TY - JOUR ID - epos1851 UR - http://doi.org/10.1016/j.crte.2009.03.006 IS - 7-8 A1 - Neuville, Amélie A1 - Toussaint, Renaud A1 - Schmittbuhl, Jean N2 - Heat exchange during laminar flow in an open fracture is studied numerically on the basis of the Stokes equation in the limit of hydrothermal lubrication. We examine the influence of fracture roughness on hydraulic permeability and heat flux through the fracture sides when a cold fluid is injected into a homogeneous hot host rock. Spatial temperature fluctuations inside the fluid are studied assuming the temperature of the rock to be constant and the fracture aperture to be self-affine. An application to the case study at the deep geothermal reservoir of Soultz-sous-Forêts, France, is presented. Finally, a thermal model based on sparse spatial information of the geometrical aperture is successfully proposed to reproduce the response of the fracture. VL - 342 TI - Fracture roughness and thermal exchange: A case study at Soultz-sous-Forêts AV - none EP - 625 Y1 - 2010/// PB - Elsevier JF - Comptes Rendus Geoscience KW - Fracture; Roughness; Lubrication; Heat exchange; Soultz-sous-Forêts; France SN - 1631-0713 SP - 616 ER -