Modeling, design, and life performance prediction for energy production from geothermal reservoirs. First quarter progress report

Technical Report · Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/527465· OSTI ID:527465

Swenson, D

The objective of this project is to both 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 they focus on flow in fractured rock and on the coupled effect of thermal cooling, while a primary focus of current modeling technology is multi-phase flow.

• Research Organization: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG07-97ID13533
• OSTI ID: 527465
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID/13533-T1; ON: DE97009160; TRN: AHC29720%%57
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 15 Aug 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
99 MATHEMATICS
COMPUTERS
INFORMATION SCIENCE
MANAGEMENT
LAW
MISCELLANEOUS
HOT-DRY-ROCK SYSTEMS
G CODES
PROGRESS REPORT
FRACTURED RESERVOIRS
FLOW MODELS
MULTIPHASE FLOW
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
HEAT EXTRACTION
Geothermal Legacy