The authors present a closer look on the Single-Well Injection-Withdrawal Experiment (SWIW) or Push-Pull Experiments and its ability to determine the groundwater velocity, as one of the major parameters concerning reservoir management and... COMSOL Conference 2011, Stuttgart F. Maier1 , K. Hebig2 , Y. Jin1 , and E. Holzbecher1 1 Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany 2 Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
This paper is a part of a study on energy piles for heating and cooling of buildings. Energy piles are used for two reasons: (1) to transfer structural loads to foundation soils, and (2) to transfer heat from foundation soils to the... COMSOL Conference 2011, Boston E. Evgin, J. Infante Sedano, and Z. Fu University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON Canada
Structural, morphological and ground deformation studies suggest that the eastern flank of Mt. Etna (eastern Sicily) is spreading seaward. Three contrasting models have been proposed: deep-seated spreading, shallow sliding and tectonic... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan F. Pulvirenti1 2 , M. Aloisi1 , G. De Guidi2 , M. Mattia1 , and C. Monaco2 1 Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy 2 Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
One of the crucial topics in this century is sustainable energy. In this respect, the exploitation of geothermal energy from deep hot aquifers becomes opportune. Hence, insight is required in the heat balance of potential aquifer systems.... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan S. Saeid1 and F.B.J. Barends2 1 Technical University of Delft, Delft, The Netherlands 2 Deltares and TU-Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
The problem is to understand how a geothermal field can evolve from a water dominated state into a vapor dominated one. A first answer to this question is given by a simplified mathematical model of the dynamics of a geothermal field in... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan L. Meacci1 , A. Farina1 , F. Rosso1 , I. Borsi1 , M. Ceseri1 , and A. Speranza1 1 Dipartimento di Matematica U. Dini, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Firenze, Italy
This paper reports on the application of COMSOL Multiphysics’ Richard\'s Equation Interface in the assessment of irrigation moisture sensors for detecting the level of water saturation in a spatial variably saturated soil. The... COMSOL Conference 2011, Boston A. Boluwade, and C. A. Madramootoo Bioresources Engineering, McGill University Ste. Anne De Bellevue, QC Canada
A benchmark study was carried out by the Swiss Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI) in collaboration with the Laboratory for Waste Management (LES) of the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in order to evaluate the capabilities of the program... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan M.L. Sentís1 , F. Altorfer1 , M. Herfort1 , A. Jakob2 , G. Kosakowski2 , and S. Friedel3 1 Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, Villigen, Switzerland 2 Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland 3 COMSOL Multiphysics GmbH, Zürich, Switzerland
Petroleum reservoir simulation is a process of modeling the complex physical phenomena inside a reservoir. This study presents an application of an analytical based numerical scheme so called the Boundary Element Method (DRBEM). It is... COMSOL Conference 2011, Boston M. Liu, and G. Zhao University of Regina Regina, SK Canada
Partial melting occurs beneath mid-ocean ridges in Earth's mantle and the resulting liquid migrates to the surface to form a new oceanic crust. In this system, mass can be exchanged between the liquid and solid phases through melting and... COMSOL Conference 2007, Boston S. L. Butler Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, SK, Canada
Rick has a BS in Physics, a ScM in Geological Sciences, and a PhD in Physics. He worked at Air Force Geophysics Laboratory, Conoco Petroleum Exploration Research, and, since 1989, has been at the DuPont Experimental Station. In this... COMSOL Conference 2011, Boston R. Nopper Dupont Engineering Research & Technology Wilmington, DE
The method to derive upscaled expressions for the dispersion coefficients for reactive flow in a porous medium uses a periodic unit cell (PUC), which consists for instance of a spherical grain in a cube, but nothing prohibits defining... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan A. Rijnks1 , M. Darwish2 , and H. Bruining3 1 StatoilHydro ASA, Bergen, Norway 2 Shell Exploration & Production International Centre, Rijswijk, The Netherlands 3 Section of Geoengineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, TU Delft, Delft, The Netherlands
The Delmarva Peninsula is located on the East Coast of the United States, between the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Industrial farming in the Delmarva Peninsula leads to levels of nutrients nitrogen, which grossly exceed natural... COMSOL Conference 2011, Boston M. Gobbert, M. Whitmore, B. Peercy, M. Baker, and D. Trott University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD
Semi-aerobic landfill has interesting structure that passively provides the atmospheric oxygen into landfilled waste due to the heat convection generated by the decomposition of landfilled waste. There are limited studies on the... COMSOL Conference 2011, Boston H. Ishimori, K. Endo, T. Ishigaki, H. Sakanakura, and M. Yamada National Institute for Environmental Studies Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
We present an implementation of the Structural Mechanics module of COMSOL Multiphysics to model the state of stress associated with the emplacement of large volcanic edifices on the surface of a planet. These finite element models capture... COMSOL Conference 2009, Boston G. Galgana1 , P. McGovern2 , and E. Grosfils2 1 Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, Texas, USA 2 Pomona College, Claremont, California, USA
We present a software tool for simulations of subsurface flow and solute transport in combination with comprehensive intra-phase and inter-phase geochemistry. The software uses PHREEQC as a reaction engine to COMSOL Multiphysics®. The... COMSOL Conference 2011, Stuttgart L. Wissmeier1 , and D. A.Barry2 1 GIT HydroS Consult GmbH, Freiburg, Germany 2 EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Direct numerical simulation of single- and two-phase flow in real pore systems is addressed in our paper. The X–ray computed micro-tomography technique has been applied first to reconstruct in details a real pore space of a... COMSOL Conference 2011, Stuttgart I. Bogdanov, J. Kpahou, and A. Kamp Open and Experimental Centre for Heavy Oil (CHLOE) University of Pau Pau, France
To consider effective counter measures against ground water contaminated with dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) such as chlorinated solvents, it is first important to understand the mechanism of their migration in... COMSOL Conference 2009, Boston H. Ishimori1 , and K. Endo1 1 National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
We use GPS measurements and Finite Element analysis to investigate strain accumulation in the interaction between active fronts of the Southern Alps and Dinarides at the northern edge of the Adriatic micro-plate. We develop a three... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan M. Coccia1 , E. Carminati1 , F. Rolandone2 , M. Battaglia1 , D. Zuliani3 , and P. Fabris3 1 Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy 2 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France 3 Centro Ricerche Sismologiche, Udine, Italy
In this work, we show how the modeling of purification of fluids can be simplified using a combination of analytical and numerical methods. A basic cell is defined based on the periodic structure of the module-cross section. The cell... COMSOL Conference 2007, Grenoble G. Breitbach, S. Alexopoulos, and B. Hoffschmidt FH Aachen, Jülich, Germany
The consequences of hydromechanical coupling on the electrical conductivity of saturated and unsaturated soils are investigated experimentally and numerically. Simulations of the consolidation problem under vertical load for an elastic... COMSOL Conference 2009, Milan G. Della Vecchia1 , R. Cosentini1 , S. Foti1 , and G. Musso1 1 DISTR, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
