| Title | Some Insights Gained from Tracer Tests in Geothermal Reservoirs in Southern Germany (2009-2013) |
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| Authors | Horst BEHRENS, Julia GHERGUT |
| Year | 2014 |
| Conference | Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
| Keywords | tracer test, single-well, inter-well, push-pull, push-shut-in, distributed temperature sensing (DTS), parameter sensitivity, passive in-situ sampling, radio-iodide, bromide (82), fluorobenzoate, naphthalene-sulfonate |
| Abstract | Some insights gained from tracer test analysis in conjunction with geothermal projects (2009-2013) in Southern Germany are briefly presented: (I) if short-term single-well heat push-pull, or push-shut-in tests conducted at geothermal re-injection wells during advanced cooling stages show limited sensitivity to reservoir parameters, the reason for this is not the large-scale reservoir cooling; (II) when target reservoirs exceed a certain size, or in certain ‘unfavorable’ flow-field configurations (like for CCS-related ‘brine displacement’), passive in-situ sampling becomes a must; (III) single-well tests intended for hydrogeological characterization of target sites can reasonably be merged with ‘standard’ inter-well operation. |