Recovery Performance for Vertical and Horizontal Wells Using Semianalytical Simulation

A semianalytical transient expression was used to evaluate the performance of a finite‐length horizontal well as compared to a vertical well in a hypothetical recovery scenario. Recovery was simulated in two hypothetical confined aquifers to study the effect of aquifer thickness and well orientation...

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Published inGround water Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 103 - 107
Main Author Cleveland, Theodore G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.1994
Ground Water Publishing Company
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540220 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GROUND WATER
Groundwater
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
REMEDIAL ACTION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WATER
Wells
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Summary:A semianalytical transient expression was used to evaluate the performance of a finite‐length horizontal well as compared to a vertical well in a hypothetical recovery scenario. Recovery was simulated in two hypothetical confined aquifers to study the effect of aquifer thickness and well orientation on recovery performance. The results show that horizontal wells can initially mobilize larger volumes of ground water (and contaminants) but that vertical wells have the same ultimate recovery ability in a homogeneous, isotropic medium.
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ISSN:0017-467X
1745-6584
DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6584.1994.tb00617.x