| Autor: |
Dongdong Liu, Yanyong Xiang |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
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| Zdroj: |
Energies, Vol 12, Iss 7, p 1211 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1996-1073 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/en12071211 |
| Popis: |
Multiple fractures have been proposed for improving the heat extracted from an enhanced geothermal system (EGS). For calculating the production temperature of a multi-fracture EGS, previous analytical or semi-analytical methods have all been based on an infinite scale of fractures and one-dimensional conduction in the rock matrix. Here, a temporal semi-analytical method is presented in which finite-scale fractures and three-dimensional conduction in the rock matrix are both considered. Firstly, the developed model was validated by comparing it with the analytical solution, which only considers one-dimensional conduction in the rock matrix. Then, the temporal semi-analytical method was used to predict the production temperature in order to investigate the effects of fracture spacing and fracture number on the response of an EGS with a constant total injection rate. The results demonstrate that enlarging the spacing between fractures and increasing the number of fractures can both improve the heat extraction; however, the latter approach is much more effective than the former. In addition, the temporal semi-analytical method is applicable for optimizing the design of an EGS with multiple fractures located equidistantly or non-equidistantly. |
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