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Validation of a Geothermal Simulator

Author(s) -

G. Michael Shook,

D.D. Faulder

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/893431

Subject(s) - tetrad , geothermal gradient , set (abstract data type) , flow (mathematics) , computer science , simulation , mathematics , mathematical optimization , geology , geometry , programming language , geophysics , mathematical physics

A geothermal simulator, TETRAD, is validated against the Stanford Geothermal Problem Set. The governing equations, formulation, and solution technique employed by TETRAD are first outlined. Each problem in the Stanford Problem Set is then discussed in detail, and results from the simulations are presented. The results obtained using TETRAD are compared against several other geothermal simulators. Favorable comparison between results indicates that TETRAD is capable of solving the highly non-linear equations describing the flow of mass and energy in porous media. This validation exercise allows for the use of TETRAD in studying geothermal problems with a high degree of confidence

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