期刊
ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES
卷 52, 期 -, 页码 93-106出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.09.005
关键词
Reactive-transport modeling; Streamlines; Stochastic hydrology; Groundwater; Subsurface heterogeneity; CO2 sequestration
资金
- US Environmental Protection Agency's Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program
- US Environmental Protection Agency's STAR program [RD-83438701-0]
A Lagrangian streamline approach that stochastically represents uncertainty in spatial hydraulic conductivity distribution is coupled to kinetic reactive transport in a heterogeneous 3-D domain. This methodology is designed to efficiently account for uncertainties inherent in subsurface reactive transport while maintaining hydro-geochemical processes. A hypothetical CO2 leak from a geological carbon storage site into an overlying aquifer is used to simulate reactive transport where contamination may occur. Uncertainty in subsurface hydraulic conductivity is accounted for using correlated, Gaussian random fields in a Monte Carlo approach. In this approach 100 realizations of each ensemble were simulated with variances of the natural log of hydraulic conductivity (sigma(2)(lnK)) of 1, 3.61, and 16. Peak ensemble lead concentrations were found at sigma(2)(lnK) of 3.61, the middle of the variances simulated. sigma(2)(lnK) within an aquifer was found to influence chemical residence time, which in turn determined the equilibrium state of the plume along the flow path and at the pumping well thus driving geochemical conditions. However, macrodispersion due to heterogeneous flow paths caused lower contaminant concentrations at the pumping well due to dilution with uncontaminated water. Furthermore, a strong link between sigma(2)(lnK) and the probability of well-capture was found, suggesting that proper characterization of the sigma(2)(lnK) within an aquifer will help to quantify the impact of uncertainty on risks of groundwater contamination. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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