STAR simulation system

The STAR simulation system is the fifth generation in a series of general and flexible computational tools for simulating multi-phase, multi-component transport of fluid mass and heat in three-dimensional geologic media. Each generation of the family of simulators (QUAGMR, MUSHRM, CHARGR, THOR, STAR) represents an improved version of its predecessors. For example, the principal extension of STAR relative to its immediate predecessor (THOR) is incorporation of a fracture/matrix double porosity or MINC type model for the geologic media. Very recently, the effect of adsorbed water on rocks at elevated temperature has been included; this may be an important source of steam in vapor-dominated geothermal systems (e.g., The Geysers, Larderello and Monteverdi fields).

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