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http://dx.doi.org/10.7733/jkrws.2013.11.1.11

Increasing of Thermal Conductivity from Mixing of Additive on a Domestic Compacted Bentonite Buffer  

Lee, Jong-Pyo (Kyunghee University)
Choi, Heui-Joo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Choi, Jong-Won (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lee, Minsoo (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Journal of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology(JNFCWT) / v.11, no.1, 2013 , pp. 11-21 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Geyoungju Ca-bentonite with dry density of 1.6 g/$cm^3$ has been considered as a standard buffer material for the disposal of high level waste in KAERI disposal system design. But it had relatively lower thermal conductivity compared with other surrounding materials, that was one of key parameters to limit the increase of the disposal density in the disposal system. In this study, various additives were selected and mixed with the Ca-bentonite in different mixing methods in order to increase the thermal conductivity from 0.8 W/mK to 1.0 W/mK. As an additive, CNT (Cabon Nano Tube), graphite, alumina, CuO, and $Fe_2O_3$ were selected, which are chemically stable and have good thermal conductivity. As mixing methods, dry hand-mixer mixing, wet milling and dry ball mill mixing were applied for the mixing. Above all, the ball mill mixing was proved to be most effective since the produced mixture was most homogeneous and showed higher increase in the thermal conductivity. From this study, it was confirmed that the thermal conductivity for the Geyoungju Ca-bentonite could be improved by adding small amount of highly thermal conductive material to 1.0 W/mk. In conclusion, it was believed that the experimental results will be valuable in the disposal system design if the additive effects on the swelling and permeability on the compact bentonite are also approved in further studies.
Keywords
HLW; Thermal conductivity; Dry density; Water contents; Additive; Mixture;
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