M. Malenda

Cyclic Thermal Shock‐Induced Permeability Enhancement in Tight Lithologies: Microstructural Controls and Elastic‐Wave Monitoring

Enhanced geothermal systems rely on increasing permeability and pore surface area in rock. Cyclic thermal shocking can achieve both by inducing thermal cracks through repeated rapid cooling. Laboratory experiments subjected micritic limestone, granodiorite, and trachybasalt to up to 10 thermal shock cycles, while track...