Numerical Simulations of Thermo-Mechanical Processes during Thermal Spallation Drilling for Geothermal Reservoirs

Daniel Vogler, ETH Zurich, Geothermal Energy and Geofluids, Institute of Geophysics, Zurich, Switzerland, Stuart D. C. Walsh, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Philipp Rudolf von Rohr, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and Martin O Saar, ETH Zurich, Geothermal Energy and Geofluids Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland