GEG Group
CPG
TANGO
ETH Zurich
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Computer Simulations

Computer Simulations

Numerical Modeling

Simulations at the pore, lab, and field scales constitute part of our research work. Typically, they involve subsurface multiphase fluid flow, heat transfer, reactive transport, and geomechanics, with applications in such fields as geothermal energy, subsurface carbon dioxide storage, groundwater, oil/gas.

We use various well-known simulators, including TOUGH2, TOUGHREACT, PetraSim, PFLOTRAN, DuMux, and GEOS. For computationally intensive simulations, we have access to ETH's Euler and the University of Minnesota's high-performance computing systems.

Projects

Modeling tracer transport through rough fractures using MOOSE

SaintBernard on GitHub: https://github.com/SaintBernardLab/SaintBernard

Embedded Fractures – Utopia

Utopia on Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/utopiadev/utopia

Reaktoro

The group is working on the development of new codes. Reaktoro, our in-house geochemistry model developed by Dr. Allan Leal, provides methods for chemical equilibrium and kinetic calculations for multiphase systems.