Numerical Modeling and Analytical Validation for the Movement of Thermal Front in a Heterogeneous Aq
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@Article{IJNAMB-4-413,
author = {SAYANTAN GANGULY, N. SEETHA AND M. S. MOHAN KUMAR},
title = {Numerical Modeling and Analytical Validation for the Movement of Thermal Front in a Heterogeneous Aq},
journal = {International Journal of Numerical Analysis Modeling Series B},
year = {2013},
volume = {4},
number = {4},
pages = {413--424},
abstract = {The aquifer thermal energy storage system (ATES) owing to growing demands for sustainable energy has become a popular technology in last few decades for long term storing of
excess thermal energy. The efficiency of such a system depends entirely on the capacity of the
aquifer to retain heat and hence modeling the heat transfer and transient temperature distribution
in the aquifer due to hot water injection is essential. The present study is concerned about
presenting a two-dimensional numerical model for such an ATES system with block heterogeneities
where hot water is injected through an injection well into the heterogeneous porous aquifer with
lesser initial temperature. The transient temperature distribution in the porous aquifer or the
advancement of the hot water thermal front generated due to hot water injection into the porous
aquifer is modeled here using the multiphysics numerical code COMSOL. First the model is
developed for the general case including the convective and the conductive heat transport. Since
modeling of such complex systems are associated with numerical errors which may lead to possible
errors in estimation of temperature distribution in the aquifer, the results derived numerically
afterwards are compared and validated with an analytical model derived by the authors.},
issn = {},
doi = {https://doi.org/},
url = {http://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnamb/266.html}
}
TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical Modeling and Analytical Validation for the Movement of Thermal Front in a Heterogeneous Aq
AU - SAYANTAN GANGULY, N. SEETHA AND M. S. MOHAN KUMAR
JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis Modeling Series B
VL - 4
SP - 413
EP - 424
PY - 2013
DA - 2013/04
SN - 4
DO - http://doi.org/
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnamb/266.html
KW - ATES
KW - Heat transport
KW - Hot water injection
KW - Thermal front
KW - Heterogeneous porous media and Numerical and analytical modeling
AB - The aquifer thermal energy storage system (ATES) owing to growing demands for sustainable energy has become a popular technology in last few decades for long term storing of
excess thermal energy. The efficiency of such a system depends entirely on the capacity of the
aquifer to retain heat and hence modeling the heat transfer and transient temperature distribution
in the aquifer due to hot water injection is essential. The present study is concerned about
presenting a two-dimensional numerical model for such an ATES system with block heterogeneities
where hot water is injected through an injection well into the heterogeneous porous aquifer with
lesser initial temperature. The transient temperature distribution in the porous aquifer or the
advancement of the hot water thermal front generated due to hot water injection into the porous
aquifer is modeled here using the multiphysics numerical code COMSOL. First the model is
developed for the general case including the convective and the conductive heat transport. Since
modeling of such complex systems are associated with numerical errors which may lead to possible
errors in estimation of temperature distribution in the aquifer, the results derived numerically
afterwards are compared and validated with an analytical model derived by the authors.
SAYANTAN GANGULY, N. SEETHA AND M. S. MOHAN KUMAR. (2013). Numerical Modeling and Analytical Validation for the Movement of Thermal Front in a Heterogeneous Aq.
International Journal of Numerical Analysis Modeling Series B. 4 (4).
413-424.
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