Computer modeling of five-spot well pattern fluid flow during in situ uranium leaching
Description
This Bureau of Mines report describes the development and application of a computer model of aquifer hydrology associated with in situ leaching of uranium. The model provides uranium resource developers with a simulation of leachant flow characteristics in a preproduction or pilot five-spot leaching operation. Various types of aquifers are modeled using closed form solutions of the partial differential equations describing the change in fluid head (pressure) as the leaching operation is carried out. User-supplied descriptive input consists of aquifer, well, and leachant flow characteristics. Numeric and graphic outputs such as isopressure, isovelocity, and isotime contours are available. A typical application is shown
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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Dept. of Interior, Washington, DC.
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Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 79 p.
- Report number
- BM-RI--8287
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 10420756
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- AQUIFERS; FLUID FLOW; HYDROLOGY; IN-SITU PROCESSING; LEACHING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLUTION MINING; URANIUM MINES; URANIUM ORES
- Descriptors DEC
- DISSOLUTION; MINES; MINING; ORE PROCESSING; ORES; SEPARATION PROCESSES