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Developing predictive understanding of subsurface flow and reactive geochemical transport through the use of Akuna: An Open Source and High-performance Workflow System for Subsurface Simulation


EMSL Project ID
51772

Abstract

The primary objective of this project is to deploy and demonstrate how the Akuna software can be used to facilitate efficient modeling and analyses to address costs and benefits of engineering and remediation decisions. The Akuna software provides an easily-accessible set of tools to perform advanced subsurface simulations of complex systems that does not require a high level of expertise in HPC or reactive transport modeling (RTM). Currently, Akuna supports the subsurface flow and reactive transport simulators, eSTOMP (Fang et al. 2018) and Amanzi (Coon et al. 2016; Moulton et al. 2012). The Amanzi-ATS simulator was awarded an R&D 100 Award in FY20. In addition, the GEOSIM set of codes is supported (Ramanathan et al. 2010, Guin et al. 2010), which generates geologically realistic heterogeneous property distributions that can be used in eSTOMP and Amanzi simulation. The primary goal is to test and highlight Akuna capabilities, engage end users in applications, and provide feedback to software developers on software performance.

Project Details

Start Date
2020-11-12
End Date
2021-09-30
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Vicky Freedman
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Team Members

John Moulton
Institution
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Karen Schuchardt
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory