A Thermal Effect Model for the Impact of Vertical Groundwater Migration on Temperature Distribution of Layered Rock Mass and Its Application

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Dear Authors, 

Considering the importance of geothermal energy, the work authors presented on the thermal effect model is interesting. I found the manuscript a great read. There are minor suggestions:

Line numbers are missing, so it is difficult for me to point. Refer to the attachment. I pointed only a few. You might need to go through the entire manuscript to make sure corrections are made. 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

First of all, thank you for your comments on our paper.According to the problems you pointed out in the manuscript, we revised the paper again to make it easier to read and understand.The "tracking" version of the revised manuscript contains traces of modification for easy reference by editors.It has been uploaded to the attachment.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Reviewer 2 Report

1. The text must be greatly reviewed; The quality of the written English is poor and, due to that, it is confusing at times; start by improving and clarifying the title;
2. The results obtained with the model are pretty obvious taking into account the premises set (conduction followed by conduction&convection followed by conduction thus linear, curve, linear!);
3. The model is an interesting academic exercise and nothing else;
4. The references follow no standard; the list in the final should be alphabetically ordered and the year should follow the names of the authors; In the text you must check some of the references (specially page 2, lines 13, 16, 33).

Author Response

First of all, thank you for your suggestions on the revision of our manuscript.According to your suggestion, we have sorted out and modified the text of the article to make it easier to understand.Due to the large amount of modification, the modification position cannot be marked with line number, so we put the modification results in the paper.It has been uploaded to the attachment

1.Response:We have uploaded the new version in the attachment, which rearranges the words and sentences in the manuscript and unifies the professional vocabulary before and after the article.At the same time, the title of the article has been improved and clarified, please refer to the attachment.

2.Response:Thank you for your comment.

3.Response:Thank you for your comment.

4.Response:The format of the references is sorted out according to your suggestions, and the references you pointed out in the text are re-described. Please refer to the attachment for details.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

The quality of the text could still be improved but it is better than the previous version;

Avoid using "as is known"/"it is known"...

The title is rather long and could be improved;

Geothermal is not a "new renewable" energy; China has a long history of using this source of energy!

After eq (1) the use of the word "random" is unnecessary;

Personally I don't like mixing K with oC in the definitions (e.g. between eqs 2 and 3);

The phrase "...the water flow ... surrounding rock" (before eq 3) sounds strangely and should be improved; Before that “lasting long” is also odd…

Equation (5) uses beta1 (end of page 3) but what is defined is beta (beginning of page 4)

“The "iterative method" and the "chasing method" are oft-used” --> often used?

“…then the equation forthe temperature distribution in the stratified…” --> “…for the…” (between eqs 24 and 25)

“ … and the prevention and control of heat damages on the working face of coal mines.” (Introduction and Conclusions) --> this work does not allow this kind of statements.

Author Response

First of all, thank you for your suggestions on the revision of our manuscript.We have modified all the suggestions you gave in attachment "Tracked", please refer to the attachment.

Author Response File: Author Response.docx