| PORFLOW |
| PORFLOW is a comprehensive
computer program for simulation of transient or steady state flow, heat,
salinity and mass transport in multi-phase, variably saturated, porous or
fractured media with dynamic phase change. The geometry may be 2D or 3D,
Cartesian or cylindrical, the porous/fractured media may be anisotropic
and heterogeneous, arbitrary sources of sinks (injection or pumping wells)
may be present and, chemical reactions or radioactive decay may take
place. It accommodates alternate fluid and media property relations and
boundary conditions. |
Multiphase fluid flow, heat and mass
transport in fractured porous media |
Example of injection of fresh water in a cold aquifer
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| Example of a study of leakage from a gaz
pipe |
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Presentation of the geometry  |
| The software allows to obtain speed, temperature and
pression fields, chemical and radioactiv concentrations at each time step
on the whole study's area. |
Example of flow of fresh water aquifer into the sea |
Example of an infiltration
in heterogenous soil
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| PORFLOW
is a highly modular program which has been
applied to a wide range of practical problems in petrochemical,
hydrological, geological, nuclear and chemical industry applications.
Typical petrochemical industry application include ground water pollution
and resource management, disposal and management of hazardous wastes,
environmental impact of hot or cold pipes buried in geologic media,
thawing/freezing of permafrost in terrestrial or marine environment, flow
in porous beds, formation of geologic basins, and a range of reservoir
engineering problems. |
A demonstration is
available.
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EXAMPLES AVAILABLE :
 3D study of leakage from a gas pipe
Flow of fresh water aquifer into the sea
Flow in a fracture system
Injection of hot water in a cold aquifer
2-D Infiltration in Heterogeneous soil
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 New version 3.xx of PORFLOW includes :
 Non orthogonal geometry
Colocated velocities
Enhanced output options
Enhanced user functions
Unlimited number of transport equations
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PORFLOW is used by ANDRA
(Agence Nationale pour la gestion des Déchets RAdioactifs). |
