Impact of reservoir permeability on the choice of subsurface geothermal heat exchange fluid: CO 2 versus water and native brine

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 35 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 521-526

  Randolph, Jimmy B ^a   Saar, Martin O ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide sequestration; CPG; EGS; Geothermal; Heat transfer; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION; CPG; EGS; ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCTION; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGIC FORMATIONS; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL HEAT; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGE FLUIDS; HEAT EXTRACTION; RESERVOIR PERMEABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84860852371     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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