Development and application of three-dimensional discrete fracture network modeling approach for fluid flow in fractured rock masses

N Huang, R Liu, Y Jiang, Y Cheng - Journal of Natural Gas Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rock fractures are crucial conduits for fluid flow in fractured rock masses. Three-dimensional
(3D) discrete fracture network (DFN) modeling approach, which can explicitly characterize …

Geochemical mechanisms of water/CO2-rock interactions in EGS and its impacts on reservoir properties: a review

B Gao, Y Li, Z Pang, T Huang, Y Kong, B Li, F Zhang - Geothermics, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Geothermal energy from Hot Dry Rock (HDR) with poor permeability is recognized
as a potential future energy source, and it can be exploited by Enhanced Geothermal …

Numerical simulation of two-phase heat and mass transfer in fractured reservoirs based on projection-based embedded discrete fracture model (pEDFM)

X Rao, L Xin, Y He, X Fang, R Gong, F Wang… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract pEDFM is a newly developed numerical simulation framework for mass transfer in
fractured reservoirs, and this paper aims to study the application of the pEDFM framework to …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of low-enthalpy geothermal systems: Interplay of spatially correlated heterogeneity and well-doublet spacings

M Babaei, HM Nick - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The low-enthalpy geothermal systems are commonly deployed in sedimentary geological
settings that feature significant levels of deposition-induced heterogeneity. In this paper …

Bioconvection phenomenon for the boundary layer flow of magnetohydrodynamic Carreau liquid over a heated disk

M Sohail, U Nazir, YM Chu, W Al-Kouz… - Scientia …, 2021 - scientiairanica.sharif.edu
A numerical examination is conducted for the magnetohydrodynamics steady Carreau fluid
flow on the transport of thermal energy and mass specie comprising nanoparticles with …

[HTML][HTML] Towards optimisation of geothermal heat recovery: An example from the West Netherlands Basin

CJL Willems, HM Nick - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The Netherlands experienced the fastest European expansion of geothermal energy
exploitation in the past decade. The first Dutch geothermal sites proved that Hot …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation method of underground water storage space and thermal reservoir model in abandoned mine

P Guo, M Wang, G Dang, T Zhu, J Wang, M He - Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
A large number of mines are closed or abandoned every year in China. Geothermal
utilization is one of the important ways to efficiently reuse underground resources in …

A modified embedded discrete-fracture model to study oil-water two-phase heat and mass transfer in the complex fracture network

J Shi, L Cheng, X Rao, R Cao, G Liu - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021 - Elsevier
The temperature of the fluids injected is usually cooler than the in-situ reservoir temperature
in the fractured reservoir's development. It is essential to study thermal changes between …

Comparative study on heat extraction performance of geothermal reservoirs with presupposed shapes and permeability heterogeneity in the stimulated reservoir …

Z Ye, JG Wang, B Hu - Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) is critical to the heat extraction from an enhanced
geothermal system (EGS). Being different from previous simple cube-shape SRV, this study …

Efficient decoupling schemes for multiscale multicontinuum problems in fractured porous media

M Vasilyeva - Journal of Computational Physics, 2023 - Elsevier
We consider the coupled system of equations that describe flow in fractured porous media.
To describe such types of problems, multicontinuum and multiscale approaches are used …