Hybrid Numerical Methods for Multiscale Simulations of Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes
Abstract
Many subsurface flow and transport problems of importance today involve coupled non-linear flow, transport, and reaction in media exhibiting complex heterogeneity. In particular, problems involving biological mediation of reactions fall into this class of problems. Recent experimental research has revealed important details about the physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms involved in these processes at a variety of scales ranging from molecular to laboratory scales. However, it has not been practical or possible to translate detailed knowledge at small scales into reliable predictions of field-scale phenomena important for environmental management applications. A large assortment of numerical simulation tools have been developed, each with its own characteristic scale including molecular (e.g., molecular dynamics), microbial (e.g., cellular automata or particle individual-based models), pore (e.g., lattice-Boltzmann, pore network models, and discrete particle methods such as smoothed particle hydrodynamics) and continuum scales (e.g., traditional partial differential equations solved by finite difference or finite element methods). While many problems can be effectively addressed by one of these models at a single scale, some problems may require explicit integration of models across multiple scales. We are developing a hybrid multi-scale subsurface reactive transport modeling framework that integrates models with diverse representations of physics, chemistry and biology atmore »
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 913605
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-55880
24097; 25602; KP1302000; TRN: US200802%%714
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: SciDAC 2007. Published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series , 78:012063 (5 pages)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; 99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT; FLUID FLOW; MINERALS; PRECIPITATION; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; SCALING LAWS; multiscale; hybrid; modeling; groundwater; biogeochemistry; SciDAC; high performance computing; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Citation Formats
Scheibe, Timothy D, Tartakovsky, Alexandre M, Tartakovsky, Daniel M, Redden, George D, and Meakin, Paul. Hybrid Numerical Methods for Multiscale Simulations of Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes. United States: N. p., 2007.
Web. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/78/1/012063.
Scheibe, Timothy D, Tartakovsky, Alexandre M, Tartakovsky, Daniel M, Redden, George D, & Meakin, Paul. Hybrid Numerical Methods for Multiscale Simulations of Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/78/1/012063
Scheibe, Timothy D, Tartakovsky, Alexandre M, Tartakovsky, Daniel M, Redden, George D, and Meakin, Paul. 2007.
"Hybrid Numerical Methods for Multiscale Simulations of Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/78/1/012063. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/913605.
@article{osti_913605,
title = {Hybrid Numerical Methods for Multiscale Simulations of Subsurface Biogeochemical Processes},
author = {Scheibe, Timothy D and Tartakovsky, Alexandre M and Tartakovsky, Daniel M and Redden, George D and Meakin, Paul},
abstractNote = {Many subsurface flow and transport problems of importance today involve coupled non-linear flow, transport, and reaction in media exhibiting complex heterogeneity. In particular, problems involving biological mediation of reactions fall into this class of problems. Recent experimental research has revealed important details about the physical, chemical, and biological mechanisms involved in these processes at a variety of scales ranging from molecular to laboratory scales. However, it has not been practical or possible to translate detailed knowledge at small scales into reliable predictions of field-scale phenomena important for environmental management applications. A large assortment of numerical simulation tools have been developed, each with its own characteristic scale including molecular (e.g., molecular dynamics), microbial (e.g., cellular automata or particle individual-based models), pore (e.g., lattice-Boltzmann, pore network models, and discrete particle methods such as smoothed particle hydrodynamics) and continuum scales (e.g., traditional partial differential equations solved by finite difference or finite element methods). While many problems can be effectively addressed by one of these models at a single scale, some problems may require explicit integration of models across multiple scales. We are developing a hybrid multi-scale subsurface reactive transport modeling framework that integrates models with diverse representations of physics, chemistry and biology at different scales (sub-pore, pore and continuum). The modeling framework is being designed to take advantage of advanced computational technologies including parallel code components using the Common Component Architecture, parallel solvers, gridding, data and workflow management, and visualization. This paper describes the specific methods/codes being used at each scale, techniques used to directly and adaptively couple across model scales, and preliminary results of application to a multi-scale model of mineral precipitation at a solute mixing interface.},
doi = {10.1088/1742-6596/78/1/012063},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/913605},
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number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
}