article

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