A Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Coupling Study of Heat Extraction from the Geothermal Reservoir with a Discrete Fracture Network

The complex thermal-hydraulic-mechanical (THM) coupling is the key issue to the energy extraction from a geothermal reservoir, where fractures are the main channels for fluid circulation and heat transfer. However, the effects of matrix deformation-induced aperture variation and fracture roughness o...

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Main Authors: Zhiwei Ye, J. G. Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:Geofluids
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8875918