PetraSim Resources

Documentation

• PetraSim 2018 User's Manual
• Release Notes

Tutorials

• Getting Started
• View Controls
• Using Wells and Polygonal Meshing
• Using Layers and XYZ Files to Model Stratigraphy
• Molecular Diffusion

Video Demos

Watch demonstration videos on the Thunderhead Engineering YouTube channel. Search for PetraSim.

Example Problems

• Five-Spot Geothermal Production and Injection
• Five Spot using Polygon Mesh and Wells
• 3D Five Spot
• 3D Five Spot with Layer
• Initial State and Production Analysis in a Layered Model
• Hypersaline Brine and CO2 Production (EWASG)
• One Dimensional Gas Diffusion (T2VOC)
• TMVOC Buckley-Leverett Flow
• TOUGHREACT Aqueous Transport with Adsorption and Decay
• TOUGHREACT CO2 Disposal in Deep Saline Aquifers
• EOS7C Examples
• ECO2M Examples
• Time Dependent Single-Phase Boundary Conditions
• Time Dependent Multi-Phase Boundary Conditions

LBNL TOUGH Web Page

• TOUGH home page
• TOUGH2 Training Materials 2014

Simulator Manuals

• TOUGH2 User's Guide, Version 2.0 -- Pruess, Oldenburg, Moridis, 1999
• TOUGH2 User's Guide, Version 2.1 -- Pruess, Oldenburg, Moridis, 2012
• T2VOC User’s Guide — Falta, Pruess, Finsterle, Battistelli, 1995
• TMVOC User’s Guide — Pruess, Battistelli, 2002
• TOUGHREACT — Xu, Sonnenthal, Spycher, Pruess, 2004
• TOUGHREACT, Version 2.0 — Xu, Spycher, Sonnenthal, Zheng, Pruess, 2012
• TOUGHREACT, Pitzer Ion-Interaction Model — Zhang, Spycher, Xu, Sonnenthal, Steefel, 2006
• TOUGH2-MP User’s Guide — Zhang, Wu, and Pruess, 2008
• TOUGH+HYDRATE v1.0 User’s Manual — Moridis, Kowalsky, Pruess, 2008
• HydrateResSim — NETL hydrate freeware
• ECO2N User’s Manual — Pruess, 2005
• EOS7C User’s Manuall — Oldenburg, Moridis, Spycher, Pruess, 2004
• Complete list of all manuals from LBNL

Archived Documentation

• PetraSim 5 Users Manual
• PetraSim 4 Documentation

Tools

• Relative Permeability Spreadsheet
• Capillary Pressure Spreadsheet
• RELP and PCAP (TOUGH2) FORTRAN Subroutines
• RELP and PCAP (T2VOC) FORTRAN Subroutines
• PetraSim Resources (zip)

MINC Information

• MINC Overview
• MINC Example Files
• MINC Background
• Detailed MINC Report

Steam Table

Megawatsoft provides a useful P-H Diagram. Here are links to steam table calculators available on the web:

• Spirax Sarco – Go to the web site and search the site for steam table, or follow these links:

Sub Saturated Water Region
Saturated Water Line
Wet Steam Region
Dry Saturated Steam Line
Superheated Steam Region

• Megawatsoft Steam Tables Online
• TLV – A steam specialist company
• Propath

TOUGHREACT Chemical Properties

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/CHEM/properties.html

This link leads to the Physical and Chemical Properties of Chemicals page at the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Library maintained by UC Berkeley. This information is helpful when working with TOUGHREACT.

Support

Support questions for PetraSim should be submitted to tech@rockware.com. For more information on our support policies, see Technical Support.

Training

Thunderhead Engineering provides training for all of our software. Options include a live web meeting where a Thunderhead trainer works through questions with you, multi-day workshops at international locations, or on-site training at your location.

For more information, see Training Services.