GEOTHER/VT4: A two-phase groundwater fluid flow and heat transport code for high-level radioactive waste applications
Bian, S.H.; Budden, M.J.; Bartley, C.L.; Yung, S.C.
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)1988
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)1988
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[en] The GEOTHER/VT4 code has been developed at Pacific Northwest Laboratory for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project (BWIP). This code is a modified version of the GEOTHER code developed by the US Geological Survey and later modified by Battelle's Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation (ONWI) for nuclear waste repository simulation. The two-equation model of the original GEOTHER was modified by adding a conduction equation to the model. Other changes were made to the code to make it suitable for simulation of waste repositories. This report gives the detailed derivation of the three-equation model, the numerical solution method, code verification, and input description. Input listings for the benchmark cases used to verify the code are presented. The twelve new subroutines added to the code are also described. These descriptions are followed by a sample output, a discussion of graphics programs for the code, program redimensioning, and bit packing. The current version is suitable only for an environment where noncondensable gases are absent. An improved version is under development to account for the noncondensable gases. 13 refs., 8 figs., 8 tabs
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Mar 1988; 175 p; Available from NTIS, PC A08/MF A01; 1 as DE88008436
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