Prediction of reinjection effects in fault-related subsidiary structures by using fractional derivative-based mathematical models for sustainable design of geothermal reservoirs
Autor: | Sergei Fomin, Toshiyuki Hashida, Anna Suzuki, Yuichi Niibori, Vladimir Chugunov |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Petroleum engineering Mathematical model Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Geology Fault (geology) Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Fractional calculus TRACER Heat transfer Fracture (geology) Geotechnical engineering Fade Geothermal gradient |
Zdroj: | Geothermics. 57:196-204 |
ISSN: | 0375-6505 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.geothermics.2015.04.001 |
Popis: | This study provides a method to evaluate the effects of cold-water injection into an advection-dominated geothermal reservoir. A fractional advection-dispersion equation (fADE) and a fractional heat transfer equation (fHTE) are applied to fault-related structures in geothermal areas where the fracture density is described by a power-law model. Synthetic production data generated by a numerical reservoir simulator reveal that the fADE and the fHTE are in reasonable agreement with the tracer responses and temperature change in a fault zone. Tracer analysis based on the fADE has potential to elucidate fault-related structures and to predict premature thermal breakthroughs quickly and efficiently. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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