Soheil Porkhial - Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Iran
Abbasali Abouei Mehrizi - Renewable Energy Organization of Iran, Geothermal DepartmentFaculty of Mechanical Engineering, Babol University of Technology
Vahid Khamseh - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
Younes Noorollahi - Department of Renewable Energy, Faculty of New Science and Technology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Amir Latif Aghili - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Babol University of Technology

In this study, a ۳-D simulation of the northwest Sabalan geothermal reservoir was investigated. The model was developed on the base of a geological model obtained from the analysis of the available field data. The Geothermal filed is modeled on a rectangular domain with dimension of ۱۲ × ۸ km and ۴.۶ km height, giving a total surface area of ۹۶ km۲. The domain was discretized to the ۲۵۹۵ non-uniform rectangular cells using integral finite difference method (IFDM). The model has ۱۴ horizontal layers ranging in thickness between ۱۰۰-۱۰۰۰ m extending from a maximum of ۳۶۰۰ to -۱۰۰۰ m a.s.l. Fifteen rock types were used in the model to assign different permeabilities from ۱× ۱۰-۱۵ to ۲.۰ ×۱۰-۸ m۲ based on the geological model. The results was achieved from Natural state simulation of the reservoir indicate acceptable agreements in temperature profiles with the experimental data which measured in the wells.

Renewable energy, Geothermal energy, Temperature profile, wells, Heat and mass transfer