An efficient parallel-computing method for modeling nonisothermal multiphase flow and multicomponent transport in porous and fractured media

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 243-261

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Zhang, Keni ^a   Ding, Chris ^a   Pruess, K ^a   Elmroth, E ^a,b   Bodvarsson, G S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Groundwater modeling; Multiphase flow; Parallel computing; Parallel reservoir simulation; Transport modeling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; MOISTURE; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; POROUS MATERIALS;

MULTICOMPONENT TRANSPORT;

MULTIPHASE FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARALLEL COMPUTING; UNSATURATED FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARALLEL COMPUTING; SITE CHARACTERIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

YUCCA;

EID: 0036503511     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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