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Injection plume behavior in fractured, vapor-dominated reservoirs

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OSTI ID:472101
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab., CA (United States)

We discuss fluid flow and heat transfer processes during water injection into hot, fluid-depleted vapor zones. Numerical simulations of injection plumes in fractures, modeled as two-dimensional heterogeneous porous media, indicate complex behavior. Under certain conditions it is possible to make detailed quantitative predictions of vaporization behavior. However, when effects of reservoir heterogeneity are dominant it will only be possible to predict the behavior of injection plumes in general terms.

DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
472101
Report Number(s):
CONF-960124--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English