A time-convolution approach for modeling heat exchange between a wellbore and surrounding formation

Geothermics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 261-266

  Zhang, Yingqi ^a   Pan, Lehua ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a   Finsterle, Stefan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geological CO2 storage; Geothermal; Heat exchange; Wellbore model

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONDUCTIVE HEAT; COUPLING SCHEME; ENERGY EQUATION; FLUID EXCHANGE; FULL NUMERICAL SOLUTION; GEOTHERMAL; HEAT EXCHANGE; MULTIPHASE FLUIDS; NONISOTHERMAL; RADIAL HEAT TRANSFER; RESERVOIR SIMULATOR; SEMI-ANALYTICAL METHODS; SEMI-ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME STEP; TIME-DEPENDENT TEMPERATURE; WELLBORE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVOLUTION; FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; OIL FIELD EQUIPMENT; OIL WELLS;

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY;

BOREHOLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HEAT FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; NUMERICAL MODEL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 81055156126     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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