Mineral Composition Impact on the Thermal Conductivity of Granites Based on Geothermal Field Experiments in the Songliao and Gonghe Basins, China

MINERALS(2022)

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Abstract
Accurate estimation of thermal conductivity of rocks is of paramount importance for projects such as the development of hot dry rock and the geological storage of nuclear waste. In this paper, 30 granite samples from the Songliao and Gonghe Basins in China were tested by X-ray diffraction, polarizing microscope, and Thermal Conductivity Scanning (TCS) measurements. Different mineral contents determine the thermal conductivity of the rock as a whole. The geometric average model and the harmonic average model have great limitations. Combined with the above two models, a new model is proposed for estimating the thermal conductivity, and results are less different from the measured values and have universal applicability. The relative estimation error on the thermal conductivity calculated by mineral composition is significantly reduced. The accuracy of thermal conductivity calculation can be improved by mineral composition.
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thermal conductivity, mineral content, granite, geothermal engineering, mineral composition
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