scholarly journals Calculation of Post-Closure Natural Convection Heat and Mass Transfer in Yucca Mountain Drifts

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen W. Webb ◽  
Michael T. Itamura
Keyword(s):  
Fluid Dynamics ◽  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Yucca Mountain ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Dispersion Coefficients ◽  
Effective Dispersion ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Closure Conditions

Natural convection heat and mass transfer under post-closure conditions has been calculated for Yucca Mountain drifts using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code FLUENT. Calculations have been performed for 300, 1000, 3000, and 10,000 years after repository closure. Effective dispersion coefficients that can be used to calculate mass transfer in the drift have been evaluated as a function of time and boundary temperature tilt.

Natural Convection Heat and Mass Transfer From a Horizontal Cylinder of Elliptic Cross Section with Constant Wall Temperature and Concentration in Saturated Porous Media

2006 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-Y. Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Mass Transfer ◽  
Natural Convection ◽  
Heat And Mass Transfer ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Wall Temperature ◽  
Horizontal Cylinder ◽  
Elliptic Cross Section ◽  
Convection Heat ◽  
Constant Wall Temperature ◽  
Elliptic Cross

AbstractThis work studies the natural convection heat and mass transfer near a horizontal cylinder of elliptic cross section with constant wall temperature and concentration in a fluid-saturated porous medium. A coordinate transformation is used to obtain the nonsimilar governing boundary layer equations. The transformed governing equations are then solved by the cubic spline collocation method. Results for the local Nusselt and Sherwood numbers are presented as functions of the Lewis number, the buoyancy ratio, and the aspect ratio when the major axis of the elliptical cylinder is vertical (slender orientation) and horizontal (blunt orientation). The heat and mass transfer rates of the elliptical cylinder with slender orientation are higher than those with blunt orientation.

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