• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.225-238
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• 2017

In this study, two viable measures of mean length and cumulative thickness of sand layers as important spatial statistics responsible for optimal SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) location for oil sand development were compared. For the comparisons, various deposits composed of sand and clay media were realized using a geostatistical simulator and the extent of steam chamber is simulated using multiphysics numerical simulator (dualphase flow and heat transfer). Based on the spatial statistics of each realization and the corresponding size of simulated steam chamber, the representativeness of two candidate measures (cumulative thickness and mean length of permeable media) were compared. The results of the geostatistical and SAGD simulations suggest that the mean length of permeable media is better correlated to the size of steam chamber than the cumulative thickness. Given those two-dimensional results, it is concluded that the cumulative thickness of the permeable media alone may not be a sufficient criterion for determining an optimal SAGD location and the mean length needs to be complementarily considered for the sound selections.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.313-327
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• 2013

In the study, three-dimensional geostatistical simulations on McMurray Formation which is the largest oil sand reservoir in Athabasca area, Canada were performed, and the optimal site for steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) was selected based on the predictions. In the selection, the factors related to the vertical extendibility of steam chamber were considered as the criteria for an optimal site. For the predictions, 110 borehole data acquired from the study area were analyzed in the Markovian transition probability (TP) framework and three-dimensional distributions of the composing media were predicted stochastically through an existing TP based geostatistical model. The potential of a specific medium at a position within the prediction domain was estimated from the ensemble probability based on the multiple realizations. From the ensemble map, the cumulative thickness of the permeable media (i.e. Breccia and Sand) was analyzed and the locations with the highest potential for SAGD applications were delineated. As a supportive criterion for an optimal SAGD site, mean vertical extension of a unit permeable media was also delineated through transition rate based computations. The mean vertical extension of a permeable media show rough agreement with the cumulative thickness in their general distribution. However, the distributions show distinctive disagreement at a few locations where the cumulative thickness was higher due to highly alternating juxtaposition of the permeable and the less permeable media. This observation implies that the cumulative thickness alone may not be a sufficient criterion for an optimal SAGD site and the mean vertical extension of the permeable media needs to be jointly considered for the sound selections.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1027-1031
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• 2008

본 연구는 한반도 영역을 대상으로 2001년 7, 8월과 2002년 6월로 홍수기를 대상으로 RDAPS 모형, AWS, 상층기상관측(upper-air sounding)의 자료를 이용하였다. 또한 수치예보자료를 범주적 예측확률로 변환하고 인공신경망기법(ANN)을 이용하여 강수발생확률의 예측정확성을 향상시키는데 있다. 신경망의 예측인자로 사용된 대기변수는 500/ 750/ 1000hpa에서의 지위고도, 500-1000hpa에서의 층후(thickness), 500hpa에서의 X와 Y의 바람성분, 750hpa에서의 X와 Y의 바람성분, 표면풍속, 500/ 750hpa/ 표면에서의 온도, 평균해면기압, 3시간 누적 강수, AWS관측소에서 관측된 RDAPS모형 실행전의 6시간과 12시간동안의 누적강수, 가강수량, 상대습도이며, 예측변수로는 강수발생확률로 선택하였다. 강우는 다양한 대기변수들의 비선형 조합으로 발생되기 때문에 예측인자와 예측변수 사이의 복잡한 비선형성을 고려하는데 유용한 인공신경망을 사용하였다. 신경망의 구조는 전방향 다층퍼셉트론으로 구성하였으며 역전파알고리즘을 학습방법으로 사용하였다. 강수예측성과의 질을 평가하기 위해서 $2{\times}2$ 분할표를 이용하여 Hit rate, Threat score, Probability of detection, Kuipers Skill Score를 사용하였으며, 신경망 학습후의 강수발생확률은 학습전의 강수발생확률에 비하여 한반도영역에서 평균적으로 Kuipers Skill Score가 0.2231에서 0.4293로 92.39% 상승하였다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.5B
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• pp.485-493
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• 2008

The Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model was suggested for predicting probability of precipitation (PoP) using RDAPS NWP model, observation at AWS and upper-air sounding station. The prediction work was implemented for flood season and the data period is the July, August of 2001 and June of 2002. Neural network input variables (predictors) were composed of geopotential height 500/750/1000 hPa, atmospheric thickness 500-1000 hPa, X & Y-component of wind at 500 hPa, X & Y-component of wind at 750 hPa, wind speed at surface, temperature at 500/750 hPa/surface, mean sea level pressure, 3-hr accumulated precipitation, occurrence of observed precipitation, precipitation accumulated in 6 & 12 hrs previous to RDAPS run, precipitation occurrence in 6 & 12 hrs previous to RDAPS run, relative humidity measured 0 & 12 hrs before RDAPS run, precipitable water measured 0 & 12 hrs before RDAPS run, precipitable water difference in 12 hrs previous to RDAPS run. The suggested ANN has a 3-layer perceptron (multi layer perceptron; MLP) and back-propagation learning algorithm. The result shows that there were 6.8% increase in Hit rate (H), especially 99.2% and 148.1% increase in Threat Score (TS) and Probability of Detection (POD). It illustrates that the suggested ANN model can be a useful tool for predicting rainfall event prediction. The Kuipers Skill Score (KSS) was increased 92.8%, which the ANN model improves the rainfall occurrence prediction over RDAPS.