Modeling Highly Buoyant Flows in the Castel Giorgio: Torre Alfina Deep Geothermal Reservoir

Figure 11

Analysis of the temperature distribution at the best-fitting time as from the OGS model: (a) oblique view of the model and the chose sampling plane position; (b) cross section of the model with the material limits, the relative position of the reservoir and of the vertical and horizontal sampling profiles; (c) temperature field at 125.000 years of simulation time with evidence of the convective plumes developed within the reservoir; (d) and (e) vertical and horizontal profiles of temperature. Grey box in (e) shows the lateral limits of the reservoir.