Abstract:
A thermal reservoir consists of a matrix system and a fracture system. There is a big difference in the way of heat transfer between the two systems. Considering only the matrix permeability or the fracture permeability is not consistent with the actual heat recovery process. It is only by clearing the law of the change in the geothermal reservoir under the double permeability of the fracture-matrix that the geothermal resources are developed more reasonably and effectively. The GR1 well in the geothermal field of the Gonghe Basin in Qinghai is taken as the research object. Based on the thermal fluid-solid coupling theory, the COMSOL numerical simulation software is used to establish the dual-porosity medium permeability heat transfer model. The changes in reservoir temperature field, strain field, stress field and displacement field are obtained by considering different matrix permeability (0, 1×10
-18, 1×10
-16 m
2) and fracture permeability (5×10
-11, 1×10
-10, 2×10
-10 m
2). The results indicate that (1) when only considering the fracture permeability, the reservoir production life and output temperature will be overestimated; the compressive strain and settlement of the reservoir during the heat recovery process will be underestimated, indicating that the matrix permeability cannot be ignored. (2) The optimal fracture permeability is 1×10
-10 m
2, which is most suitable for thermal mining. The fracture permeability is 2×10
-10 m
2 and the reservoir life is less than 50 a. (3) At the initial stage of heat recovery, the maximum compressive strain increases by 2.74 times with the permeability of 2×10
-10 m
2 compared with the fracture permeability of 1×10
-10 m
2. When heating 40 a, compared with the permeability of 5×10
-11 m
2, when the fracture permeability is 2×10
-10 m
2, the reservoir settlement increases by 0.164 05 m, and the settlement area is expanded by about 3 times. The conclusions obtained provide a reference for the study of permeability and reservoir variation in the dry hot rock mining process in the Gonghe Basin in Qinghai.