Experimental Approach to Hydrothermally Derived Fracturing of Granitic Rock for Enhanced Geothermal Reservoir Systems

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 285-288

  Hirano, N ^a   Minakawa, A ^a   Bignall, G ^a   Yamasaki, N ^a   Tsuchiya, N ^a   Nakatsuka, K ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS); Fracture; Granite; Hydrothermally Derived Fracturing (HDF); Quartz; Supercritical water

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; QUARTZ; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

GRANITIC ROCKS;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

EID: 0242409875     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (2)

1. Doi, N., Kato, O., Ikeuchi, K., Komatsu, R., Miyazaki, S., Akaku, K. and Uchida, T., 1998, Genesis of the Plutonic-Hydrothermal System around Quaternary Granite in the Kakkonda Geothermal System Japan, Geothermics, 27, 663-690.
2. Ikeuchi, K., Doi, N., Sakagawa, Y., Kamenosono, H. and Uchida, T., 1998, High-temperature Measurements in Well WD-1a and the Thermal Structure of the Kakkonda Geothermal System Japan, Geothermics, 27, 591-607.