An integral equation solution for three-dimensional heat extraction from planar fracture in hot dry rock

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 989-1004

  Ghassemi, A ^a   Tarasovs, S ^a   Cheng, A H D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b The University of Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Geothermal reservoir; Hot dry rock; Integral equation method; Point heat source

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HEAT CONDUCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

HEAT EXTRACTION;

ROCKS;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT PRODUCTION; HOT DRY ROCK; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 0141923475     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.308     Document Type: Article

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