Genetic-like modeling of fracture network honoring connectivity data in the geothermal heat exchanger at Soultz-sous-Forêt (France)

Francois Bonneau and Guillaume Caumon and Judith Sausse and Philippe Renard. ( 2011 )
in: IAMG conference 2011, IAMG, pages 286-292

Abstract

This paper reports on our investigations to integrate reservoir connectivity data in a genetic-like modeling of discrete fracture networks (DFN). DFNs are built using a three-step workflow to mimic fracture growth process: (1) initialization, (2) growth and (3) termination. Location and density of fractures are then iteratively updated using a fast-marching algorithm in order to match DFN connectivity and tracer test data. This methodology is applied to the fractured granitic geothermal heat exchanger at Soultz-sous-Forêts (France).

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@inproceedings{bonneau:hal-03979839,
 abstract = {This paper reports on our investigations to integrate reservoir connectivity data in a genetic-like modeling of discrete fracture networks (DFN). DFNs are built using a three-step workflow to mimic fracture growth process: (1) initialization, (2) growth and (3) termination. Location and density of fractures are then iteratively updated using a fast-marching algorithm in order to match DFN connectivity and tracer test data. This methodology is applied to the fractured granitic geothermal heat exchanger at Soultz-sous-Forêts (France).},
 address = {Salzburg, Austria},
 author = {Bonneau, Fran{\c c}ois and Caumon, Guillaume and Sausse, Judith and Renard, Philippe},
 booktitle = {{IAMG conference 2011}},
 doi = {10.5242/iamg.2011.0094},
 editor = {Marschallinger, R. and Zolb, R.},
 hal_id = {hal-03979839},
 hal_version = {v1},
 month = {September},
 organization = {{IAMG}},
 pages = {286-292},
 pdf = {https://hal.science/hal-03979839/file/bonneau_IAMG2011.pdf},
 title = {{Genetic-like modeling of fracture network honoring connectivity data in the geothermal heat exchanger at Soultz-sous-For{\^e}t (France)}},
 url = {https://hal.science/hal-03979839},
 year = {2011}
}