Production capacity estimation by reservoir numerical simulation of northwest (NW) Sabalan geothermal field, Iran

Younes Noorollahi and Ryuichi Itoi

Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 7, 4552-4569

Abstract: A three dimensional numerical model of the northwest (NW) Sabalan geothermal system was developed on the basis of the designed conceptual model from available field data. A numerical model of the reservoir was expressed with a grid system of a rectangular prism of 12km×8km with 4.6km height, giving a total area of 96km2. The model has 14 horizontal layers ranging in thickness between 100m to 1000m extending from a maximum of 3600 to −1000ma.s.l. Fifteen rock types were used in the model to assign different horizontal permeabilities from 5.0×10−18 to 4.0×10−13m2 based on the conceptual model.

Keywords: Reservoir simlation; Capacity assessment; Geothermal; Sabalan; Iran (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.03.046

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