Implementation of a Pitzer Activity Model into Toughreact for Modeling Concentrated Solutions
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TOUGHREACT (Xu et al., 2006) is a generalpurpose reactive geochemical transport numerical simulator. It deals with multiphase flow, solute transport and geochemical reactions including aqueous complexation, mineral dissolution/ precipitation and cation exchange. Making use of an extended Debye-Hückel ion activity model, this simulator can handle solutions concentrated to slightly above ~1 molal with caution, and only for NaCl-dominant waters at ionic strengths up to ~4 molal. However, brines produced under natural and artificial conditions are often more concentrated. To handle such brines, a Pitzer activity model was implemented in TOUGHREACT, based on the standard Harvie-Moller-Weare (HMW) formulation that accounts for all binary and ternary combinations of interaction terms. The vapor-pressure-lowering effect caused by the low water activity in brines was also accounted for by this code. The extended version was verified and tested using published results from laboratory experiments and benchmarked against other computer codes. This new version of TOUGHREACT is being applied to the investigation of boiling and evaporation within and around the proposed high-level nuclear waste emplacement tunnels at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. An example application is presented. Processes considered in the example include evaporation of porewater to near dryness, formation of highly concentrated brines, precipitation of deliquescent salts, and generation of acid gases.
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Reactive Geochemical Transport Modeling of Concentrated Aqueous Solutions: Supplement to TOUGHREACT User's Guide for the Pitzer Ion-Interaction Model
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