Prediction of enthalpy production from fractured geothermal reservoirs using partitioning tracers

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1453-1466

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

^a BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enthalpy production; Flow in fractures; Geothermal; Partitioning tracers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

ENTHALPY PRODUCTION; PARTITIONING TRACERS;

ENTHALPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTHALPY; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL;

EID: 39349084667     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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