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Thermal coupling may control mechanical stability of geothermal reservoirs during cold water injection
dc.contributor.author | De Simone, Silvia |
dc.contributor.author | Vilarrasa Riaño, Víctor |
dc.contributor.author | Carrera Ramírez, Jesús |
dc.contributor.author | Alcolea Rodríguez, Andrés |
dc.contributor.author | Meier, Peter |
dc.contributor.other | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria del Terreny, Cartogràfica i Geofísica |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-11T10:52:25Z |
dc.date.created | 2013-01-17 |
dc.date.issued | 2013-01-17 |
dc.identifier.citation | De Simone, S. [et al.]. Thermal coupling may control mechanical stability of geothermal reservoirs during cold water injection. "Physics and chemistry of the Earth", 17 Gener 2013, vol. 64, p. 1-10. |
dc.identifier.issn | 0079-1946 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2117/20363 |
dc.description.abstract | Hydraulic stimulation and geothermal reservoir operation may compromise the rock mechanical stability and trigger microseismic events. The mechanisms leading to this induced seismicity are still not completely understood. It is clear that injection causes an overpressure that reduces the effective stress, bringing the system closer to failure conditions. However, rock instability may not result only from hydraulic effects, but also from thermal effects. In fact, hydro-mechanical (i.e., isothermal) models often fail to reproduce field observations because the injection of cold water into a hot reservoir induces thermal stresses due to rock contraction. Thus, rock instability is likely to result from the superposition of hydraulic and thermal effects. Here, we perform coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical and hydro-mechanical simulations to investigate the effects of cold water injection in a fracture zone-intact rock system. Results show that thermal effects induce a significant perturbation on the stress in the intact rock affected by the temperature drop. This perturbation is likely to trigger induced seismicity in the surroundings of critically oriented fractures near the injection well. Hydro-mechanical simulations show that the behavior depends on the orientation of the faults and on the initial stress tensor. In the direction of the fractures, where the strains are more constrained, total stress increases with increasing pressure; thus, deviatoric stress increases or decreases depending on the initial stress state. The comparison between hydraulic and thermal effects shows that, when the largest confining stress acts perpendicular to the fractures, thermoelastic effects dominate and could trigger induced seismicity. |
dc.format.extent | 10 p. |
dc.language.iso | eng |
dc.subject | Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Hidrologia subterrània |
dc.subject.lcsh | Induced seismicity |
dc.subject.other | Hydraulic stimulation |
dc.subject.other | Induced seismicity |
dc.subject.other | Thermoelasticity |
dc.subject.other | Elasticity in porous media |
dc.subject.other | Thermo-hydro-mechanical model |
dc.title | Thermal coupling may control mechanical stability of geothermal reservoirs during cold water injection |
dc.type | Article |
dc.subject.lemac | Sismicitat inducida |
dc.contributor.group | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GHS - Grup d'Hidrologia Subterrània |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.pce.2013.01.001 |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1474706513000028# |
dc.rights.access | Restricted access - publisher's policy |
local.identifier.drac | 11807541 |
dc.description.version | Postprint (published version) |
dc.date.lift | 10000-01-01 |
local.citation.author | De Simone, S.; Vilarrasa, V.; Carrera, J.; Alcolea, A.; Meier, P. |
local.citation.publicationName | Physics and chemistry of the Earth |
local.citation.volume | 64 |
local.citation.startingPage | 1 |
local.citation.endingPage | 10 |
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