A general framework for fracture intersection analysis: algorithms and practical applications

نویسندگان

  • Younes Fadakar Alghalandis
  • Chaoshui Xu
  • Peter A. Dowd
چکیده

The modelling and simulation of fracture networks is a critical component of the assessment of hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal resources and of the design and creation of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). The production of geothermal energy from an EGS depends on fluid pathways through the HDR and thus connectivity of fractures is essential. One way of assessing and modelling fracture connectivity is by intersection analysis. There is a notable lack of research in this area reported in the published literature probably because of the extreme complexity of three-dimensional fractures in HDR especially with respect to their geometrical characteristics i.e., shapes and orientations and spatial interrelationships in the fracture network.

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تاریخ انتشار 2011