Geothermal resource and reserve assessment methodology: Overview, analysis and future directions

AE Ciriaco, SJ Zarrouk, G Zakeri - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Resource assessment and reserve estimation play a crucial role in the decision-making,
financing, development, and operation of geothermal projects. The present study critically …

Porepy: An open-source software for simulation of multiphysics processes in fractured porous media

E Keilegavlen, R Berge, A Fumagalli… - Computational …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Development of models and dedicated numerical methods for dynamics in fractured
rocks is an active research field, with research moving towards increasingly advanced …

Optimum control parameters and long-term productivity of geothermal reservoirs using coupled thermo-hydraulic process modelling

MD Aliyu, HP Chen - Renewable Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Knowing the long-term performance of geothermal energy extraction is crucial to decision-
makers and reservoir engineers for optimal management and sustainable utilisation. This …

Reservoir modeling and simulation for geothermal resource characterization and evaluation

MJ O'Sullivan, JP O'Sullivan - Geothermal power generation, 2025 - Elsevier
Three simple methods for geothermal resource estimation—power density, stored heat, and
exergy—are reviewed and their shortcomings are discussed. The conclusion is that …

[HTML][HTML] Projection-based embedded discrete fracture model (pEDFM) for flow and heat transfer in real-field geological formations with hexahedral corner-point grids

M HosseiniMehr, JP Tomala, C Vuik… - Advances in Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present the projection-based embedded discrete fracture model (pEDFM) for hexahedral
corner-point grid (CPG) geometries, for the simulation of hydrothermal processes in …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive dynamic multilevel simulation of fractured geothermal reservoirs

M HosseiniMehr, C Vuik, H Hajibeygi - Journal of Computational Physics: X, 2020 - Elsevier
An algebraic dynamic multilevel (ADM) method for fully-coupled simulation of flow and heat
transport in heterogeneous fractured geothermal reservoirs is presented. Fractures are …

[HTML][HTML] Influences on geothermal circulation in the Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand

SC Pearson-Grant, CA Miller, LB Carson… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Okataina Volcanic Centre (OVC) in the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) is New
Zealand's most recently active caldera and lava dome complex, erupting 85 km 3 of magma …

Dynamic mesh optimisation for geothermal reservoir modelling

P Salinas, G Regnier, C Jacquemyn, CC Pain… - Geothermics, 2021 - Elsevier
Modelling geothermal reservoirs is challenging due to the large domain and wide range of
length-and time-scales of interest. Attempting to represent all scales using a fixed …

[PDF][PDF] Geothermal Modeling in Complex Geological Systems with the ComPASS Code

S Lopez, R Masson, L Beaude, N Birgle… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - pangea.stanford.edu
Deep geothermal systems often lie in complex geological settings, with multi-scale
geological structures that exert a dominant control on convective processes and the transfer …

Fluid and heat flow at Lake Rotomahana prior to the 1886 Tarawera Rift eruption, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

WM Kissling, SC Pearson-Grant… - Journal of Volcanology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The 1886 eruption of Mt. Tarawera, in the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand,
caused significant changes in the hydrothermal system in the vicinity of the pre-eruption …