Experimental study and modeling of uranium (VI) transport through ferrous olivine rock columns

2000 ◽  
Vol 88 (9-11) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Rovira ◽  
F.Z. El Aamrani ◽  
L. Duro ◽  
Ignasi Casas ◽  
Joan de Pablo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Reactive Transport ◽  
Calculated Data ◽  
Buffering Capacity ◽  
Retardation Factor ◽  
Reactive Transport Modeling ◽  
Redox Active ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Free Media ◽  
Waste Repositories

The Lovasjärvi intrusion (SE-Finland) contents a high percentage of ferrous olivine (> 65%). This material has been suggested as a redox-active backfill-additive in deep nuclear waste repositories, due to the large Fe(II) proportion in its mineral composition. In order to understand the processes involved in the redox buffering capacity of this material the transport of uranium (VI) through olivine columns was studied. The results showed considerable retardation factor for the U(VI), particularly in carbonate-free media. The experimental data were simulated by means of reactive transport modeling. The best agreement between the experimental and calculated data was obtained considering that the interaction of U(VI) with the olivine surface occurred at two different types of sorption sites. One type accounts for the sorption capacity of the olivine mineral, and a second type accounts for the sorption on amorphous Fe(OH)

Changes of Selected Structural and Mechanical Properties of the Strzelin Granites As Induced By Thermal Loads / Wpływ Obciążeń Termicznych Na Zmiany Niektórych Strukturalnych I Mechanicznych Właściwości Granitów Strzelińskich

2012 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 951-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Nowakowski ◽  
Mariusz Młynarczuk
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Total Porosity ◽  
Fracture Network ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Temperature Changes ◽  
Heating And Cooling ◽  
Waste Repositories

Abstract Temperature is one of the basic factors influencing physical and structural properties of rocks. A quantitative and qualitative description of this influence becomes essential in underground construction and, in particular, in the construction of various underground storage facilities, including nuclear waste repositories. The present paper discusses the effects of temperature changes on selected mechanical and structural parameters of the Strzelin granites. Its authors focused on analyzing the changes of granite properties that accompany rapid temperature changes, for temperatures lower than 573ºC, which is the value at which the β - α phase transition in quartz occurs. Some of the criteria for selecting the temperature range were the results of measurements carried out at nuclear waste repositories. It was demonstrated that, as a result of the adopted procedure of heating and cooling of samples, the examined rock starts to reveal measurable structural changes, which, in turn, induces vital changes of its selected mechanical properties. In particular, it was shown that one of the quantities describing the structure of the rock - namely, the fracture network - grew significantly. As a consequence, vital changes could be observed in the following physical quantities characterizing the rock: primary wave velocity (vp), permeability coefficient (k), total porosity (n) and fracture porosity (η), limit of compressive strength (Rσ1) and the accompanying deformation (Rε1), Young’s modulus (E), and Poisson’s ratio (ν).

scholarly journals Coupling Flow, Heat, and Reactive Transport Modeling to Reproduce In Situ Redox Potential Evolution: Application to an Infiltration Pond

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (19) ◽  
pp. 12092-12101
Author(s):  
Paula Rodríguez-Escales ◽  
Carme Barba ◽  
Xavier Sanchez-Vila ◽  
Diederik Jacques ◽  
Albert Folch
Keyword(s):  
Redox Potential ◽  
Reactive Transport ◽  
Transport Modeling ◽  
Reactive Transport Modeling ◽  
Flow Heat

Reactive transport modeling of subsurface arsenic removal systems in rural Bangladesh

2015 ◽  
Vol 537 ◽  
pp. 277-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M. Rahman ◽  
M. Bakker ◽  
C.H.L. Patty ◽  
Z. Hassan ◽  
W.F.M. Röling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Transport ◽  
Arsenic Removal ◽  
Transport Modeling ◽  
Reactive Transport Modeling ◽  
Rural Bangladesh

scholarly journals PROOST: object-oriented approach to multiphase reactive transport modeling in porous media

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 310-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Gamazo ◽  
L. J. Slooten ◽  
J. Carrera ◽  
M. W. Saaltink ◽  
S. Bea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Transport ◽  
Chemical Species ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Object Oriented Programming ◽  
Transport Modeling ◽  
Reactive Transport Modeling ◽  
Hydrodynamic Processes ◽  
Object Oriented Approach ◽  
Transport Problems ◽  
Oriented Approach

Reactive transport modeling involves solving several nonlinear coupled phenomena, among them, the flow of fluid phases, the transport of chemical species and energy, and chemical reactions. There are different ways to consider this coupling that might be more or less suitable depending on the nature of the problem to be solved. In this paper we acknowledge the importance of flexibility on reactive transport codes and how object-oriented programming can facilitate this feature. We present PROOST, an object-oriented code that allows solving reactive transport problems considering different coupling approaches. The code main classes and their interactions are presented. PROOST performance is illustrated by the resolution of a multiphase reactive transport problem where geochemistry affects hydrodynamic processes.

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