EOS#

TOUGH3 currently includes all equation-of-state (EOS) modules of the Version 2 of TOUGH2, as well as ECO2N (Pan et al., 2015, Pruess, 2005), ECO2M (Pruess, 2011), EOS7C (Oldenburg et al., 2004), EOS7CA (Oldenburg, 2015), and TMVOC (Pruess & Battistelli, 2002).

Table 66 Fluid property modules for TOUGH3.#

Module

Capabilities

EOS1

water, water with tracer

EOS2

water, CO2

EOS3

water, air

EOS4

water, air, with vapor pressure lowering

EOS5

water, hydrogen

EOS7

water, brine, air

EOS7R

water, brine, air, parent-daughter radionuclides

EOS7C

water, brine, CO2 (or N2), gas tracer, CH4

EOS7CA

water, brine, non-condensible gas, gas tracer, air

EOS8

water, “dead” oil, non-condensible gas

EOS9

variably-saturated isothermal flow according to Richard’s equation

EWASG

water, salt (NaCl), non-condensible gas

TMVOC

water, water-soluble volatile organic chemicals, non-condensible gases, with biodegradation

ECO2N

water, NaCl, CO2

ECO2M

water, NaCl, CO2, including transitions between super- and sub-critical conditions, and phase change between liquid gaseous CO2