A thermistor probe method is developed for measuring the thermal conductivity of buffer materials used in the repository of high level radioactive wastes. The two-dimensional heat conduction model including a thermistor probe is developed and calculated with a numerical method. Thermal conductivity is determined so as to minimize the differences between the numerical and measured temperature histories. The thermistor is calibrated using an aqueous solution of 0.5 wt % gelatin as a standard material. For the confirmation of the validity of the model, the thermal conductivity of glycerol and mercury is measured and compared with their reference values. The measured thermal conductivity of bentonite shows a good agreement with the recently reported values.
Aqueous solutions containing 2-aminoethanol or cyclohexylamine show excellent ability for the absorption of carbon dioxide of the typical global warming gas. The solutions can be recovered after boiling the solutions and further condensing the vapor except carbon dioxide in the process. ln the design and operation of the recovery process, the vapor-liquid equilibria are required for the solutions concerned. ln the present study, vapor-liquid equilibrium relations of the aqueous solutions containing 2-aminoethanol or cyclohexylamine are measured at atmospheric pressure.