From fluid flow to coupled processes in fractured rock: Recent advances and new frontiers

HS Viswanathan, J Ajo‐Franklin… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

A review of salt precipitation during CO2 injection into saline aquifers and its potential impact on carbon sequestration projects in China

G Cui, Z Hu, F Ning, S Jiang, R Wang - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The injectivity of saline aquifers is one of the most important factors affecting CO 2
geological storage. However, CO 2 injection fields showed that a lot of crystallized salt …

Study on the influence of randomly distributed fracture aperture in a fracture network on heat production from an enhanced geothermal system (EGS)

D Zhou, A Tatomir, A Niemi, CF Tsang, M Sauter - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
In the attempt to reduce the CO 2 emissions to the atmosphere and therefore the
dependence on fossil fuels, geothermal energy has started to receive increased scientific …

Performance of geothermal energy extraction in a horizontal well by using CO2 as the working fluid

F Sun, Y Yao, G Li, X Li - Energy conversion and management, 2018 - Elsevier
With the rapid depletion of oil and gas reservoirs, many oil and gas wells become
abandoned. These abandoned wells could be recovered if they are drilled in proper …

The potential of coupled carbon storage and geothermal extraction in a CO2-enhanced geothermal system: a review

Y Wu, P Li - Geothermal Energy, 2020 - Springer
The increasing demand for energy makes it difficult to replace fossil fuels with low-carbon
energy sources in the short term, and the large amount of CO 2 emitted by fossil fuel …

The influence of complicated fluid-rock interactions on the geothermal exploitation in the CO2 plume geothermal system

G Cui, S Ren, Z Rui, J Ezekiel, L Zhang, H Wang - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous natural sedimentary reservoirs and their high permeability have made the
CO 2 plume geothermal system increasingly attractive. However, the complicated fluid-rock …

A comparison of electric power output of CO2 Plume Geothermal (CPG) and brine geothermal systems for varying reservoir conditions

BM Adams, TH Kuehn, JM Bielicki, JB Randolph… - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
In contrast to conventional hydrothermal systems or enhanced geothermal systems, CO 2
Plume Geothermal (CPG) systems generate electricity by using CO 2 that has been …

A three-dimensional coupled thermo-hydro model for geothermal development in discrete fracture networks of hot dry rock reservoirs

F **ong, C Zhu, G Feng, J Zheng, H Sun - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) fluid flow and thermal transport modeling in discrete
fracture networks (DFNs) is critical for geothermal energy recovery from enhanced …

Geothermal energy extraction in CO2 rich basin using abandoned horizontal wells

F Sun, Y Yao, G Li, X Li - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Compared with traditional oil and gas resources, geothermal energy processes the
advantages of zero emission, low investment and high productivity, etc. in this paper, a …

Assessing the combined influence of fluid-rock interactions on reservoir properties and injectivity during CO2 storage in saline aquifers

G Cui, Y Wang, Z Rui, B Chen, S Ren, L Zhang - Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Complex fluid-rock interactions can occur during the injection of carbon dioxide (CO 2) into
saline aquifers for sequestration, which may affect CO 2 injectivity and storage capacity. In …