In Situ Determination of Thermal Resistivity of Soil: Case Study of Olorunsogo Power Plant, Southwestern Nigeria

Table 6

Comparison of calculated and measured thermal resistivity.

Sample point (SP)	Dry density (g/cc)	OMC (%)	Measured thermal resistivity	Calculated thermal resistivity	% difference
1	1.85	15.0	50.10	63.99	21.71
2	1.92	16.2	56.20	56.21	0.018
3	1.80	13.0	69.84	73.33	4.76
4	1.84	15.4	34.07	52.61	35.24
5	1.73	14.0	66.54	81.22	18.07
6	1.93	14.0	67.99	75.81	10.32
7	1.88	13.0	51.15	67.44	24.15
8	1.81	13.0	51.18	64.43	20.56
9	1.89	15.0	42.21	48.43	12.84
10	1.91	13.0	71.88	72.13	0.35