Transport of mass and energy in porous media due to natural convection: the geothermal basin problem. Progress report No. 2, 1 Jun 1974--30 Nov 1975

Technical Report · Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7239653

Kassot, D R; Rinehart, J S; Archambeau, C

This report deals with the modeling of physical processes occurring in liquid-dominated geothermal systems. The topics which are described include: (1) An analysis of field data from the Mesa Anomaly, Imperial Valley, California leading to a physical characterization of that system; (2) presence and role of fault zones in a geothermal area; (3) deformations occurring in a model of a geothermal area due to earthtide loading; (4) heat and mass transfer in fault zones and large-scale geothermal systems; and (5) deformation and failure of rock systems in a saturated, high temperature and pressure environment. (GRA)

• Research Organization: Colorado Univ., Boulder (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
• OSTI ID: 7239653
• Report Number(s): PB-252917; CUMER-76-1
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also Progress rept. No. 1, PB--247087
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
CALIFORNIA
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS TRANSFER
HOT-WATER SYSTEMS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
POROUS MATERIALS
CONVECTION
FLUID FLOW
GEOLOGIC FAULTS
IMPERIAL VALLEY
KGRA
ENERGY TRANSFER
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS
MATERIALS
NORTH AMERICA
USA
WESTERN REGION
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