Control of water flow through a geothermal reservoir using hydrothermal processing of smectite clays

Geothermal Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 245-258

  Higashi, Shoji ^a   Hirano, Nobuo ^b   Yamasaki, Nakamichi ^a   Hayashi, Kazuo ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geothermal reservoir fracture; HDR; Hydrothermal processing; Smectite gel; Water control

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CONTROL; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTURE; GELATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; LEAKAGE (FLUID); SLURRIES;

GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR FRACTURE; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING; PLUGGING; SMECTITE GELS; WATER CONTROL;

HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS;

FRACTURE FLOW; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; SMECTITE;

EID: 0032838710     PISSN: 08905363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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