Academic Catalog

PETE509 MODELLING OF GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS

Course Code:	5660509
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):	3(3-0)
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 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)