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About the regular and radial mesh

Hi everyone,

I was using TOUGHREACT V1.2  ECO2N to run a simple injection simulation,and When I set up multiple injection points(such as 5 points and each is spaced 20m apart, that is, one or two meshes apart inside my model),i found that:

(1)when I use the regular mesh, Even when using a very small injection rate(such as 1e-3 kg/s), he reports an error, which can be mitigated a bit by spacing out the injection points a bit or delete some inj points to alleviate the non-convergence, but often counts a few days or less than a year before reporting the error;

(2)when I use radial mesh,everything seems to work just fine,I can set the injection rate up to  few hundred! (Although sometimes it doesn't stop even after a few years.)

So I'd like to ask why these two grids cause this difference? Hopefully someone can give me a rationale!

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    • TOUGHREACT Developer
    • Eric_Sonnenthal
    • 2 yrs ago
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    Hi,

    Can you tell us what the error is? Is it in the flow or the chemistry? I don't quite see how this would be a grid issue.

    regards,

    Eric

      • denim_scarf
      • 2 yrs ago
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       HI,eric,i close the reactive module and i run a 2D isothermal model and i just wanna find out why the difference between the two mesh , which under the same parameter

      • denim_scarf
      • 2 yrs ago
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       it is the outfile using Petrasim with rectangle mesh,i design the injection rate as 5kg/s and it went wrong

      • denim_scarf
      • 2 yrs ago
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       And I also discovered a phenomenon. When using a rectangle grid, CO2 will be distributed both below and above the injection point, forming a peach-shaped distribution centered on the injection point. However, if a radial grid is used, CO2 will only appear at the injection point. Above the point, that is, it moves upward under the action of gravity to form a plume. So regarding this point, I would also like to ask why the rectangle grid has such an unreasonable distribution.

      • ZYL
      • 8 hrs ago
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       Hello, have you found the answer to this question? I am working on a case involving regular and radial meshes. When using the regular mesh, the wellhead pressure rises gradually and then remains stable. However, with the radial mesh, the pressure increases very rapidly, then starts to drop, and eventually falls back to the initial reservoir pressure. Do you know what causes this phenomenon?

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    • Stefan_Finsterle
    • 7 hrs ago
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    Quick questions:

    Is the volume of the Cartesian injection element about the same as that of the radial well element?

    Are the radial interface areas between the injection elements and the reservoir about the same?

    Are the radial distances to the outer boundary about the same?

    Are the boundary conditions at the outer boundaries the same?

    Stefan

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