Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The focus of this paper is the efficient numerical solution of the fluid flow in the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) reservoir. In this study, the public data available for Discrete Fracture Networks (DFN) around well 58-32 is used to represent the DFN. In this research, a novel computationally efficient method called Hele-Shaw (HS) approximation is used for modeling fluid flow in FORGE well. An analysis of the influence of fracture intensity in a network is carried out using the HS method. The HS method was validated by solving the full Navier–Stokes equations (NSE) for a network of eight fractures. A good agreement was observed between the evaluated results (average deviation of 0.76%).
Source: Fluids
Authors: Pouria Aghajannezhad, Mathieu Sellier
Institution: University of Canterbury
Language: English
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,046
OpenAlex ID: W4402984347