| Title | GEOTHERMAL SUPERMODELS PROJECT: AN UPDATE ON FLOW SIMULATOR DEVELOPMENT |
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| Authors | A. Croucher, M. J. O`Sullivan, J. O`Sullivan, J. Pogacnik, A. Yeh, J. Burnell and W. Kissling |
| Year | 2015 |
| Conference | New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
| Keywords | Reservoir models, numerical modelling, flow simulator |
| Abstract | The “Geothermal Supermodels” project is a four-year New Zealand-based research programme focusing on developing next-generation integrated geothermal modelling tools. A major part of this programme is the development of a new open-source geothermal reservoir flow simulator, featuring modern modular object-oriented code design, parallelized assembly and solution of equations, leverage of established numerical libraries, improved input and output and improved convergence of natural state models. This paper describes the software design of this new simulator, the software development workflow (which includes integrated unit testing and automated generation of documentation) and progress to date on implementation, together with preliminary output from a test problem. |