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Simulating Complex Fracture Systems in Geothermal Reservoirs Using an Explicitly Coupled Hydro-Geomechanical Model

Low permeability geothermal reservoirs can be stimulated by hydraulic fracturing to create Enhanced (or Engineered) Geothermal Systems (EGS) with higher permeability and improved heat transfer to increase heat production. In this paper, we document our effort to develop a numerica...

Carrigan, C. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 01, 2011
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Generalized Displacement Correlation Method for Estimating Stress Intensity Factors

This paper presents a generalized form of the displacement correlation method (the GDC method), which can use any linear or quadratic finite element type with homogeneous meshing without local refinement. These two features are critical for modeling dynamic fracture propagation pr...

Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 01, 2012
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Chlorite Dissolution Rates

Spreadsheets provides measured chlorite rate data from 100 to 300 degrees C at elevated CO2. Spreadsheet includes derived rate equation.

Carroll, S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jul 01, 2013
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Illite Dissolution Rates and Equation (100 to 280 deg C)

The objective of this suite of experiments was to develop a useful kinetic dissolution expression for illite applicable over an expanded range of solution pH and temperature conditions representative of subsurface conditions in natural and/or engineered geothermal reservoirs. Usi...

Carroll, S. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Oct 17, 2014
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Kinetics of Chlorite Dissolution at Elevated Temperatures and CO2 Conditions

Chlorite dissolution kinetics were measured under far from equilibrium conditions using a mixed-flow reactor over temperatures of 100-275 degrees C at pH values of 3.0-5.7 in a background solution matrix of 0.05 m NaCl. Over this temperature range, magnesium was released congruent...

Carroll, S. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jul 01, 2013
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REE Adsorption Performance with Immobilized Caulobacter Biofilms

This submission includes data collected from experiments on the performance of rare earth adsorption by immobilized bacteria that accompany the FY18 Q2 and Q3 quarter reports. Relevant information from these reports is included in a resource below. The spreadsheet below includes d...

Jiao, Y. and Park, D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Apr 01, 2018
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Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Geothermal Fluids through Bacterial Cell Surface Adsorption

We summarized the FY17 and part of FY18 results of the analysis of the effect of several parameters (e.g., total dissolved solids, specific competing metals, pH, and temperature) on REE recovery from geothermal brine in a manuscript that was submitted to Environmental Science & Te...

Jiao, Y. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jan 01, 2018
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Thermal Drawdown Induced Flow Channeling in Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

We investigate the flow-channeling phenomenon caused by thermal drawdown in fractured geothermal reservoirs. A discrete fracture network-based, fully coupled thermal "hydrological" mechanical simulator is used to study the interactions between fluid flow, temperature change, and t...

Fu, P. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Nov 15, 2015
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Thermal Drawdown-Induced Flow Channeling in a Single Fracture in EGS

The evolution of flow pattern along a single fracture and its effects on heat production is a fundamental problem in the assessments of engineered geothermal systems (EGS). The channelized flow pattern associated with ubiquitous heterogeneity in fracture aperture distribution caus...

Guo, B. et al Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory