Estimation of the effect of thermal convection and casing on the temperature regime of boreholes: A review

Journal of Geophysics and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Eppelbaum, L V ^a   Kutasov, I M ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Pajarito Enterprises   (United States)

Author keywords

casing; critical temperature gradient; thermal convection; wellbore logging

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL CONVECTION; WELL LOGGING;

EID: 79952642477     PISSN: 17422132     EISSN: 17422140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-2132/8/1/R01     Document Type: Review

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