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| along-hole geothermal temperature profile |
Inputs
| Astronomic time | ||||||||
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| wellbore trajectory True Vertical Depth Sub-Sea (TVDss) | ||||||||
| True vertical component of regional Earth's heat flux (usually
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| Annual average surface temperature based on weather reports | ||||||
| Average Thermal diffusivity of the soil between Earth's surface and neutral layer |
where
| Annual average surface temperature variation based on weather reports | ||||||||||
| Period of annual temperature variation cycle:
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| Time moment of seasonal highest temperature with respect to January 1 |
| Rock thermal diffusivity|||||||||
Assumptions
Equations
Below Neutral Temperature Layer | Above Neutral Temperature Layer | ||||||||||||||
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