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Title: The Multi-Scale Model Approach to Thermohydrology at Yucca Mountain

Abstract

The Multi-Scale Thermo-Hydrologic (MSTH) process model is a modeling abstraction of them1 hydrology (TH) of the potential Yucca Mountain repository at multiple spatial scales. The MSTH model as described herein was used for the Supplemental Science and Performance Analyses (BSC, 2001) and is documented in detail in CRWMS M&O (2000) and Glascoe et al. (2002). The model has been validated to a nested grid model in Buscheck et al. (In Review). The MSTH approach is necessary for modeling thermal hydrology at Yucca Mountain for two reasons: (1) varying levels of detail are necessary at different spatial scales to capture important TH processes and (2) a fully-coupled TH model of the repository which includes the necessary spatial detail is computationally prohibitive. The MSTH model consists of six ''submodels'' which are combined in a manner to reduce the complexity of modeling where appropriate. The coupling of these models allows for appropriate consideration of mountain-scale thermal hydrology along with the thermal hydrology of drift-scale discrete waste packages of varying heat load. Two stages are involved in the MSTH approach, first, the execution of submodels, and second, the assembly of submodels using the Multi-scale Thermohydrology Abstraction Code (MSTHAC). MSTHAC assembles the submodels in amore » five-step process culminating in the TH model output of discrete waste packages including a mountain-scale influence.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
15004198
Report Number(s):
UCRL-ID-149212
TRN: US1005134
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58; HYDROLOGY; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; WASTES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN

Citation Formats

Glascoe, L, Buscheck, T A, Gansemer, J, and Sun, Y. The Multi-Scale Model Approach to Thermohydrology at Yucca Mountain. United States: N. p., 2002. Web. doi:10.2172/15004198.
Glascoe, L, Buscheck, T A, Gansemer, J, & Sun, Y. The Multi-Scale Model Approach to Thermohydrology at Yucca Mountain. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15004198
Glascoe, L, Buscheck, T A, Gansemer, J, and Sun, Y. 2002. "The Multi-Scale Model Approach to Thermohydrology at Yucca Mountain". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15004198. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15004198.
@article{osti_15004198,
title = {The Multi-Scale Model Approach to Thermohydrology at Yucca Mountain},
author = {Glascoe, L and Buscheck, T A and Gansemer, J and Sun, Y},
abstractNote = {The Multi-Scale Thermo-Hydrologic (MSTH) process model is a modeling abstraction of them1 hydrology (TH) of the potential Yucca Mountain repository at multiple spatial scales. The MSTH model as described herein was used for the Supplemental Science and Performance Analyses (BSC, 2001) and is documented in detail in CRWMS M&O (2000) and Glascoe et al. (2002). The model has been validated to a nested grid model in Buscheck et al. (In Review). The MSTH approach is necessary for modeling thermal hydrology at Yucca Mountain for two reasons: (1) varying levels of detail are necessary at different spatial scales to capture important TH processes and (2) a fully-coupled TH model of the repository which includes the necessary spatial detail is computationally prohibitive. The MSTH model consists of six ''submodels'' which are combined in a manner to reduce the complexity of modeling where appropriate. The coupling of these models allows for appropriate consideration of mountain-scale thermal hydrology along with the thermal hydrology of drift-scale discrete waste packages of varying heat load. Two stages are involved in the MSTH approach, first, the execution of submodels, and second, the assembly of submodels using the Multi-scale Thermohydrology Abstraction Code (MSTHAC). MSTHAC assembles the submodels in a five-step process culminating in the TH model output of discrete waste packages including a mountain-scale influence.},
doi = {10.2172/15004198},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15004198}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EST 2002}
}