PETE509 MODELLING OF GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS
| Course Code: | 5660509 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Lecturer SELÇUK EROL |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
- Emphasize the importance of planning, optimization of the production and sustainability of a geothermal system in reservoirs,
- To understand the knowledge of mass, heat, and solute transport mechanisms in porous media with the application of these principles to the geothermal systems using computer programs,
- To improve students’ ability to apply an integrated knowledge of numerical computations for evaluating production and reinjection of the geofluid processes in a geothermal reservoir,
Course Content
Classification of geothermal systems. Physical process and conceptual models. Equations of motion and energy. Equations of state. Modeling methods; decline-curve analysis, lumped-parameter models, distributed-parameter models. Natural-state modeling. Exploitation modeling. Injection modeling. (AF)
Course Learning Outcomes
Acquisition of knowledge heat, mass, and solute transport processes in geothermal systems.
Ability to choose the selection of model type and code, and to use advanced computer programs such as COMSOL Multiphysics and TOUGH2 simulators.
To gain knowledge of the essentials of reservoir modeling.
Ability to establish a connection between theoretical calculations and field tests.