Research Article

Determination of Hydraulic Properties of a Large Self-Propped Hydraulic Fracture in the Geothermal Research Borehole Horstberg Z1 in the Northwest German Basin

Table 2

Predetermined parameter-values used for the fitting procedure. Hydraulic parameter values for the Detfurth and Solling, after [8] (pp.50-54).

ParameterSymbolValueUnit

Fracture length2xf1000; 2000m
Fracture heighthf125m
Distance fracture-boreholeds25m
Viscosityμ3·10-4Pa·s
Test durationte18h
Flow rateQ7.6·10-3m3/s
Transmissivity DetfurthTD1.5·10-14; 9·10-15m3
Transmissivity SollingTS3.2·10-13m3
Storage coefficient Detf.SD2.5·10-10m/pa
Storage coefficient SollingSS1.5·10-9m/pa