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- Title
Comprehensive data set of in situ hydraulic stimulation experiments for geothermal purposes at the Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory (Sweden).
- Authors
Zang, Arno; Niemz, Peter; von Specht, Sebastian; Zimmermann, Günter; Milkereit, Claus; Plenkers, Katrin; Klee, Gerd
- Abstract
In this article, a high-resolution acoustic emission sensor, accelerometer, and broadband seismometer array data set is made available and described in detail from in situ experiments performed at Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in May and June 2015. The main goal of the hydraulic stimulation tests in a horizontal borehole at 410 m depth in naturally fractured granitic rock mass is to demonstrate the technical feasibility of generating multi-stage heat exchangers in a controlled way superiorly to former massive stimulations applied in enhanced geothermal projects. A set of six, sub-parallel hydraulic fractures is propagated from an injection borehole drilled parallel to minimum horizontal in situ stress and is monitored by an extensive complementary sensor array implemented in three inclined monitoring boreholes and the nearby tunnel system. Three different fluid injection protocols are tested: constant water injection, progressive cyclic injection, and cyclic injection with a hydraulic hammer operating at 5 Hz frequency to stimulate a crystalline rock volume of size 30 m × 30 m × 30 m at depth. We collected geological data from core and borehole logs, fracture inspection data from an impression packer, and acoustic emission hypocenter tracking and tilt data, as well as quantified the permeability enhancement process. The data and interpretation provided through this publication are important steps in both upscaling laboratory tests and downscaling field tests in granitic rock in the framework of enhanced geothermal system research. Data described in this paper can be accessed at GFZ Data Services under 10.5880/GFZ.2.6.2023.004.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; ROCK music; HORIZONTAL wells; ACOUSTIC emission; GRANITE; FLUID injection; SEISMIC arrays; CRYSTALLINE rocks; HYDRAULIC fracturing
- Publication
Earth System Science Data, 2024, Vol 16, Issue 1, p295
- ISSN
1866-3508
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5194/essd-16-295-2024