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Table 2 Well parameters for the simulation

From: Performance of geothermal power plants (single, dual, and binary) to compensate for LHC-CERN power consumption: comparative study

Width

500 m

Fracture aperture

0.0004 m

Height

100 m

Number of fractions

6

Permeability

0.05 Darcy units

Fracture width

175 m

Distance from injection to production wells

1500 m

Fracture angle

15° from horizontal

Subsurface water loss

2% of water injected

Pressure change across reservoir

65.61217 bar

Total resource potential

210 MW

Average reservoir temperature

200 °C

Resource temperature

200 °C

Production well bottom hole pressure

115.208 bar

Resource depth

200 m

Production well flow rate

70 kg/s

Pump depth

2859.93 ft

Pump efficiency

60%

Pump work

5.35728 MW

Pump size

1345.62 hp

Pressure difference across surface equipment

25 psi

Excess pressure at pump suction

50.76 psi

Production well diameter

10 in.

Production pump casing size

9.625 psi

Injection well diameter

10 in.

Specified pump work

0