In this thesis, the potential of enhanced geothermal system to provide adequate energy to a 10 MW electricity power plant from Prairie Evaporite Formation of Williston Basin was investigated. This formation partly consists of halite with low thermal resistance and high thermal conductivity, which translates into a lower drilling length to reach the desired temperature, comparing to other rock types.
To this end, two numerical models with experimental data in south-west Manitoba (i.e. Tilston) and south-east Saskatchewan (i.e. Generic) were designed. The thermal reservoirs were located at 1.5 km (Tilston site) and 3 km (Generic site) with approximate thicknesses of 118 m. Considering an injection brine of 6% NaCl at 15°C, the final derived temperature at wellhead of the production wells were 43°C and 105°C respectively.
Finally, the Generic site was concluded as a suitable candidate for electricity production by providing higher surfaced fluid temperature than the minimum of 80°C. / February 2017
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/31898 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Firoozy, Niloofar |
| Contributors | Holländer, Hartmut (Civil Engineering), Alfaro, Marolo (Civil Engineering) Cenkowski, Stefan (Biosystems Engineering) |
| Publisher | 13th International UFZ-Deltares Conference on Sustainable Use and Management of Soil, Sediment and Water Resources, GeoVancouver 2016 |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Detected Language | English |
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