Geothermal Reservoir Simulation

Geothermal Energy Systems: Exploration, Development, and Utilization

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 245-301

  Kolditz, Olaf ^a   Blöcher, Mando Guido ^b   Clauser, Christoph ^c   Diersch, Hans Jörg G ^d   Kohl, Thomas ^e   Kühn, Michael ^b   Mcdermott, Christopher I ^f   Wang, Wenqing ^g   Watanabe, Norihiro ^g   Zimmermann, Günter ^b   Bruel, Dominique ^h  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d WASY Gesellschaft für Wasserwirtschaftliche Planung und Systemforschung mbH   (Germany)

^e Geowatt AG   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^h CENTRE DE GÉOSCIENCES   (France)

Author keywords

Geothermal modeling; Geothermal reservoir; Reservoir characterization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885520689     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527630479.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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