Pressure-transient behavior during cold water injection into geothermal wells

Geothermics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-413

  Nakao, Shinsuke ^a   Ishido, Tsuneo ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fracture; Geothermal system; Injection; Japan; Kyushu; Pressure; Reinjection wells; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSIENTS; WATER INJECTION; WELL PRESSURE;

PRESSURE TRANSIENTS;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PRESSURE;

EID: 0344958677     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(98)00020-0     Document Type: Article

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