Numerical simulation of salt precipitation in the fractures of a CO 2-enhanced geothermal system

Geothermics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-22

  Borgia, Andrea ^a   Pruess, Karsten ^a   Kneafsey, Timothy J ^a   Oldenburg, Curtis M ^a   Pan, Lehua ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CO 2 EGS; Geothermal energy; Reservoir modeling; Salt precipitation

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DISSOLVED SALT; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; EQUATION OF STATE; FLOW SYSTEMS; FLUID PRODUCTION; FRACTURE SPACING; GEOTHERMAL BRINES; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; HIGH SALINITY; HOT FLUIDS; INJECTION WELLS; MASS FRACTION; NORMAL PRESSURE; PRODUCTION WELLS; REMEDIATION STRATEGIES; RESERVOIR MODELING; SALT PRECIPITATION; WORKING FLUID;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER INJECTION; WATER RESOURCES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BRINE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RESERVOIR; SALINITY;

EID: 84865559524     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2012.06.002     Document Type: Article

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