Numerical modeling of geothermal systems with applications to Krafla, Iceland and Olkaria, Kenya

• Main Author: Bodvarsson, G.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1987
• Subjects: Europe; Geothermal Fields; Iceland; Fluid Injection; Geothermal Legacy; Africa; Mathematical Models; Physical Properties; Krafla Geothermal Field; Western Europe Geothermal Legacy 150202* > Geology & Hydrology Of Geothermal Systems > Non-Usa > (-1989); Thermodynamic Properties; Enthalpy; 15 Geothermal Energy; Geothermal Systems; Kenya; Islands; Developing Countries; Krafla
• Online Access: https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1099630/

The use of numerical models for the evaluation of the generating potential of high temperature geothermal fields has increased rapidly in recent years. In the present paper a unified numerical approach to the modeling of geothermal systems is discussed and the results of recent modeling of the Krafla geothermal field in Iceland and the Olkaria, Kenya, are described. Emphasis is placed on describing the methodology using examples from the two geothermal fields.