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Recovering the Effects of Subgrid Heterogeneity in Simulations of Radionuclide Transport Through Fractured Media
Jacobs, Harwell Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom.
AMPHOS 21 Consulting S.L., Barcelona, Spain.
AMPHOS 21 Consulting S.L., Barcelona, Spain.
Jacobs, Harwell Campus, Didcot, United Kingdom.
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2021 (English)In: Frontiers in Earth Science, E-ISSN 2296-6463, Vol. 8Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Groundwater flow and contaminant transport through fractured media can be simulated using Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) models which provide a natural description of structural heterogeneity. However, this approach is computationally expensive, with the large number of intersecting fractures necessitated by many real-world applications requiring modeling simplifications to be made for calculations to be tractable. Upscaling methods commonly used for this purpose can result in some loss of local-scale variability in the groundwater flow velocity field, resulting in underestimation of particle travel times, transport resistance and retention in transport calculations. In this paper, a transport downscaling algorithm to recover the transport effects of heterogeneity is tested on a synthetic Brittle Fault Zone model, motivated by the problem of large safety assessment calculations for geological repositories of spent nuclear fuel. We show that the variability in the local-scale velocity field which is lost by upscaling can be recovered by sampling from a library of DFN transport paths, accurately reproducing DFN transport statistic distributions and radionuclide breakthrough curves in an upscaled model.

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Frontiers Media SA , 2021. Vol. 8
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Oceanography, Hydrology and Water Resources
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Land and Water Resources Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-350265DOI: 10.3389/feart.2020.586247ISI: 000618218400001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85100897294OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-350265DiVA, id: diva2:1883411
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Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, SKB
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