H51C:
Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN): Advances in Flow Modeling and Characterization of Fractured Rock I Posters


Session ID#: 8898

Session Description:
The Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) approach is an alternative modeling methodology to equivalent continuum or dual porosity/permeability methods, for modeling flow and transport in fractured rock. The numerical modeling of fluid flow and transport in fractured rock using the DFN conceptualization has a wide range of applications including study of hydrocarbon extraction, aquifer management, geothermal energy extraction, environmental remediation, and disposal of nuclear waste. This session will serve as a stage to discuss topics related to the DFN approach and its applications to fractured porous media. Topics include but are not limited to: computational approaches, single and multiphase regimes, transport modeling, matrix diffusion and retardation, site characterization methods for DFN models, and case histories.
Primary Convener:  Nataliia Makedonska, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Conveners:  Thomas Doe, Golder Associates Inc., Redmond, WA, United States, Rishi Parashar, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, United States and Satish Karra, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Chairs:  Nataliia Makedonska, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States and Satish Karra, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Nataliia Makedonska, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Index Terms:

1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1832 Groundwater transport [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
8010 Fractures and faults [STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Influence of Injection Mode on Transport Properties in Kilometer-Scale Three-Dimensional Discrete Fracture Networks (63346)
Jeffrey Hyman1, Scott L Painter2, Hari Selvi Viswanathan1, Nataliia Makedonska1 and Satish Karra3, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Bernstein copula approach to model direction-length dependency for 2D discrete fracture network simulation (58431)
Francisco Mendoza-Torres, UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico and Martin A. Diaz-Viera, IMP Mexican Institute of Petroleum, Mexico City, Mexico
Improved Discrete Fracture Network Simulations for Flow in Fracture Rock (75687)
Hong Fang, Xiangfeng Chen and Jianting Zhu, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States
Determination of the DFN modeling domain size based on ensemble variability of equivalent permeability (77441)
Sung-Hoon Ji, KAERI Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Disposal Safety Evaluation R&D Division, Daejeon, South Korea and Yong-Kwon Koh, KAERI Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South)
Improved Modeling of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs by Quantitatively Handling Flow Convergence into the Wellbore (79600)
Dustin Crandall1, Matthew Stadelman1, W Neal Sams1 and Grant S Bromhal2, (1)National Energy Technology Laboratory Morgantown, Morgantown, WV, United States, (2)National Energy Technology Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
From Stochastic toward Deterministic Characterization of Discrete Fracture Network via Thermal Tracer Tests (79653)
Mohammadreza Jalali1, Peter Bayer1, Mark Somogyvari2 and Santos Jiménez Parras2, (1)ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, (2)Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Modern Workflows for Fracture Rock Hydrogeology (70767)
Thomas Doe, Golder Associates, Inc., Redmond, WA, United States
Periodic Hydraulic Testing for Discerning Fracture Network Connections (75965)
Matthew Becker, California State University Long Beach, Geological Sciences, Long Beach, CA, United States, Tanguy Le Borgne, University of Rennes 1, Géosciences Rennes UMR 6118, Rennes, France, Olivier Bour, Univ Rennes, CNRS, Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, Rennes, France, Nicolas Guihéneuf, Géosciences Rennes, Rennes, France and Matthew C Cole, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, United States
Effect of Internal Aperture Variability on Tracer Transport in Large Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN) (74983)
Nataliia Makedonska1, Scott L Painter2, Jeffrey Hyman1, Satish Karra3, Carl W Gable4 and Hari Selvi Viswanathan4, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (3)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (4)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Use of Discrete Fracture Network Statistics for Construction of Two-Dimensional Continuous Time Random Walk Model (65545)
Luke Hunter Pickman, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States, Rishi Parashar, Desert Research Institute, Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Reno, United States and Matt Donald Reeves, University of Alaska Anchorage, Hydrogeology, Anchorage, AK, United States
Numerical Simulation Study on the Hydraulic Behavior in Closed Fractures (74361)
Chunyan Zhang1, Longcang Shu2, Zhonghui Wen1, Guangdong Wu1, Xiao Zhang1 and Bill Xiaolong Hu3, (1)Hohai University, State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing, China, (2)Hohai University, Nanjing, China, (3)Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Planning and Analysis of Fractured Rock Injection Tests in the Cerro Brillador Underground Laboratory, Northern Chile (73238)
Jerry Paul Fairley Jr1, Ricardo Oyarzún L.2 and Gabriela Villegas1, (1)University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, United States, (2)Universidad La Serena, Depto. de Ingeniería en Minas, La Serena, Chile
Hydromechanical Normal Deformation Experiments and Coupling to Fracture Surface Geometry (69145)
Johan Thörn and Asa Malin Fransson, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Inclusion-Based Effective Medium Models for the Permeability of a 3D Fractured Rock Mass (64331)
Anozie Ebigbo1, Philipp S. Lang2, Adriana Paluszny2 and Robert W. Zimmerman3, (1)Imperial College London, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, London, United Kingdom, (2)Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (3)Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Nano-iron Tracer Test for Characterizing Preferential Flow Path in Fractured Rock (71266)
Yeeping Chia and Po-Yu Chuang, NTU National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Terrestrial Laser Scanning of Lava Flows to Constrain Fracture Models in Geothermal Reservoirs; a Case Study from the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand (59411)
Cecile Massiot1, David Garcia-Sélles2, Andy Nicol Prof3, David D McNamara1, John Townend4, Garth Archibald1, Paul August Siratovich5 and Marlene Villeneuve5, (1)GNS Science-Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Ltd, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, (2)University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, (3)University of Canterbury, Geohazards & Tectonics, Christchurch, New Zealand, (4)Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, (5)University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

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