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http://dx.doi.org/10.7474/TUS.2012.22.6.429

A Study on the Prediction of HLW Temperature from Natural Ventilation Quantity using CFD  

Roh, Jang-Hoon (INHA University)
Yu, Yeong-Seok (INHA University)
Jang, Seung-Hyun (INHA University)
Park, Seon-Oh (INHA University)
Kim, Jin (INHA University)
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Tunnel and Underground Space / v.22, no.6, 2012 , pp. 429-437 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study predicted temperature in the disposal tunnels using computational fluid dynamics based on natural ventilation quantity that comes from high altitude and temperature differences that are the characteristics of high level waste repository. The result of the previous study that evaluated quantitatively natural ventilation quantity using a hydrostatic method and CFD shows that significant natural ventilation quantity is generated. From the result, this study performed the prediction of temperature in disposal tunnels by natural ventilation quantity by the caloric values of the wastes, at both deep geological repository and surface repository. The result of analysis shows that deep geological repository is effective for thermal control in the disposal tunnels due to heat transfer to rock and the generation of sufficient natural ventilation quantity, while surface repository was detrimental to thermal control, because surface repository was strongly affected by external temperature, and could not generate sufficient natural ventilation quantity. Moreover, this study found that in the case of deep geological repository with a depth of 200 m, the heatof about $10^{\circ}C$ was transferred to the depth of 500 m. Thus, it is considered that if the high level waste repository scheduled to be built in the country is designed placing an emphasis on thermal control, deep geological repository rather than surface repository is more appropriate.
Keywords
High level waste repository; Deep geological repository; Surface repository; CFD; Natural Ventilation Quantity;
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