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- Title
Heterogeneity and Thermal Modeling of Ground Water.
- Authors
Ferguson, Grant
- Abstract
Heat transport in aquifers is becoming an increasingly important topic due to recent growth in the use of ground water in thermal applications. However, the effect of heterogeneity on heat transport in aquifers has yet to be examined in the same detail as it has been for solute transport, and it is unclear what effect this may have on our ability to create accurate models. This study examines this issue through stochastic modeling using the geostatistics for two aquifers with low and high degrees of heterogeneity. The results indicate that there is considerable uncertainty in the distribution of heat associated with injection of warm water into an aquifer. Heterogeneity in the permeability field was also found to slightly reduce the ability to recover this introduced heat at a later time. These simulations also reveal that hydrodynamic macrodispersion is an important consideration in some heat flow problems.
- Subjects
GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; AQUIFERS; GEOLOGICAL statistics; HYDRODYNAMICS; WATER quality; WATER table; STOCHASTIC models
- Publication
Ground Water, 2007, Vol 45, Issue 4, p485
- ISSN
0017-467X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00323.x