Simulation of propagating fronts in geothermal reservoirs with the implicit Leonard total variation diminishing scheme

Geothermics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-25

  Oldenburg, Curtis M ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Front propagation; Higher order schemes; Leonard scheme; Numerical dispersion; Reservoir simulation; Total variation diminishing (TVD)

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR;

FLUID FLOW; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

LEONARD TOTAL VARIATION DIMINISHING (LTVD) SCHEME; PHASE FRONT PROPAGATION;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 0033622905     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(99)00048-6     Document Type: Article

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