Geysers reservoir studies

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 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
• Resource Relation: Conference: 11. Geothermal program review: geothermal energy - the environmentally responsible energy technology for the nineties, Berkeley, CA (United States), 27-29 Apr 1993; Related Information: In: Proceedings: Geothermal Energy: The Environmentally Responsible Energy Technology for the Nineties'', by
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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