Determining fracture properties by tracer and thermal testing to assess thermal breakthrough risks for ground source heating and cooling in the Chalk

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-278

  Law, R ^a   Mackay, R ^b  

^a Geothermal Engineering Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE TEMPERATURE; FRACTURE PROPERTY; FRACTURED AQUIFER; GROUND ENERGY; GROUND SOURCE HEATING; GROUND SYSTEMS; GROUND WATER LEVEL; OPEN LOOPS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; THERMAL BREAKTHROUGH; THERMAL EXPERIMENT; THERMAL TEST METHODS; THERMAL TESTING; THERMAL TRANSPORT; WATER SOURCE;

ABSTRACTING; AQUIFERS; BRITTLENESS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; GROUNDWATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

AQUIFER; CHALK; COOLING; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEATING; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MODELING; MONITORING SYSTEM; TRACER; WATER LEVEL;

EID: 77956002325     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-089     Document Type: Article

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