Evaluation of inert tracers in a bedrock fracture using ground penetrating radar and thermal sensors

Hawkins, Adam J.; Becker, Matthew W.; Tsoflias, Georgios P.

doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2017.01.006

Title: Evaluation of inert tracers in a bedrock fracture using ground penetrating radar and thermal sensors

Journal Article · Tue Feb 07 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Geothermics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2017.01.006· OSTI ID:1843952

Hawkins, Adam J. ^[1]; Becker, Matthew W. ^[2]; Tsoflias, Georgios P. ^[3]

Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
California State Univ. (CalState), Long Beach, CA (United States)
Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (United States)

The spatial distribution of fracture/matrix heat exchange was measured while hot water was circulated through a single bedding plane fracture in shallow bedrock. The field site is interpreted here as a simple model for a geothermal reservoir. Here, thermal breakthrough was recorded at the production well and Fiber-Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) monitored temperature in the rock matrix. Conservative tracer tests revealed that the reservoir fluid volume in two separate experiments were nearly identical. Thermal breakthrough measurements, however, revealed that reservoir fluid volume did not correlate to thermal performance because the two experiments encountered different effective areas of heat transfer along the fracture. Ground Penetrating Radar imaging of subsurface tracer transport and DTS corroborate these findings.a cold reservoir

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Research Organization:: Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Technology Development (EE-20)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0006764

OSTI ID:: 1843952

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1413858

Journal Information:: Geothermics, Vol. 67; ISSN 0375-6505

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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