Role of fluid pressure in the production behavior of enhanced geothermal systems with CO 2 as working fluid

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 31, Issue , 2007, Pages 307-311

  Pruess, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Co 2 storage; Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS); Heat transmission; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CO 2 STORAGE; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS (EGS); EUROPEAN; FLUID PRESSURES; HEAT EXTRACTION RATES; HEAT TRANSMISSION; MASS FLOWS; MODEL SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; WORKING FLUIDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL RECOVERY; PUMPS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

EID: 58449085540     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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