Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical Modeling of Enhanced Geothermal System Reservoirs - Continuum through Discontinuum Representations: Capturing Reservoir Stimulation, Evolution and Induced SeismicityCX(s) Applied: A9Date: 03/29/2010Location(s): ...
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March 29, 2010
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CX(s) Applied: A9
Date: 03/29/2010
Location(s): Pennsylvania
Office(s): Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Golden Field Office
Pennsylvania State University would develop computation models to describe the stimulation and projection phases of Enhanced Geothermal System reservoirs and complete analysis relevant to current and future demonstration projects. The study would develop coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) models capable of accommodating (i) static and dynamic rupture and failure in discontinuous fractured reservoirs (ii) where the fill quadruplet of THMC interactions is rigorously accommodated.