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Geothermal reservoir modeling in a coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical approach: A review
Published in Elsevier B.V.
2018
Volume: 185
   
Pages: 1157 - 1169
Abstract
Heat extraction from the geothermal reservoir is sensitive to reservoir properties, operating parameters and coupling among various processes. Due to complex reservoir structure, heat extraction performances and flow field behaviour in geothermal reservoirs are very different than the small scale laboratory model experiments. In recent past, significant progress in reservoir scale numerical modeling has been made for quantification of challenges in geothermal energy system development. In this paper, a comprehensive review of state of the art geothermal reservoir modeling for heat extraction is presented. Various numerical tools and approaches such as the finite difference method, finite element method, finite volume method, etc. to model the geothermal reservoir in the last four decades are discussed. The thrust of this paper is on a critical review of individual evaluation of coupling among all possible processes that are thermo, hydro, mechanical, and chemical processes on heat extraction performance. Future directions in developing better understanding on geothermal reservoir systems are proposed. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
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JournalData powered by TypesetEarth-Science Reviews
PublisherData powered by TypesetElsevier B.V.
ISSN00128252
Open AccessNo
Concepts (6)
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    Alternative energy
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    Coupling
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    GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM
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    Heat flow
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    Numerical model