Geysers reservoir studies

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:7369642

Bodvarsson, G S; Lippmann, M J; Pruess, K ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (United States)

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory is conducting several research projects related to issues of interest to The Geysers operators, including those that deal with understanding the nature of vapor-dominated systems, measuring or inferring reservoir processes and parameters, and studying the effects of liquid injection. All of these topics are directly or indirectly relevant to the development of reservoir strategies aimed at stabilizing or increasing production rates of non-corrosive steam, low in non-condensable gases. Three reservoir engineering studies are described in some detail, that is: (a) Modeling studies of heat transfer and phase distribution in two-phase geothermal reservoirs; (b) Numerical modeling studies of Geysers injection experiments; and (c) Development of a dual-porosity model to calculate mass flow between rock matrix blocks and neighboring fractures.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 7369642
• Report Number(s): CONF-930484--; ON: DE94001714
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150904* -- Geothermal Engineering-- Geothermal Reservoir & Well Performance
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENERGY TRANSFER
ENGINEERING
FLUID FLOW
FLUID INJECTION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
GEYSERS GEOTHERMAL FIELD
Geothermal Legacy
HEAT TRANSFER
HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS
LIQUID FLOW
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESERVOIR ENGINEERING
RESERVOIR ROCK
TWO-PHASE FLOW
VAPOR-DOMINATED SYSTEMS