Effects of surface roughness and shear processes on solute transport through 3D crossed rock fractures

B Li, J Xu, J Zhong, N Huang, L Zou - International Journal of Rock …, 2023 - Elsevier
The influences of surface roughness and shear processes on fluid flow and solute transport
through three-dimensional (3D) crossed rock fractures, a vital element of fracture networks …

Quantitative assessments on fluid flow through fractures embedded in permeable host rocks: Experiments and simulations

Z Zhong, X Meng, Y Hu, F Zhang, F Wu, G Wang - Engineering Geology, 2023 - Elsevier
An accurate understanding on hydraulic behaviors of fluid flow through fractured rocks is of
central importance for both underground resources exploitation and CO 2 geological …

[HTML][HTML] Moose navier–stokes module

A Lindsay, G Giudicelli, P German, J Peterson, Y Wang… - SoftwareX, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The MOOSE Navier–Stokes module solves mass, momentum, energy, and passive
scalar conservation equations in the context of fluid flow. The module supports solution of …

Impact of structural uncertainty on tracer test design in faulted geothermal reservoirs

A Dashti, MG Korzani, C Geuzaine, R Egert, T Kohl - Geothermics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Evaluation of underground processes requires numerical modeling based on
sophisticated and reliable meshing. Our new GeoMeshPy library focuses on the …

Risk of surface movements and reservoir deformation for high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES)

K Stricker, R Egert, E Schill, T Kohl - Geothermal Energy, 2024 - Springer
High-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) systems are designed for
seasonal storage of large amounts of thermal energy to meet the demand of industrial …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of thermosiphoning on long-term behavior of closed-loop deep geothermal systems for sustainable energy exploitation

M Esmaeilpour, MG Korzani, T Kohl - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Circulation of working fluid in closed geothermal loops is an alternative environmentally
friendly approach to harvest subsurface energy compared to open hole geothermal doublet …

Investigating Izbash's law on characterizing nonlinear flow in self-affine fractures

Y Zhang, J Chai, C Cao, Z Xu - Journal of Petroleum Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Izbash's law, which has a simpler form and exhibits narrower variations of coefficients than
Forchheimer's law, has been successfully used to describe nonlinear flow in rough fractures …

Pore-scale insight into the effect of porous walls on fluid flow in rough-walled fractures

C Li, Y Zhu, JQ Zhou, L Xiang, X Jiang, W Zhu - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates the influence of porous walls on fluid flow behavior in single rough-
walled fractures. A series of direct numerical simulations (DNS) were conducted to examine …

Finite‐Size Scaling for the Permeability of Discrete Fracture Networks

T Yin, T Man, L Li… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We formulate a finite‐size scaling hypothesis to predict the global permeability of fracture
networks. To validate the hypothesis, numerous discrete fracture networks are generated …

Water‐mineral reactions in a translated single realistic fracture: Consequences for contaminant uptake by matrix diffusion

P Trinchero, A Iraola, P Bruines… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We use a realistic fracture along with pore‐scale reactive transport simulations to investigate
the impact of fracture filling minerals and water‐mineral reactions on in‐plane groundwater …