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Fig. 10 | Geothermal Energy

Fig. 10

From: Influence of extreme fracture flow channels on the thermal performance of open-loop geothermal systems at commercial scale

Fig. 10

Up-scaled permeability distribution on the upper left-hand side of the figure alongside simulated thermal exchange maps for Case 0, on the bottom left-hand side, and Cases 10 through 13, on the right. Below, thermal drawdown curves for all cases considering a continuous mass flow rate of 20 \(kg\cdot {s}^{-1}\) and a well separation distance of 500 m over 10 years of geothermal extraction. Thermal exchange maps depict the advancement of the thermal front after 1 year of operation

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