After selecting a catalog in the User's workspace, click on 'ACTIONS', then 'USE IN APPLICATION' and then 'Stress and strain changes induced by fluid injection and temperature change driven by geothermal injection'
We define the homogenized layers composing the reservoir. The first layer defined would be the shallowest one and the last the deepest one. The number and the width of the consecutive layers are parameters.
For each layer, are defined petrophysical properties homogenized at the scale of the Representative Elementary Volume. References values are put by default and a certain range of values is authorized for each property. The set of properties includes the: (i) porosity, (ii) permeability, (iii) thermal dilation, (iv) heat capacity, (v) thermal conductivity and (vi) density. Elastic moduli such as the Young's modulus and the Poisson's ratio are also taken into account in the THM model. To be noted, an unrealistic permeability higher than 1e-14 m² can lead to a divergence of the calculation.
The vertical spatial discretization for each layer can be parametrized. The geometrical properties such as the width (i. e. the sum of the layer lengths) and length are also free parameters. The temporal discretization of the calculation is taken as an input. Finally, the pressure and temperature are set on the surface and on the reservoir bottom as boundary conditions in the THM model. The surface is considered as a free surface. More details in the references Vallier et al. , (2018) and Vallier et al. , (2019).
The parameterization of the convergence criterion to reach the stationary state is set as an advanced level.
Figure 1 : Spatial distribution of Coulomb stress in the reservoir
Figure 2 : Spatial distribution of temperature in the reservoir
Figure 3 : Vertical profiles temperature-depth for different lateral positions