Open AccessModeling, design, and life performance prediction for energy production from geothermal reservoirs. Quarterly progress report, October--December, 1997
Author(s) -
Daniel Swenson
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/307828
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , petroleum engineering , geothermal energy , production (economics) , focus (optics) , geology , environmental science , engineering , geophysics , physics , optics , economics , macroeconomics
The objective of this project is to maintain and transfer existing Hot Dry Rock two-dimensional fractured reservoir analysis capability to the geothermal industry and to extend the analysis concepts to three dimensions. In this quarter, the primary focus has been on interaction with industry, development of the Geocrack3D model, and maintenance of Geocrack2D. It is important to emphasize that the modeling is complementary to current industry modeling, in that the authors focus on flow in fractured rock and on the coupled effect of thermal cooling