1-D Geothermal Models the Good, the Bad and the Unlikely
- Conference
- New Zealand Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1994
- Session
- Theme Papers
- Language
- English
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Abstract
Recent results in the analysis of geothermal heat pipes are used to assess conceptual steady-state models of two-phase geothermal reservoirs. It is found that some models are good (possibleand likely), some are bad (impossible), and some are unlikely, when permeability is uniform and flow is Shocks or boundary layers in saturation play an important role in this analysis. In particular, the popular model of liquid condensate overlying a vapor-dominated heat pipe is unlikely, highlightingthe importance of permeability changes in actual reservoirs.
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