Articles | Volume 45
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-209-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-45-209-2018
28 Aug 2018
 | 28 Aug 2018

Modelling of multi-lateral well geometries for geothermal applications

Elisabeth Peters, Guido Blöcher, Saeed Salimzadeh, Paul J. P. Egberts, and Mauro Cacace

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Accuracy of well inflow modelling in different numerical simulation approaches was compared for a multi-lateral well with laterals of varying diameter. For homogeneous cases, all simulators generally were reasonably close in terms of the total well flow (deviations smaller than 4 %). The distribution of the flow over the different laterals in a well can vary significantly between simulators (> 20 %). In a heterogeneous case with a fault the deviations between the approaches were much larger.