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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2005.38.7.537

Analysis of Groundwater Flow into Underground Storage Caverns by Using a Boundary Element Model  

Chung, Il-Moon (KICT)
Lee, Jeong-Woo (Yonsei University)
Cho, Won-Cheol (Yonsei University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.38, no.7, 2005 , pp. 537-544 More about this Journal
Abstract
For the proper management of high pressurized gas storage caverns, analysis of groundwater flow field and inflow quantity according to the groundwater head, gas storage pressure and water curtain head should be performed. The finite element method has been widely used for the groundwater flow analysis surrounding underground storage cavern because it can reflect the exact shape of cavern. But the various simulations according to the change of design factors such as the width of water curtain, shape of cavern etc. are not easy when elements were set up. To overcome these limitations, two dimensional groundwater flow model is established based on the boundary element method which compute the unknown variable by using only the boundary shape and condition. For the exact computation of drainage rate into cavern, the model test is performed by using the exact solution and pre-developed finite element model. The test result shows that the model could be used as an alternative to finite element model when various flow simulations are needed to determine the optimizing cavern shape and arrangement of water curtain holes and so forth.
Keywords
Underground storage cavern; Groundwater inflow; Boundary Element Method;
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