Preliminary SPR thermal model description and results for WH-11 and BM-4
Abstract
Fluid temperatures within the Strategic Petroleum Reserve caverns are calculated using a modified one-dimensional, time-dependent Rahm-Walin equation coupled to a two-dimensional, time-dependent heat conduction equation in the salt massif. Comparisons of model results with experimental data from West Hackberry Cavern 11 and Bryan Mound Cavern 4 are very good for up to eight years of cavern life.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- May 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985STIN...8534360T
- Keywords:
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- Crude Oil;
- Domes (Geology);
- Heat Transfer;
- Mathematical Models;
- Reserves;
- Salt Beds;
- Strategic Materials;
- Temperature Measurement;
- Time Dependence;
- Underground Storage;
- Petroleum Products;
- Stockpiling;
- Thermal Mapping;
- Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer