A numerical study on the long term thermo-poroelastic effects of cold water injection into naturally fractured geothermal reservoirs

Computers and Geotechnics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 669-682

  Koh, Joshua ^a   Roshan, Hamid ^a   Rahman, Sheik S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geothermal; Heat extraction; Natural fractures; Permeability enhancement; Shear dilation; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL; HEAT EXTRACTION; NATURAL FRACTURE; PERMEABILITY ENHANCEMENT; SHEAR DILATION; STIMULATION;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); OIL WELL FLOODING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; ROCKS; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMAL STRESS; THERMOELASTICITY; WATER LEVELS;

WATER INJECTION;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INJECTION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT TRANSFER; IN SITU STRESS; PERMEABILITY; POROELASTICITY; RESERVOIR; RESERVOIR ROCK; THERMOELASTICITY; WATER; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79958028535     PISSN: 0266352X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compgeo.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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