User's manual for the salt solution mining code, SANSMIC

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5680228

J, Russo A

SANSMIC is a computer code used to predict the development of axisymmetric caverns which are solution mined in salt formations. It was written to aid in the design and operation of Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil-storage caverns. For a prescribed leaching schedule, the code calculates volume and shape changes, including the case of leaching during oil injection (leach-fill) and withdrawal by fresh-water displacement. This manual contains a brief description of the models used in SANSMIC, some comparisons with field data, and detailed instructions for the use of the code as it is currently configured to run on the Sandia CRAY, VAX 11/780, and Cyber 76 computing systems.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5680228
• Report Number(s): SAND-83-1150; ON: DE84001063
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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02 PETROLEUM
024000* -- Petroleum-- Storage-- (-1989)
CAVITIES
COMPUTER CODES
DISSOLUTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
LEACHING
MANUALS
MINING
PETROLEUM
RESERVES
RESOURCES
S CODES
SALT CAVERNS
SALT DEPOSITS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SITE PREPARATION
SOLUTION MINING
STORAGE
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE