Feasibility Study and Results from a Baseline Multi-Tool Active Seismic Acquisition for CO2 Monitoring at the Hellisheiði Geothermal Field
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. DAS Fibers Sensitivity
2.2. Feasibility Study
2.3. Synthetic Seismograms
2.4. Seismic Acquisition at Hellisheiði Geothermal Field
2.5. Receiver Line Configuration and Data Merging
2.6. Vibrator-Source Parameters with Focus on the Pilot Signal
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. In-Field and Remote QC from Headquarters
3.2. Post-Acquisition Signal Analysis
3.3. S/N Improvement in the Optical Signals
3.4. Tuning of the Synthetic Model by Field Results
3.5. Analysis of HWC DAS and Multi-Component Geophone Signals
3.6. Source Penetration
3.7. Considerations on Mathematical Optimization Frameworks for Survey Design
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Meneghini, F.; Poletto, F.; Bellezza, C.; Farina, B.; Draganov, D.; Van Otten, G.; Stork, A.L.; Böhm, G.; Schleifer, A.; Janssen, M.; et al. Feasibility Study and Results from a Baseline Multi-Tool Active Seismic Acquisition for CO2 Monitoring at the Hellisheiði Geothermal Field. Sustainability 2024, 16, 7640. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177640
Meneghini F, Poletto F, Bellezza C, Farina B, Draganov D, Van Otten G, Stork AL, Böhm G, Schleifer A, Janssen M, et al. Feasibility Study and Results from a Baseline Multi-Tool Active Seismic Acquisition for CO2 Monitoring at the Hellisheiði Geothermal Field. Sustainability. 2024; 16(17):7640. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177640
Chicago/Turabian StyleMeneghini, Fabio, Flavio Poletto, Cinzia Bellezza, Biancamaria Farina, Deyan Draganov, Gijs Van Otten, Anna L. Stork, Gualtiero Böhm, Andrea Schleifer, Martijn Janssen, and et al. 2024. "Feasibility Study and Results from a Baseline Multi-Tool Active Seismic Acquisition for CO2 Monitoring at the Hellisheiði Geothermal Field" Sustainability 16, no. 17: 7640. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16177640