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Table 1 Characteristics of the base hypothetical model [after Plaksina et al. (2011)]

From: Response surface method for assessing energy production from geopressured geothermal reservoirs

Properties

Base value

Unit

Temperature of top cell

135

C

Matrix compressibility

\(2.0\times 10^{-5}\)

\(\mathrm {kPa^{-1}}\)

Dip angle

15

Degree

Reservoir length

2000

m

Cross-section width

100

m

Reservoir thickness

30

m

Permeability

300

md

Porosity

0.2

–

Rock heat capacity

\(2.6\times 10^6\)

\(\mathrm {J/(m^3C)}\)

Rock bulk density

2.3

\(\mathrm {g/cm^3}\)

Thermal heat conductivity

172, 800

\(\mathrm {J/(m\,day\,C)}\)

Water thermal expansion

\(8.8\times 10^{-4}\)

\(\mathrm {C^{-1}}\)

Water compressibility

\(4.5\times 10^{-7}\)

\(\mathrm {kPa^{-1}}\)

Water molecular weight

0.01802

\(\mathrm {kg/gmol}\)

Water molar density

55, 500

\(\mathrm {gmol/m^3}\)

Water density

1.02

\(\mathrm {g/cm^3}\)

  1. Factors shown by italic are used in the experimental design