In-Situ AE Measurement of Hydraulic Fracturing at Geothermal Fields

  • Hiroaki Niitsuma
  • Katsuto Nakatsuka
  • Hideaki Takahashi
  • Noriyoshi Chubachi
  • Mamoru Abe
  • Hidekichi Yokoyama
  • Risaburo Sato
Conference paper
Part of the Mechanics of elastic and inelastic solids book series (MEIS, volume 5)

Abstract

A triaxial acceleration-sense down-hole AE measurement system was developed and successfully applied to the monitoring of both man-made and natural hydraulic fracture in a geothermal field. The acceleration-sense instrumentation allows long-distance measurement of subsurface crack extension. AE events during hydraulic fracturing in Nigorikawa geothermal field could be detected at a distance of 1600m from the AE source. AE events during a closure operation of a well-head valve in the Kakkonda geothermal field could also be detected by the system. In this paper, the feasibility of the simple measurement system for in-situ monitoring of subsurface crack extension in a geothermal field is demonstrated with reference to the fracture mechanics model of a geothermal reservoir.

Keywords

Acoustic Emission Hydraulic Fracture Rock Burst Production Well Geothermal Field 
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© Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, The Hague 1983

Authors and Affiliations

  • Hiroaki Niitsuma
    • 1
  • Katsuto Nakatsuka
    • 1
  • Hideaki Takahashi
    • 1
  • Noriyoshi Chubachi
    • 1
  • Mamoru Abe
    • 1
  • Hidekichi Yokoyama
    • 1
  • Risaburo Sato
    • 1
  1. 1.Faculty of EngineeringTohoku UniversitySendai 980Japan

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