<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Acoustic monitoring of a thermo-mechanical test simulating withdrawal in a gas storage salt cavern"^^ . "Natural gas storage in salt caverns requires fast injection / withdrawal cycles due to the increasing dynamics of the energy market. High rates induce rapid changes in the internal pressure of the stored gas causing important temperature changes susceptible to damage the rock salt mass. To experimentally observe this, the Starfish project aimed to characterize the damage caused by purely thermal stresses at the surface of a large bloc of rock in the salt mine of Varangéville (France). The objective was to determine the type of failure mechanism involved with repeated cooling stages. Since the salt is favourable to the generation of Acoustic Emissions (AE) and the propagation of stress waves, acoustic monitoring was chosen as one of the methods to follow the impact of the salt cooling. In addition to thermal and mechanical sensors, an acoustic monitoring device consisting of 16 ultrasonic sensors was installed on the free surface and in boreholes. It enabled to record and locate a large number of AE (58,426) located with good accuracy (2.5 cm). Those AE can be correlated to the evolution of salt fracturing. Acoustic activity is very intense at the start of each cooling cycle, then decreases with time to reach a very low level (background) after about 15 days. The average localisation depth reached by the AE is about 90 cm during the first cooling period. For subsequent cooling cycles, this depth is limited to 74 cm. These results show that the first cooling period is decisive, as it contains the strongest and deepest acoustic emissions."^^ . "2018" . . "111" . . "Elsevier Science"^^ . . . "International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences"^^ . . . "13651609" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Pascal"^^ . "Bigarre"^^ . "Pascal Bigarre"^^ . . "Nicolas"^^ . "Thelier"^^ . "Nicolas Thelier"^^ . . "Cyrille"^^ . "Balland"^^ . "Cyrille Balland"^^ . . "Emmanuel"^^ . "Hertz"^^ . "Emmanuel Hertz"^^ . . "Yvan"^^ . "Charnavel"^^ . "Yvan Charnavel"^^ . . "Anne"^^ . "Raingeard"^^ . "Anne Raingeard"^^ . . "Bruno"^^ . "Tessier"^^ . "Bruno Tessier"^^ . . "Grégoire"^^ . "Hévin"^^ . "Grégoire Hévin"^^ . . "Joël"^^ . "Billiotte"^^ . "Joël Billiotte"^^ . . "Faouzi"^^ . "Hadj-Hassen"^^ . "Faouzi Hadj-Hassen"^^ . . "Daniel"^^ . "Tribout"^^ . "Daniel Tribout"^^ . . "Ineris, France"^^ . . . "Mines Paritech, France"^^ . . . "Mines Paritech, France"^^ . . . "Ineris, France"^^ . . . "Salins du Midi, France"^^ . . . "Storengy, France"^^ . . . "Salins du Midi, France"^^ . . . "Salins du Midi, France"^^ . . . "Mines Paritech, France"^^ . . . "Storengy, France"^^ . . . "Ineris, France"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #2138 \n\nAcoustic monitoring of a thermo-mechanical test simulating withdrawal in a gas storage salt cavern\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Other-additional study" . . . "France" . . . "Underground storage of fluids" . .