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Title: OpenACC directive-based GPU acceleration of an implicit reconstructed discontinuous Galerkin method for compressible flows on 3D unstructured grids

Abstract

In this study, we use a combination of modeling techniques to describe the relationship between fracture radius that might be accomplished in a hypothetical enhanced geothermal system (EGS) and drilling distance required to create and access those fractures. We use a combination of commonly applied analytical solutions for heat transport in parallel fractures and 3D finite-element method models of more realistic heat extraction geometries. For a conceptual model involving multiple parallel fractures developed perpendicular to an inclined or horizontal borehole, calculations demonstrate that EGS will likely require very large fractures, of greater than 300 m radius, to keep interfracture drilling distances to ~10 km or less. As drilling distances are generally inversely proportional to the square of fracture radius, drilling costs quickly escalate as the fracture radius decreases. It is important to know, however, whether fracture spacing will be dictated by thermal or mechanical considerations, as the relationship between drilling distance and number of fractures is quite different in each case. Information about the likelihood of hydraulically creating very large fractures comes primarily from petroleum recovery industry data describing hydraulic fractures in shale. Those data suggest that fractures with radii on the order of several hundred meters may, indeed, bemore » possible. The results of this study demonstrate that relatively simple calculations can be used to estimate primary design constraints on a system, particularly regarding the relationship between generated fracture radius and the total length of drilling needed in the fracture creation zone. Comparison of the numerical simulations of more realistic geometries than addressed in the analytical solutions suggest that simple proportionalities can readily be derived to relate a particular flow field.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
  2. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1364112
Report Number(s):
INL/CON-16-39864
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-05ID14517
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 50th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, TX (United States), 26-29 Jun 2016
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; enhanced geothermal system

Citation Formats

Lou, Jialin, Xia, Yidong, Luo, Lixiang, Luo, Hong, Edwards, Jack, and Mueller, Frank. OpenACC directive-based GPU acceleration of an implicit reconstructed discontinuous Galerkin method for compressible flows on 3D unstructured grids. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.2514/6.2016-1815.
Lou, Jialin, Xia, Yidong, Luo, Lixiang, Luo, Hong, Edwards, Jack, & Mueller, Frank. OpenACC directive-based GPU acceleration of an implicit reconstructed discontinuous Galerkin method for compressible flows on 3D unstructured grids. United States. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-1815
Lou, Jialin, Xia, Yidong, Luo, Lixiang, Luo, Hong, Edwards, Jack, and Mueller, Frank. 2016. "OpenACC directive-based GPU acceleration of an implicit reconstructed discontinuous Galerkin method for compressible flows on 3D unstructured grids". United States. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2016-1815. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1364112.
@article{osti_1364112,
title = {OpenACC directive-based GPU acceleration of an implicit reconstructed discontinuous Galerkin method for compressible flows on 3D unstructured grids},
author = {Lou, Jialin and Xia, Yidong and Luo, Lixiang and Luo, Hong and Edwards, Jack and Mueller, Frank},
abstractNote = {In this study, we use a combination of modeling techniques to describe the relationship between fracture radius that might be accomplished in a hypothetical enhanced geothermal system (EGS) and drilling distance required to create and access those fractures. We use a combination of commonly applied analytical solutions for heat transport in parallel fractures and 3D finite-element method models of more realistic heat extraction geometries. For a conceptual model involving multiple parallel fractures developed perpendicular to an inclined or horizontal borehole, calculations demonstrate that EGS will likely require very large fractures, of greater than 300 m radius, to keep interfracture drilling distances to ~10 km or less. As drilling distances are generally inversely proportional to the square of fracture radius, drilling costs quickly escalate as the fracture radius decreases. It is important to know, however, whether fracture spacing will be dictated by thermal or mechanical considerations, as the relationship between drilling distance and number of fractures is quite different in each case. Information about the likelihood of hydraulically creating very large fractures comes primarily from petroleum recovery industry data describing hydraulic fractures in shale. Those data suggest that fractures with radii on the order of several hundred meters may, indeed, be possible. The results of this study demonstrate that relatively simple calculations can be used to estimate primary design constraints on a system, particularly regarding the relationship between generated fracture radius and the total length of drilling needed in the fracture creation zone. Comparison of the numerical simulations of more realistic geometries than addressed in the analytical solutions suggest that simple proportionalities can readily be derived to relate a particular flow field.},
doi = {10.2514/6.2016-1815},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1364112}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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