Heat transfer in fractured geothermal reservoirs with boiling
Author:
- Karsten PruessKPKarsten Pruess
Open Access
- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Water Resources Research
- Vol. 19 (1) , 201-208
Abstract
Analytical and numerical techniques are used to study nonisothermal flow of water and steam in idealized fractured porous media. We find that heat conduction in the rock matrix can substantially alter the flowing enthalpy in the fractures. Effects of matrix permeability and fracture spacing are demonstrated for production from and injection into vapor‐dominated and liquid‐dominated geothermal reservoirs.Keywords
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