TOUGH4 User Manual
  • Quick Entry to Keywords for Data Input
  • 1️⃣INTRODUCTION
    • About TOUGH
    • TOUGH Development History
    • TOUGH4 Implementation
    • Scope and Methodology
  • 2️⃣WHAT IS NEW IN TOUGH4
  • 3️⃣CODE COMPILATION AND INSTALLATION
    • Setup for Compilation
    • Code Compilation
      • 1. Compilation of TOUGH4 using Visual Studio
      • 2. Compilation of TOUGH4 on Linux-like platform
    • Installation
    • Running the Executable for Simulations
  • 4️⃣GOVERNING EQUATIONS
    • Mass-Balance Equation
    • Accumulation Terms
    • Flux Terms
    • Sink and Source Terms
    • Virtual Node Well Treatment
    • Semi-Analytical Conductive Heat Exchange
    • Drift Model
    • Non-Darcy Flow
  • 5️⃣NUMERICAL METHOD
    • Space and Time Discretization
    • Interface Weighting Schemes
    • Initial and Boundary Conditions
      • Initial Conditions and Restarting
      • Neumann Boundary Conditions
      • Dirichlet Boundary Conditions
      • Atmospheric Boundary Conditions
      • Constant Temperature Boundary Conditions
    • Parallel computing schemes
    • Linear Solvers
    • Python Functions
      • Relative Permeability
      • Capillary Pressure
      • Initial Condition Calculation
      • Fetching Output Data
      • Fetching Thermophysical Property Data From NIST Webbook
      • Coupling With Third-Party Software
  • 6️⃣SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE
    • Program Design
    • Data Structure
    • Linear Equation Setup
  • 7️⃣PROCESS MODELING
    • EOS1
    • EOS2
    • EOS3
    • EOS4
    • EOS6
    • EOS7
    • EOS9
    • ECO2
    • EWASG
    • TMVOC
    • Tracers/Decay Chain
    • Biodegradation Reaction
    • Wellbore Flow
    • Non-Darcy Flow
    • Enhanced Coal Bed Methane
  • 8️⃣PREPARATION OF MODEL INPUT
    • Input Formatting
    • Keywords and Input Data
      • TITLE
      • BIODG
      • CBMDA
      • CHEMP
      • COFT
      • CONNE
      • COUPL
      • DIFFU
      • ELEME
      • ENDCY
      • ENDFI
      • FLAC
      • FNIST
      • FOFT
      • FORCH
      • GASES
      • GENER
      • GOFT
      • HYSTE
      • INCON
      • INDOM
      • MESHM
      • MODDE
      • MOMOP
      • MULTI
      • OUTPU
      • PARAM
      • ROCKS
      • ROFT
      • RPCAP
      • SELEC
      • SOLVR
      • SPAVA
      • TIMBC
      • TIMES
      • TRACR
      • WELLB
    • Inputs for Initial Conditions
      • EOS1
      • EOS2
      • EOS3
      • EOS4
      • EOS6
      • EOS7
      • EOS9
      • ECO2
      • EWASG
      • TMVOC
    • Geometry Data
      • General Concepts
      • MESHMaker
      • Multiple-continuum processing
    • Inputs for MESHMaker
      • Generation of radially symmetric grids
        • RADII
        • EQUID
        • LOGAR
        • LAYER
      • Generation of rectilinear grids
      • MINC processing for fractured media
    • Adjustment of Computing Parameters at Run-time
  • 9️⃣OUTPUTS
  • 🔟VALIDATION AND APPLICATION EXAMPLES
    • EOS1
      • Problem 1 - Code Demonstration
      • Problem 2 - Heat Sweep in a Vertical Fracture (rvf)
      • Problem 3 - Five-spot Geothermal Production/Injection (rfp)
      • Problem 4 - Coupled Wellbore Flow (r1q)
      • Problem 5 - Five-Spot Geothermal Production/Injection under extremely high temperature
    • EOS2
      • Problem 1 -Five-spot Geothermal Production/Injection (rfp)
    • EOS3
      • Problem 1 - Code Demonstration (eos3p1)
      • Problem 2 - 1D TH Problem with Heating and Gas Source (by Guanlong Guo)
      • Problem 3 - Heat Pipe in Cylindrical Geometry (rhp)
      • Problem 4 - 3D Thermal Consolidation Test, Coupling with FLAC3D Simulator (by Guanlong Guo)
    • EOS4
      • Problem 1 - Code Demonstration (eos4p1)
      • Problem 2 - Heat Pipe in Cylindrical Geometry (rhp)
    • EOS6
      • Problem 1-Validation with EOS2
      • Problem 2-Noble Gas Transport
    • EOS7
      • Problem 1-Multiphase and Nonisothermal Processes in a System with Variable Salinity (rf1)
      • Problem 2-Thermal and Tracer Diffusion (EOS7R/rdif7)
      • Problem 3-Contamination of an Aquifer from VOC Vapors in the Vadose Zone (EOS7R/rdica)
      • Problem 4-Density, Viscosity, Solubility, and Enthalpy of Real Gas Mixtures (EOS7C/SAM7C1)
      • Problem 5-CO2 Injection into a Depleted Gas Reservoir (EOS7C2/SAM7C2)
      • Problem 6- CO2 Injection into a Saturated System (EOS7C/SAM7C3)
      • Problem 7-Density, Viscosity, and Enthalpy of Real Gas Mixtures (EOS7CA/SAM7CA1)
      • Problem 8-CO2 Injection into a Shallow Vadose Zone (EOS7CA/SAM7CA2)
      • Problem 9-Non-Isothermal Compressed Air Energy Storage in Reservoir (by Julien Mouli-Castillo)
    • EOS9
      • Page 1
    • ECO2
      • Problem 1-Demonstration of Initialization Options (ECO2N/rtab)
      • Problem 2-Radial Flow from a CO2 Injection Well (ECO2N/rcc3)
      • Problem 3-CO2 Discharge Along a Fault Zone (ECO2N/r1dv)
      • Problem 4-CO2 Injection into a 2-D Layered Brine Formation (ECO2N/rtp7)
      • Problem 5-Upflow of CO2 along a Deep Fault Zone (ECO2M/r1d)
      • Problem 6-Migration of a CO2 Plume in a Sloping Aquifer, Intersected by a Fault (ECO2M/rwaf)
      • Problem 7-GCS/GHE with a double-porosity reservoir (Case6_50kg_DP/ECO2NV2)
    • EWASG
      • Problem 1 - Brine Density Calculation (dnh)
      • Problem 2 - Production from a Geothermal Reservoir with Hypersaline Brine and CO2 (rhbc)
    • TMVOC
      • Problem 1-Initialization of Different Phase Conditions (r7c)
      • Problem 2-1-D Buckley-Leverett Flow (rblm)
      • Problem 3-Diffusion of components (rdif2)
      • Problem 4-Steam Displacement of a NAPL in a Laboratory Column (rtcem)
      • Problem 5-Steam Displacement of a Benzene-Toluene Mixture in a Laboratory Column (rbt)
      • Problem 6 -Air Displacement of a NAPL from a Laboratory Column (rad)
      • Problem 7-NAPL Spill in the Unsaturated Zone (r2dl)
    • T4.Well
      • Problem 1-Steady-state two-phase flow upward
      • Problem 2-Non-isothermal CO2 flow through a wellbore initially full of water
  • CONCLUSION REMARKS
  • REFERENCES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • Appendix
    • ☑️A: RELATIVE PERMEABILITY FUNCTIONS
      • IRP=1 Linear function
      • IRP=2 Power function
      • IRP=3 Corey's curves
      • IRP=4 Grant's curve
      • IRP=5 Perfectly mobile
      • IRP=6 Fatt and Klikoff function
      • IRP=7 van Genuchten-Mualem Model
      • IRP=8 Verma function
      • IRP=10 Modified Brooks-Corey Model
      • IRP=11 Modified van Genuchten Model
      • IRP=12 Regular hysteresis
      • IRP=13 Simple hysteresis
      • IRP=31 Three phase perfectly mobile
      • IRP=32 Modified Stone's first 3-phase method
      • IRP=33 Three-phase Parker's function
      • IRP=34 Alternative Stone 3-phase
      • IRP=35 Power-law function
      • IRP=36 Faust for two-phase Buckley-Leverett problem
      • IRP=37 Another alternative to Stone function
      • IRP=40 Table lookup
      • IRP=41 User-Defined relative permeability function
    • ☑️B: CAPILLARY PRESSURE FUNCTIONS
      • ICP=1 Linear function
      • ICP=2 Function of Pickens
      • ICP=3 TRUST capillary pressure
      • ICP=4 Milly’s function
      • ICP=6 Leverett’s function
      • ICP=7 van Genuchten function
      • ICP=8 No capillary pressure
      • ICP=10 Modified Brooks-Corey Model
      • ICP=11 Modified van Genuchten Model
      • ICP=12 Regular hysteresis
      • ICP=13 Simple hysteresis
      • ICP=31 Parker et al 3-phase function
      • ICP=32 Parker 3-phase function, alternative 1
      • ICP=33 Parker 3-phase function, alternative 2
      • ICP=34 Parker 3-phase function, alternative 3
      • ICP=40 Table lookup
      • ICP=41 User-Defined capillary pressure function
    • ☑️C: ADDITIONAL PROGRAM OPTIONS
    • ☑️D: DESCRIPTION OF FRACTURED FLOW
      • Multiple Continuum Approaches
      • Active Fracture Modle
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  1. PREPARATION OF MODEL INPUT

Adjustment of Computing Parameters at Run-time

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TOUGH4 allows adjustment/change of several key computing parameters, options or temporary monitoring of variables at an element or connection during run-time. These parameters include: simulation end time (SimulationTimeEnd), maximum time-step size (MaxTimeStep), relative Newton iteration convergence criteria (rel_convergence_crit), absolute Newton iteration convergence criteria (abs_convergence_crit), maximum primary variable change criteria for Newton iteration convergence (pv_convergence_cr1, pv_convergence_cr2, pv_convergence_cr3), time-step cutting factor (dt_reduced_Factor), maximum number of time steps (Max_NumTimeSteps), maximum number of Newton iterations (Max_NumNRIterations), maximum number of Newton iterations for increasing time step size (MOP_16), frequency for writing SAVE file (SAVE_frequency), frequency for writing time-series output file (TimeSeries_frequency), options controlled by IE array, and monitoring of simulation results at a given element (monitoringElem) or connection (monitoringConn) by providing the element name and/or connection name. The simulation results of primary variables, phase state, fluxes at the connection will be written out for the provided monitoring element/connection. Elements of IE array provide many program options (see ). User may change these options at run-time through change of value of an element. Only one element value can be changed at each time by providing subscript of the IE array and it value.

The parameter changes or giving an element or connection name for monitoring are through a text file named "Parameter_Update_File". Figure 29 shows the contents of this file.

A template of this file was included in the software distribution package. Users need copy it to the working folder where the model input files are located. TOUGH4 will scan this file during run-time for every given time (scan frequency). If it was changed, the new parameters will be read and replace the original values. Only the file updated after the start of running simulation will take effect. Users may adjust the parameters multiple times in one simulation run. If a parameter does not change, one may leave the input parameter empty. As these computing parameters/options may be sensitive to the simulation performance, an error value may lead to unpredictable model running behavior. Users should make the parameter adjustments carefully.

The default frequency for scanning the file "Parameter_Update_File" is 10 minutes per scan. Users may use IE(30) to increase or decrease the scanning frequency.

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Appendix C
Figure 29. Contents of File "Parameter_Update_File" for computing parameter adjustment or monitoring at run-time