Evaluation of geothermal reservoir cracks by shear-wave splitting of acoustic emission

作者: M. Sato , N. Matsumoto , H. Niitsuma

DOI: 10.1016/0375-6505(91)90032-Q

关键词: Geothermal powerShear wave splittingGeothermal energyAcoustic emissionSeismic waveGeologyPolarization (waves)SeismologyMineralogyNondestructive testingShear (geology)Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering GeologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

摘要: Abstract Shear-wave splitting of acoustic emissions (AE) was analyzed to obtain a description and evaluation subsurface cracks in natural geothermal reservoir. During shutdown operations production wells 1984–1986 at the Kakkonda (Takinoue) power plant, Japan, several thousand AE events were located with downhole tri-axial sonde. A total 145 these showed shear-wave they used estimate depth crack density multiple layers The polarization determine orientation cracks, calculated from delays between polarization-anomalies. reservoir divided into three zones based on observed characteristics shear wave splitting. These are identified as injection, intermediate zones.

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