The aim of a Managed Project is to structure input data, geochemical simulations and reactive transport calculations together with auxiliary information. Beside a tool for traceability and reproducibility, it also facilitates exchange of the project with other users. It also integrates the project in Hpgeochemistry with the project group in hydrus.


The choice for a Managed Project is made in the Metadata Form for a project. Upon selection, different folders are made with different functionalities. Defaults are set in the Managed Project settings.


Four folders are essential for a Managed Projects and are therefore always created:

10_database

The aim of this folder is to contain thermodynamic (and kinetic) data. In a Managed Project, thermodynamic databases that are used within the project are copied from their folder (as defined in the  Database Manager) to this folder with a name that consists of the database group and the database name. Simulations within this project are thus tied to these databases (also when the folder of the project changed).

The folder is also taken up in a particular simulation as a folder where additional input files can be located. 

11_scripts

The aim of this file is to contain additional input files with simulation input that can be used by different simulations (hpgeochemistry) or projects (hydrus). 

12_modules

For some problems, a set of script files could be useful that generates different parts of the input on running time based on information that the user defines in the input file (e.g., by global definitions). See Module.

20_geochemical-models

This folder contains the simulations of hpgeochemistry. New simulations are automatically placed in this folder (in the folder containing the name).



The other folders are optionally, and are created upon request:

01_background-documents

To store information relevant to the project.

02_literature

To collect related literature

03_model-description

Containing documents that describe the phenomenological, conceptual and mathematical models

04_data

To store additional data e.g. experimental data and specific information.

21_transport-models

Folder for the flow and (reactive) transport models, i.e. the projects from hydrus. When created, a project group is made in HYDRUS.

50_figures

To store figures

51_report

To store files related to reporting

98_deprecated-files

To store deprecated files

99_temporary-files

To store temporary files


Two options are available for each of these folders:

  1. To define them as a folder where additional input files can be located,
  2. To access files in these folders via the Metadata Form for a project.