The new HPHT triaxial apparatus at IPG Strasbourg (France)
- Key words
- pressure, temperature, deformation, geothermal, permeability
- Conference
- European Geothermal Congress
- Year
- 2016
- Session
- Science – Geophysics
- Language
- English
- Paper number
- S-GP-154
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Abstract
Understanding the in-situ mechanical behaviour and physical properties of geothermal reservoir rock is of paramount importance in the optimisation of geothermal resources. The acquisition of such data requires a state-of-the-art, high-pressure, high temperature triaxial deformation apparatus. We have recently purchased such a device—built by Sanchez Technologies (France)—using funding provided by the Université de Strasbourg (Initiative d’Excellence (IDEX) “Attractivité” grant) and LABEX grant ANR-11-LABX-0050_G-EAU-THERMIE-PROFONDE (state funding managed by the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR) as part of the “Investissements d'avenir” program). We plan to use our device to measure strength, elastic wave velocities, elastic moduli, porosity, and permeability of rock samples in a geothermal context under in-situ conditions.
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