OD RNIN Se RO PNR a Ee ari ea Geothermal Reservoir Engineering A manual For Geothermal Reservoir Engineering courses at the Geothermal Institute, University of Auckland by Michael J. O'Sullivan and Robert McKibbin Draft edition #1 University of Auckland July-September 1988 Revised February 1989 and March 1993Kaori CONTEN' Chapter iti Jace Kin~ TS iB 10-96 Auceurno 1 Introduction LL 12 13 14 1S 1.6 17 18 19 Ll LL La 2 Groundwater 21 2.2 23 24 3 Comp Saha oye Introduction to geothermal systems Classification of geothermal reservoirs Geothermal reservoir engineering parameters and notation Properties of water Heeat and mass transport underground Stored beat calculations Darcy's law Horizontal two-phase flow Vertical two-phase flow 0 Horizontal isothermal flow (pressure diffusion equation) 1 Heat advection (heat sweep) 2 Tracer movernent Basic eqations and notation Flow in aquifers Steady unidirectional flow Steady radial flow to a well ater modelling One-dimensional isothermal flow _ Finite difference methods for the i-D diffusion equation Difference appreximation of the 1-D advection-diffusion equation Two-dimensional isothermal flow Geothermal flows Newton-Raphsoni method Boundary conditions and wells 4 Well-test analysis PaRPRAR ASR SUA RE Introduction Isothermal flow “Application of the Theis solution to well test analysis Interference tests and type curves ‘Well-bore storage and skin, fracturing and boundaries Approximate geothermal pressure diffusion equation Analysis of geothermal well tests Enthalpy transients Injectivity 56 36 56 60 62 63 65 67 Ti