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Table 5 Effluent fluid chemistry

From: Thermally driven fracture aperture variation in naturally fractured granites

Experiment

Test conditions

Incremental concentrations and effluent fluid volume

\({P}_{\text{co}\_\text{r}}\) (MPa)

\(T_\text{i}\) (\(^\circ\)C)

\(T_\text{f}\) (\(^\circ\)C)

\(\Delta\)t (h)

Al (ppm)

Ca (ppm)

Fe (ppm)

K (ppm)

Na (ppm)

Mg (ppm)

Si (ppm)

Volume (\(\text {cm}^{3}\))

\(\#\)N14-S1

20

25

110

70

0.00

0.41

0.01

1.07

2.34

0.04

1.31

213

110

25

44

0.00

0.16

0.01

–a

0.09

0.00

0.54

132

\(\#\)N14-S2

30

25

110

85

–b

0.05

0.00

–a

–b

–b

0.32

255

110

25

52

–b

0.13

–b

–a

–b

–b

0.28

156

\(\#\)N14-S3

40

25

140

83

0.01

0.06

0.00

–a

–b

–b

3.14

249

\(\#\)N19-C1

20

25

110

51

0.00

0.73

0.02

1.59

7.93

0.14

1.45

154

110

25

41

0.00

0.25

0.05

0.73

0.89

0.05

0.88

122

\(\#\)N19-C2

30

25

110

67

0.00

0.15

0.00

0.29

0.30

0.02

0.44

202

110

25

34

0.01

0.15

0.04

0.69

0.47

0.03

1.33

101

  1. aBelow detection limit     
  2. bUndetectable increment