Thermal well-test method
Abstract
A well-test method involving injection of hot (or cold) water into a groundwater aquifer, or injecting cold water into a geothermal reservoir is disclosed. By making temperature measurements at various depths in one or more observation wells, certain properties of the aquifer are determined. These properties, not obtainable from conventional well test procedures, include the permeability anisotropy, and layering in the aquifer, and in-situ thermal properties. The temperature measurements at various depths are obtained from thermistors mounted in the observation wells.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6381029
- Application Number:
- ON: TI85005984
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLUID INJECTION; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; TESTING; AQUIFERS; PERMEABILITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; WELLS; 150904* - Geothermal Engineering- Geothermal Reservoir & Well Performance; 150901 - Geothermal Engineering- Drilling Technology & Well Hardware
Citation Formats
Tsang, C F, and Doughty, C A. Thermal well-test method. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Tsang, C F, & Doughty, C A. Thermal well-test method. United States.
Tsang, C F, and Doughty, C A. Fri .
"Thermal well-test method". United States.
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title = {Thermal well-test method},
author = {Tsang, C F and Doughty, C A},
abstractNote = {A well-test method involving injection of hot (or cold) water into a groundwater aquifer, or injecting cold water into a geothermal reservoir is disclosed. By making temperature measurements at various depths in one or more observation wells, certain properties of the aquifer are determined. These properties, not obtainable from conventional well test procedures, include the permeability anisotropy, and layering in the aquifer, and in-situ thermal properties. The temperature measurements at various depths are obtained from thermistors mounted in the observation wells.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1984},
month = {2}
}
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