PORFLOW® (precursor GWTHERM) is the most powerful software tool for modeling Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport. For over 45 years, since its initial release in 1976, it has been used on hundreds of projects by government research organizations, industrial clients and educational institutes. Environmental engineers, Hydrologists and Geologists find it to be a comprehensive software tool for analysis of a wide range of environmental applications in flow, heat and mass transport in geologic media. PORFLOW® has been extensively used across chemical, geological, hydrological, nuclear, and petrochemical industries to analyze a wide range of environmental applications.
"Discover the powerful Key Features of PORFLOW® and explore its Application Areas to see how it applies to your industry."
Built-in geometry & grid generator
Grids: Structured and unstructured, Cartesian and true cylindrical coordinate (x-r-Θ), 3D and true 2D Transient or steady state, Compressible or Incompressible, Saturated, Vadose, Free Surface Heat, salinity and mass transport
One, Two or Three Flow Phases
- Liquid or Gas (e.g. Water or Air)
- Liquid and Gas (e.g. Water and Air)
- Solid and Liquid (e.g. Ice-Water)
- Liquid, Liquid and Gas (e.g. Water + Oil + Air)
Porous and/or fractured media
Anisotropic and heterogeneous media
Sophisticated geochemistry models providing active chemistry and transport between multiple phases including non-equilibrium precipitation and uptake, and non-linear Arrhenius reactions
Variety of Reaction Mechanisms
- Half Life Decay
- Constant reaction rate
- Multi-step 1st, 2nd, or 3rd order Arrhenius
- Unrestricted Regeneration
- Distribution & Retardation (Kd/Rd) Coefficients
Environments where chemical reactions or radioactive decay occur, accommodating alternate fluid and media property relations, along with complex and arbitrary boundary conditions.
User can solve arbitrary number of transport equations with user-defined properties, sources, and boundary conditions without a single line code.
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
- High & low level nuclear waste disposal
- Hazardous waste disposal & clean up
- Impact of explosive Chernobyl-type accidents
- Corrosion of waste canisters and liners
ASSESSMENT OF GROUND WATER RESOURCES
- Ground water resource evaluation
- Multi-fluid, multiphase ground water dynamics
- Storage & withdrawal of hot water in aquifer
GROUNDWATER POLLUTION AND CONTAMINATION
- Water Quality maintenance and impact
- Chemical & Organic pollution of ground water
- Sub-surface & sub-sea oil/gas pipelines
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS
- Salinity intrusion in coastal aquifers
- Exothermic chemical reactions in porous beds
- Tidal interaction with coastal aquifers
OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS
- Ground water & atmospheric interaction
- Thawing/Freezing of permafrost
- Propagation of freezing fronts
- Reverse circulation drilling analysis
- Performance enhancement of oil wells
- Dewatering of mines
- Consolidation of soils
- Geologic evolution of sedimentary basins
