Thermal coupling may control mechanical stability of geothermal reservoirs during cold water injection

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-126

  De Simone, Silvia ^a,b   Vilarrasa, Victor ^a,b   Carrera, Jesús ^a   Alcolea, Andrés ^c   Meier, Peter ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c GeoEnergie Suisse AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Elasticity in porous media; Hydraulic stimulation; Induced seismicity; Thermo hydro mechanical model; Thermoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COLD WATER INJECTION; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; HYDRAULIC STIMULATIONS; INDUCED SEISMICITY; INITIAL STRESS STATE; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; THERMO-HYDRO-MECHANICAL MODELS; THERMOELASTIC EFFECTS;

ELASTICITY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; INJECTION (OIL WELLS); MECHANICAL STABILITY; MECHANISMS; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRESSES; TECTONICS; THERMOELASTICITY; WATER INJECTION;

FRACTURE;

COLD WATER; CONFINING PRESSURE; FRACTURE; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; POROUS MEDIUM; RESERVOIR-INDUCED SEISMICITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOELASTICITY; THERMOHYDROMECHANICS;

EID: 84884351761     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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