Numerical modeling of flow processes inside geothermal wells: An approach for predicting production characteristics with uncertainties

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1621-1643

  Garcia Valladares O ^a   Sanchez Upton P ^b,c   Santoyo, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^c Gerencia de Proyectos Geotermoeléctricos ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Error propagation; Geothermal wellbore; Heat losses; Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; Two phase flow

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ENTHALPY; FLOW OF WATER; FLUID DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT LOSSES; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ERROR PROPAGATION; GEOTHERMAL WELLBORE;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

EID: 33644866335     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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