A three-dimensional integral equation model for calculating poro-and thermoelastic stresses induced by cold water injection into a geothermal reservoir

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1613-1640

  Zhou, X X ^a   Ghassemi, A ^a   Cheng, A H D ^b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement discontinuity; Geothermal energy; Poroelastic stress; Reservoir seismicity; Thermoelastic stress

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD; COLD WATER INJECTION; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DISPLACEMENT DISCONTINUITY; EFFECTIVE STRESS; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID LEAK-OFF; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURE CONDUCTIVITIES; FRACTURE SURFACES; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; INSITU STRESS; INTEGRAL EQUATION MODELS; NUMERICAL MODELS; PORE FLUIDS; POROELASTIC; POROELASTIC STRESS; RESERVOIR MATRIX; ROCK FAILURES; THERMOELASTIC EFFECTS; THERMOELASTIC STRESS; THERMOELASTICS; THERMOMECHANICAL PROCESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); WATER FLOWS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; FLOW PATTERNS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOELASTICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; WATER INJECTION;

FRACTURE;

COLD WATER; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER; IN SITU STRESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROELASTICITY; RESERVOIR; SEISMICITY; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER FLOW;

EID: 74549219350     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.780     Document Type: Article

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