Thermal response of the fractured hot dry rocks with thermal-hydro-mechanical coupling effects

H Wang, H Liu, D Chen, H Wu, X Jin - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to efficiently exploit geothermal energy, the reasonable configuration of fracture
network should ensure the minimum water loss, high flow rate, high production temperature …

Investigation on the effect of the relative position between fracture and injection-production well on thermal extraction performance

Y Ma, X Fu, S Li, L Zhang, S Liu, T Wang - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of hot dry rock (HDR) resources is mainly through hydraulic fracturing to
build fracture in low permeability high-temperature rock to form working fluid flow channels …

Investigation of Heat Extraction in an Enhanced Geothermal System Embedded with Fracture Networks Using the Thermal–Hydraulic–Mechanical Coupling Model

XY Duan, D Huang, WX Lei, SC Chen, ZQ Huang… - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a numerical study on thermal energy mining from hot dry rock (HDR)
using an enhanced geothermal system (EGS). In these simulations, the thermal–hydraulic …

Numerical simulation of fracture propagation and production performance in a fractured geothermal reservoir using a 2D FEM-based THMD coupling model

B Zhang, T Guo, Z Qu, J Wang, M Chen, X Liu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Under the influence of tectonic stress and faults, there are many natural fractures (NFs) in
hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs. However, the effect of NFs on the propagation of hydraulic …

A Thermal‐Hydraulic‐Mechanical Coupling Study of Heat Extraction from the Geothermal Reservoir with a Discrete Fracture Network

Z Ye, JG Wang - Geofluids, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The complex thermal‐hydraulic‐mechanical (THM) coupling is the key issue to the energy
extraction from a geothermal reservoir, where fractures are the main channels for fluid …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal-hydraulic finite element simulation of temperature decrease process during hot dry rock exploitation: A case study in the Qiabuqia area, Gonghe …

H Liu, C Hu, G Zhao, YL SHI - Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 2023 - en.dzkx.org
Hydraulic fracturing is widely employed for hot dry rock (HDR) exploitation, providing a
fracture network that facilitates high-permeability of artificial reservoirs in Enhanced …

Experimental study of hydraulic fracturing in enhanced geothermal system

Z Zhou, Y Jin, Y Zeng, D Youn - ARMA US Rock Mechanics …, 2018 - onepetro.org
The enhanced geothermal system is applied to develop the hot dry rock geothermal
resource. The hot dry rock is dry and impermeable rock, like granite, in the depth of 3000 …

A semi-analytical correlation of thermal-hydraulic-mechanical behavior of fractures and its application to modeling reservoir scale cold water injection problems in …

S Wang, Z Huang, YS Wu, PH Winterfeld, LE Zerpa - Geothermics, 2016 - Elsevier
Fractured enhanced geothermal system (EGS) reservoirs are typically sensitive to thermal
and mechanical change induced by cold water injection. It has been observed that the …

Numerical simulation of hydraulic fracturing of hot dry rock under thermal stress

T Guo, S Tang, S Liu, X Liu, W Zhang, G Qu - Engineering Fracture …, 2020 - Elsevier
The hot dry rock (HDR) hydraulic fracturing is a complex physical process coupling the
effects of seepage, stress, temperature, and damage. The high temperature and brittleness …

Analysis on temperature fields of thermal-hydraulic coupled fluid and rock in Enhanced Geothermal System

J Hu, Z Su, N WU, H ZHAI, Y ZENG - Progress in Geophysics, 2014 - en.dzkx.org
As the most effective method to extract the deep geothermal resources, Enhanced
Geothermal Systems (EGS) has been a hot spot of academic research all over the world …