A Numerical Study on Behavior of Fresh Water Body between Injection and Production Wells with Variation of Fresh Water Injection Rate in a Saline Aquifer
In this study, the behavior of fresh water body between the injection and production wells with the fresh water injection rate in a saline aquifer is numerically analyzed by using a three-dimensional numerical model. 8 injection wells are arranged at equidistant intervals on a concentric circle and one production well is located at the center of this circle. In the case that the fresh water injection rate is relatively small, the fresh water body around a injection well screen is not mixed with neighboring ones and is independently distributed. However, when the injection rate is increased, the size of the fresh water body is continuously increased, and the areas, where saline and fresh water among injection wells are mixed, are appeared. The mixed degree is increased as the injection rate is increased. This phenomenon is identically generated around the production well. Moreover, when the injection rate is increased, the ratio of saline water in and around the production well is decreased.