[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms causing injectivity decline and enhancement in geothermal projects

W Luo, A Kottsova, PJ Vardon, AC Dieudonné… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
In geothermal projects, reinjection of produced water has been widely applied for disposing
wastewater, supplying heat exchange media and maintaining reservoir pressure …

Dual-damage constitutive model to define thermal damage in rock

L Liu, H Ji, D Elsworth, S Zhi, X Lv, T Wang - International Journal of Rock …, 2020 - Elsevier
The evolution of the mechanical properties of rock as a function of thermal damage is
relevant to various engineering applications, such as nuclear waste repositories …

Engineering properties of four different rocks after heat treatment

S Vidana Pathiranagei, I Gratchev, R Kong - … and Geophysics for Geo …, 2021 - Springer
The effect of high temperature on engineering properties of rocks has recently become an
important topic for geotechnical engineering applications due to the development in …

The use of supercritical CO2 in deep geothermal reservoirs as a working fluid: Insights from coupled THMC modeling

Q Gan, T Candela, B Wassing, L Wasch, J Liu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
A coupled THMC (thermal-hydrological-mechanical-chemical) model is developed and
applied to explore the potential feasibility of using scCO 2 (supercritical carbon dioxide) as a …

Evaluation of connectivity characteristics on the permeability of two‐dimensional fracture networks using geological entropy

Z Ye, X Fan, J Zhang, J Sheng, Y Chen… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic approach has been developed to estimate the relationship between the
permeability and connectivity of two‐dimensional fracture networks, in which the network …

Experimental study of fracture response in granite specimens subjected to hydrothermal conditions relevant for enhanced geothermal systems

A Kamali-Asl, E Ghazanfari, N Perdrial, N Bredice - Geothermics, 2018 - Elsevier
Sustaining a network of connected fractures is critical to the long-term success of Enhanced
Geothermal Systems (EGS). In this study, the effects of coupled Thermal-Hydrological …

Thermal effect promotes non-Darcian flow in heated rock fractures

J Tan, G Rong, C Li, JQ Zhou, H Tang - Rock Mechanics and Rock …, 2023 - Springer
Water flow through fractured rocks in high-temperature settings is relevant to many
subsurface geo-energy engineering projects including geothermal energy extraction …

Thermally driven fracture aperture variation in naturally fractured granites

MG Lima, D Vogler, L Querci, C Madonna… - Geothermal …, 2019 - Springer
Temperature variations often trigger coupled thermal, hydrological, mechanical, and
chemical (THMC) processes that can significantly alter the permeability/impedance of …

Coupled Thermo‐Hydro‐Mechanical‐Chemical Modeling of Permeability Evolution in a CO2‐Circulated Geothermal Reservoir

J Tao, Y Wu, D Elsworth, P Li, Y Hao - Geofluids, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The meager availability of water as a heat transfer fluid is sometimes an impediment to
enhanced geothermal system (EGS) development in semi‐arid regions. One potential …

Permeability Evolution of Fractures in Shale in the Presence of Supercritical CO2

SS Hashemi, MD Zoback - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We experimentally examined the impact of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) on fracture
permeability and fracture surface characteristics in shales of various compositions. We …