Laboratory experiments on bentonite pellet saturation

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21110%2F17%3A00330869" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21110/17:00330869 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/46356088:_____/17:N0000033

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP443.22" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP443.22</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP443.22" target="_blank" >10.1144/SP443.22</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Laboratory experiments on bentonite pellet saturation

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Czech `Experimental Pressure and Sealing Plug’ (EPSP) experiment has the following objectives: to develop, monitor and verify the functionality of an in situ experimental plug, and to determine and describe in detail the materials to be used with respect to experimental plug construction. The functionality of the experimental plug will be verified by means of conducting pressure tests after the construction phase of EPSP. The internal bentonite section of the EPSP will be constructed from bentonite pellets with a dry density of 1850 kg/m3; the pellets will disintegrate following saturation and swelling to form a homogeneous material with a dry density of around 1400 kg/m3. This process leads to the question of the pore space of the bentonite material: that is, whether it will be possible to employ a numerical model for homogeneous compacted bentonite powder porosity instead of that of the double pore/void space of the bentonite pellets used in the experiment. For this reason, a laboratory physical model (PHM – physical hydraulic model) was incorporated into the DOPAS project for the purpose of describing the saturation and disintegration of the bentonite pellets. The aim of this paper is to describe the results of the space distribution of relative humidity in a sample consisting of bentonite pellets with a view to subsequent numerical modelling and to extend the current knowledge concerning the behaviour of the bentonite pellets used in the EPSP experiment. The results show that following water saturation and the swelling of the bentonite the pellets form a homogeneous mass in the same way as does the compacted bentonite powder. After a period of 160 days, the pellets attained 100% relative humidity at a distance of 12.5 cm and swelling pressure recorded at the end of the model was seen to slowly increase over this time period.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Laboratory experiments on bentonite pellet saturation

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Czech `Experimental Pressure and Sealing Plug’ (EPSP) experiment has the following objectives: to develop, monitor and verify the functionality of an in situ experimental plug, and to determine and describe in detail the materials to be used with respect to experimental plug construction. The functionality of the experimental plug will be verified by means of conducting pressure tests after the construction phase of EPSP. The internal bentonite section of the EPSP will be constructed from bentonite pellets with a dry density of 1850 kg/m3; the pellets will disintegrate following saturation and swelling to form a homogeneous material with a dry density of around 1400 kg/m3. This process leads to the question of the pore space of the bentonite material: that is, whether it will be possible to employ a numerical model for homogeneous compacted bentonite powder porosity instead of that of the double pore/void space of the bentonite pellets used in the experiment. For this reason, a laboratory physical model (PHM – physical hydraulic model) was incorporated into the DOPAS project for the purpose of describing the saturation and disintegration of the bentonite pellets. The aim of this paper is to describe the results of the space distribution of relative humidity in a sample consisting of bentonite pellets with a view to subsequent numerical modelling and to extend the current knowledge concerning the behaviour of the bentonite pellets used in the EPSP experiment. The results show that following water saturation and the swelling of the bentonite the pellets form a homogeneous mass in the same way as does the compacted bentonite powder. After a period of 160 days, the pellets attained 100% relative humidity at a distance of 12.5 cm and swelling pressure recorded at the end of the model was seen to slowly increase over this time period.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

20101 - Civil engineering

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/7G13002" target="_blank" >7G13002: Full Scale Demonstration of Plugs and Seals</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Radioactive Waste Confinement: Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers

ISBN

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ISSN

0305-8719

e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

73-83

Název nakladatele

Geological Society of London

Místo vydání

London

Místo konání akce

Brussels

Datum konání akce

23. 3. 2015

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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