Interpreting tracer tests in the enhanced geothermal system (EGS) of Soultz-sous-Forêts using the equivalent stratified medium approach

Geothermics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-51

  Radilla, Giovanni ^a   Sausse, Judith ^b   Sanjuan, Bernard ^c   Fourar, Mostafa ^a  

^a NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Discrete fracture network; Equivalent stratified porous medium; Heterogeneity factor; Tracer tests

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; CIRCULATION LOOP; DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLOW PATH; FLUID CIRCULATION; FRACTURE ZONE; HETEROGENEITY FACTOR; INJECTION WELLS; LOG-NORMAL; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; PERMEABILITY RATIO; POROUS MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM MODEL; PRODUCTION WELLS; ROCK FORMATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRATIFIED MEDIUM; TRACER TESTS; WELLHEAD PRESSURES; WHILE LOOPS;

FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; WELLS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURE ZONE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HETEROGENEITY; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACER;

EID: 84865553439     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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