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In-Situ AE Measurement of Hydraulic Fracturing at Geothermal Fields

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Hydraulic fracturing and geothermal energy

Part of the book series: Mechanics of elastic and inelastic solids ((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.

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  1. Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai 980, Japan

    Hiroaki Niitsuma, Katsuto Nakatsuka, Hideaki Takahashi, Noriyoshi Chubachi, Mamoru Abe, Hidekichi Yokoyama & Risaburo Sato

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  1. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

    Siavouche Nemat-Nasser (Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics) (Professor of Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics)

  2. Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

    Hiroyuki Abé (Professor of Mechanical Engineering) (Professor of Mechanical Engineering)

  3. University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Seiichi Hirakawa (Professor of Mineral Development Engineering) (Professor of Mineral Development Engineering)

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Niitsuma, H. et al. (1983). In-Situ AE Measurement of Hydraulic Fracturing at Geothermal Fields. In: Nemat-Nasser, S., Abé, H., Hirakawa, S. (eds) Hydraulic fracturing and geothermal energy. Mechanics of elastic and inelastic solids, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6884-4_23

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