As a kind of clean renewable energy, the production and utilization of geothermal resources
can make a great contribution to optimizing the energy structure and energy conservation …

A coupled thermal-hydro-mechanical (THM) model based on the combined finite-discrete
element method (FDEM) is presented for simulating rock cracking driven by multi-physics …

Deep geothermal energy exploitation has gained a lot of attentions in energy field due to its
large reserve. Enhanced geothermal system (EGS) is the only one mode to explore hot dry …

A novel enhanced geothermal system with multilateral wells is proposed to extract heat from
hot dry rock in this study. For this EGS, one main wellbore is drilled to hot dry rock. Several …

Hot dry rock (HDR) is considered as a promising low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels, but
the remaining economic challenges are leading to its unsuccessful exploitation. Therefore …

In this paper, a peridynamic-enhanced finite element formulation is introduced for the
numerical simulation of thermo–hydro–mechanical coupled problems in saturated porous …

At present, geothermal energy is a promising research area but with a series of unknowns
waited to be explored. Recently, the U-shaped closed loop geothermal extraction system …

In the attempt to reduce the CO 2 emissions to the atmosphere and therefore the
dependence on fossil fuels, geothermal energy has started to receive increased scientific …

A fractured reservoir can support and sustain long-term geothermal energy extraction
operations. The process of injecting cold water to extract hot water from a fractured reservoir …

Our previous study (Song et al., 2018) proposed a novel enhanced geothermal system
(EGS) with multilateral wells and demonstrated that it had greater heat extraction …