Effects of heat extraction on fracture aperture: A poro-thermoelastic analysis

Geothermics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-539

  Ghassemi, Ahmad ^a   Nygren, Andrew ^b   Cheng, Alexander ^c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b North Dakota State Water Commission   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced geothermal system; Fracture permeability; Geothermal; Injection pressure; Poroelasticity; Thermoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; EXTRACTION; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LIQUIDS; METAL RECOVERY; THERMOELASTICITY; WATER INJECTION;

ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; GEOTHERMAL; INJECTION PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY;

FRACTURE;

FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOT DRY ROCK; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; POROELASTICITY; THERMOELASTICITY;

EID: 54049094346     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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