Analytical model of cold water front movement in a geothermal reservoir

Geothermics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-69

  Stopa, Jerzy ^a   Wojnarowski, Paweł ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Reinjection; Thermal front velocity; Weak solution

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

COLD WATER FRONT; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; THERMAL FRONT VELOCITY;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

COLD WATER; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYDRODYNAMICS;

EID: 32644431702     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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