| Publication Date |
1997 |
| Personal Author |
Zyvoloski, G. A.; Robinson, B. A.; Dash, Z. V.; Trease, L. L. |
| Page Count |
155 |
| Abstract |
This document is a manual for the use of the FEHM application, a finite-element heat-and mass-transfer computer code that can simulate nonisothermal multiphase multicomponent flow in porous media. The use of this code is applicable to natural-state studies of geothermal systems and groundwater flow. A primary use of the FEHM application will be to assist in the understanding of flow fields and mass transport in the saturated and unsaturated zones below the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. The equations of heat and mass transfer for multiphase flow in porous and permeable media are solved in the FEHM application by using the finite-element method. The permeability and porosity of the medium are allowed to depend on pressure and temperature. The code also has provisions for movable air and water phases and noncoupled tracers; that is, tracer solutions that do not affect the heat- and mass-transfer solutions. The tracers can be passive or reactive. The code can simulate two-dimensional, two-dimensional radial, or three-dimensional geometries. |
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| Source Agency |
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| Corporate Authors |
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States).; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. |
| Supplemental Notes |
Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. |
| Document Type |
Technical Report |
| NTIS Issue Number |
200105 |
| Contract Number |
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