Potential assessment of CO2 injection for heat mining and geological storage in geothermal reservoirs of China

Applied Energy

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 237-246

  Zhang, Liang ^a   Ezekiel, Justin ^a   Li, Dexiang ^a   Pei, Jingjing ^b   Ren, Shaoran ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Geothermal reservoir; Heat mining potential; Reservoir simulation; Storage capacity

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS; HYDROGEOLOGY; WASTE HEAT; WATER INJECTION;

DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; HEAT MINING; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; RESERVOIR SIMULATION; SIMPLE CALCULATION METHOD; STORAGE CAPACITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GAS PRODUCTION; GAS STORAGE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT CAPACITY; HEAT FLOW; SIMULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84895733560     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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