Underground cold storage caverns

We estimated from the maintenance results that the thermal loss in Gonjiam underground cold storage cavern is mostly induced from the groundwater flow and latent heat of freezing due to the poor quality of rock mass of surrounding storage cavern. 

Park Y., Synn, J.H., Park, C. Kim, H.Y. 1997. Analysis of thermo-mechanical behaviour of underground cold storage cavern. Environmental and Safety Concerns in Underground Construction 1st Asian Rock mechanics Symp., Seoul pp 731-736. 

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