Modeling Deep Geothermal Reservoirs: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives

Matthias Augustin (), Mathias Bauer, Christian Blick (), Sarah Eberle (), Willi Freeden (), Christian Gerhards Maxim Ilyasov, René Kahnt, Matthias Klug (), Sandra Möhringer (), Thomas Neu, Helga Nutz (), Isabel Michel née Ostermann and Alessandro Punzi
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Matthias Augustin: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
Mathias Bauer: CBM GmbH
Christian Blick: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
Sarah Eberle: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
Willi Freeden: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
Christian Gerhards Maxim Ilyasov: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
René Kahnt: G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH
Matthias Klug: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
Sandra Möhringer: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
Thomas Neu: Tiefe Geothermie Saar GmbH
Helga Nutz: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group
Isabel Michel née Ostermann: Fraunhofer ITWM
Alessandro Punzi: University of Kaiserslautern, Geomathematics Group

A chapter in Handbook of Geomathematics, 2015, pp 1547-1629 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Modeling geothermal reservoirs is a key issue of a successful geothermal energy development. After over 40 years of study, many models have been proposed and applied to hundreds of sites worldwide. Nevertheless, with increasing computational capabilities, new efficient methods become available. The aim of this paper is to present recent progress on potential methods and seismic (post-)processing, as well as fluid and thermal flow simulations for porous and fractured subsurface systems. Commonly used procedures in industrial energy exploration and production such as forward modeling, seismic migration, and inversion methods together with continuum and discrete flow models for reservoir monitoring and management are explained, and some numerical examples are presented. The paper ends with the description of future fields of studies and points out opportunities, perspectives, and challenges.

Keywords: Geothermal Energy; Multiple Interacting Continua (MINC); Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS); Post-seismic Processes; Luchko (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-54551-1_22

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