Chemistry, Reservoir, and Integrated Models
Below are the project presentations and respective peer review results for Chemistry, Reservoir and Integrated Models.
- Development and Validation of an Advanced Stimulation Prediction Model for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS)
, Marte Gutierrez and Masami Nakagawa, Colorado School of Mines - Development of Advanced Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Modeling Capabilities for Enhanced Geothermal Systems, Yu-Shu Wu, Colorado School of Mines
- Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) with CO2 as Heat Transmission Fluid, Karsten Pruess, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Development of an Advanced Stimulation/Production Predictive Simulator for Enhanced Geothermal Systems, John W. Pritchett, SAIC
- Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical-Chemical Model and Experiments for Optimization of Enhanced Geothermal System Development and Production, Eric Sonnenthal, Jonny Rutqvist, Seiji Nakagawa, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Chemical Impact of Elevated CO2 on Geothermal Energy Production, Susan Carroll, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- THMC Modeling of EGS Reservoirs –Continuum through Discontinuum Representations: Capturing Reservoir Stimulation, Evolution and Induced Seismicity, Derek Elsworth, Pennsylvania State University
- Carbonation Mechanism of Reservoir Rock by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Dr. Tomas Butcher, Dr. Toshi Sugama, Dr. Lynne Ecker, Brookhaven National Laboratory
- A New Analytic-adaptive Model for EGS Assessment, Development and Management Support, George Danko, University of Nevada, Reno
- Development of Chemical Model to Predict the Interactions between Supercritical CO2 and Fluid, and Rocks in EGS Reservoirs, Chuan Lu, University of Utah
- Waveguide-based Ultrasonic and Far-field Electromagnetic Sensors for Downhole Reservoir Characterization, Shuh-Haw Sheen, Argonne National Laboratory
- An Integrated Experimental and Numerical Study: Developing a Reaction Transport Model that Couples Chemical Reactions of Mineral Dissolution/Precipitation with Spatial and Temporal Flow Variations in CO2/Brine/Rock Systems, Martin Saar, University of Minnesota
- Properties of CO2-Rich Pore Fluids and Their Effect on Porosity Evolution in EGS Rocks, David R. Cole, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- FRACSTIM/I: A Fully Coupled Fluid Flow/Heat Transport and Geomechanical Deformation/Fracture Generation Simulator aka FALCON: Fracturing and Liquid CONservation, Robert K. Podgorney, Hai Huang, Derek Gaston, Cody Permann, Luanjing Guo, and Zhijie Xu, Idaho National Laboratory
- Predicting Stimulation Response Relationships For Engineered Geothermal Reservoirs, Charles R. Carrigan, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Controlled Rapid Pressurization Using Liquid Propellants for EGS Well Stimulation, Mark C. Grubelich, Sandia National Laboratories
- Synchrotron X-ray Studies of Super-critical Carbon Dioxide / Reservoir Rock Interfaces, Hoydoo You, Argonne National Laboratory
- Laboratory and Field Experimental Studies of CO2 as Heat Transmission Fluid in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS), Karsten Pruess, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories