Threats posed by the climate crisis have created an urgent need for sustainable green
energy. Geothermal resources have the potential to provide up to 150 GWe of sustainable …

This article reviews laboratory experimental studies on hydraulic fracturing under triaxial and
true triaxial stress conditions in crystalline rock for geothermal purposes, and places …

Abundant natural fractures (NFs) in hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs serve as a crucial element
in hydraulic fracturing technology and reservoir production. Nevertheless, the interaction …

Rigorous coupling of fracture–porous medium fluid flow and topologically complex fracture
propagation is of great scientific interest in geotechnical and biomechanical applications. In …

Understanding the mechanical responses of granites after various thermal shocks is of
utmost significance for heat extraction through from enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs) …

Supercritical geothermal systems are appealing sources of sustainable and carbon-free
energy located in volcanic areas. Recent successes in drilling and exploration have opened …

Hot dry rock (HDR) geothermal energy exploitation is essential to meet the energy demand
and achieve low-carbon solutions. Creation of complex fracture networks in HDR by …

Sc-CO 2 fracturing would be a potential stimulation method for Hot Dry Rock. A series of Sc-
CO 2 fracturing experiments were performed on granite under different temperature and …

Hydraulic fracturing, which determines geothermal resource productivity, is one of the critical
technical components in the construction of hot dry rock (HDR) reservoirs. Although the …

Fluid flow through geologic porous media is represented by Darcy's law and its inertial and
nonlinear extension, the Forchheimer equation. These relationships equate the product of …