Stochastic inversion of the tracer experiment of the enhanced geothermal system demonstration reservoir in Soultz-sous-Forêts - Revealing pathways and estimating permeability distribution

Geothermics

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-12

  Vogt, Christian ^a   Kosack, Christian ^a   Marquart, Gabriele ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Enhanced geothermal system; Hot dry rock; Inversion; Monte Carlo; Permeability; Soultz sous For ts

Indexed keywords

ASSIGNMENT OF; DARCY VELOCITY; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLOW GEOMETRIES; FLUID-FLOW PATHWAYS; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; HOT DRY ROCK; HYDRAULIC CONNECTIVITY; INVERSION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; OBSERVATION DATA; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC TECHNIQUES; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER EXPERIMENT;

BOREHOLES; EXPERIMENTS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

BOREHOLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUID FLOW; GEOSTATISTICS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOT DRY ROCK; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; TRACER;

ALSACE; BAS RHIN; FRANCE; SOULTZ SOUS FORETS;

EID: 84858283163     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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