A semi-analytical model to calculate energy production in single fracture geothermal reservoirs

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 665-669

  Wu, Xingru ^a   Pope, Gary A ^a   Shook, G Michael ^b   Srinivasan, Sanjay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy production rate; Fractured geothermal reservoir; Thermal recovery; Thermal retardation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PORE PRESSURE; TWO PHASE FLOW;

ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; SEMI INFINITE MATRIX BLOCKS; SWEPT PORE VOLUME; TRACER TESTING;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 33745212237     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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