A three-dimensional thermo-hydro-mechanical coupled model for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) embedded with discrete fracture networks

DOI10.1016/j.cma.2019.06.037zbMath1441.74125OpenAlexW2966215204MaRDI QIDQ2173644

Tuo Li, Yang Wang, Yun Chen, Guo Wei Ma

Publication date: 17 April 2020

Published in: Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2019.06.037

zbMATH Keywords

local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE)discrete fracture networks (DFNs)enhanced geothermal systems (EGS)Habanero EGS projectnon-isothermal fluid flowstrongly coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Brittle fracture (74R10) Fluid-solid interactions (including aero- and hydro-elasticity, porosity, etc.) (74F10) Soil and rock mechanics (74L10)

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