Real-case benchmark for flow and tracer transport in the fractured rock
Abstract
The paper is intended to define a benchmark problem related to groundwater flow and natural tracer transport using observations of discharge and isotopic tracers in fractured, crystalline rock. Three numerical simulators: Flow123d, OpenGeoSys, and PFLOTRAN are compared. The data utilized in the project were collected in a water-supply tunnel in granite of the Jizera Mountains, Bedrichov, Czech Republic. The problem configuration combines subdomains of different dimensions, 3D continuum for hard-rock blocks or matrix and 2D features for fractures or fault zones, together with realistic boundary conditions for tunnel-controlled drainage. Steady-state and transient flow and a pulse injection tracer transport problem are solved. The results confirm mostly consistent behavior of the codes. Both the codes Flow123d and OpenGeoSys with 3D–2D coupling implemented differ by several percent in most cases, which is appropriate to, e.g., effects of discrete unknown placing in the mesh. Some of the PFLOTRAN results differ more, which can be explained by effects of the dispersion tensor evaluation scheme and of the numerical diffusion. Here, the phenomenon can get stronger with fracture/matrix coupling and with parameter magnitude contrasts. Although the study was not aimed on inverse solution, the models were fit to the measured data approximately, demonstrating the intendedmore »
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- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1325397
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1341399
- Report Number(s):
- SAND2016-12360J
Journal ID: ISSN 1866-6280; 1273; PII: 6061
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Environmental Earth Sciences
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Environmental Earth Sciences Journal Volume: 75 Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 1866-6280
- Publisher:
- Springer Science + Business Media
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES
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Hokr, M., Shao, H., Gardner, W. P., Balvín, A., Kunz, H., Wang, Y., and Vencl, M. Real-case benchmark for flow and tracer transport in the fractured rock. Germany: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1007/s12665-016-6061-z.
Hokr, M., Shao, H., Gardner, W. P., Balvín, A., Kunz, H., Wang, Y., & Vencl, M. Real-case benchmark for flow and tracer transport in the fractured rock. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-6061-z
Hokr, M., Shao, H., Gardner, W. P., Balvín, A., Kunz, H., Wang, Y., and Vencl, M. Mon .
"Real-case benchmark for flow and tracer transport in the fractured rock". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-6061-z.
@article{osti_1325397,
title = {Real-case benchmark for flow and tracer transport in the fractured rock},
author = {Hokr, M. and Shao, H. and Gardner, W. P. and Balvín, A. and Kunz, H. and Wang, Y. and Vencl, M.},
abstractNote = {The paper is intended to define a benchmark problem related to groundwater flow and natural tracer transport using observations of discharge and isotopic tracers in fractured, crystalline rock. Three numerical simulators: Flow123d, OpenGeoSys, and PFLOTRAN are compared. The data utilized in the project were collected in a water-supply tunnel in granite of the Jizera Mountains, Bedrichov, Czech Republic. The problem configuration combines subdomains of different dimensions, 3D continuum for hard-rock blocks or matrix and 2D features for fractures or fault zones, together with realistic boundary conditions for tunnel-controlled drainage. Steady-state and transient flow and a pulse injection tracer transport problem are solved. The results confirm mostly consistent behavior of the codes. Both the codes Flow123d and OpenGeoSys with 3D–2D coupling implemented differ by several percent in most cases, which is appropriate to, e.g., effects of discrete unknown placing in the mesh. Some of the PFLOTRAN results differ more, which can be explained by effects of the dispersion tensor evaluation scheme and of the numerical diffusion. Here, the phenomenon can get stronger with fracture/matrix coupling and with parameter magnitude contrasts. Although the study was not aimed on inverse solution, the models were fit to the measured data approximately, demonstrating the intended real-case relevance of the benchmark.},
doi = {10.1007/s12665-016-6061-z},
journal = {Environmental Earth Sciences},
number = 18,
volume = 75,
place = {Germany},
year = {Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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