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Research article
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28 Oct 2015
Research article |
| 28 Oct 2015
Thermal-plume fibre optic tracking (T-POT) test for flow velocity measurement in groundwater boreholes
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
V. F. Bense
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Department of Environmental Sciences, Wageningen University, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands
R. Hochreutener
Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
O. Bour
Géosciences Rennes, UMR6118 – CNRS, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
T. Le Borgne
Géosciences Rennes, UMR6118 – CNRS, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
N. Lavenant
Géosciences Rennes, UMR6118 – CNRS, University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France
J. S. Selker
Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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- Possibilities for Groundwater Flow Sensing with Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors S. Drusová et al. 10.3390/s19071730
- Combining passive and active distributed temperature sensing measurements to locate and quantify groundwater discharge variability into a headwater stream N. Simon et al. 10.5194/hess-26-1459-2022
- Geothermal reservoir characterization using distributed temperature sensing at Brady Geothermal Field, Nevada J. Patterson et al. 10.1190/tle36121024a1.1
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- Evaluating the Use of In‐Well Heat Tracer Tests to Measure Borehole Flow Rates S. Sellwood et al. 10.1111/gwmr.12134
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- Fibre Optic Methods of Prospecting: A Comprehensive and Modern Branch of Geophysics M. Fenta et al. 10.1007/s10712-021-09634-8
- A novel probe for point injections in groundwater monitoring wells N. Fahrmeier et al. 10.1007/s10040-022-02477-6
- Modelling borehole flows from Distributed Temperature Sensing data to monitor groundwater dynamics in fractured media B. Pouladi et al. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126450
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- Dynamic Consolidation Measurements in a Well Field Using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors S. Drusová et al. 10.3390/s19204403
- An ADTS Toolbox for Automatically Interpreting Active Distributed Temperature Sensing Measurements N. Simon & O. Bour 10.1111/gwat.13172
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- A Semi‐Analytical Solution for Heat Transport in Rock With Parallel Fractures and a Heat Source in Both Fracture and Matrix X. Wu et al. 10.1029/2022WR032137
- Improved Characterization of Groundwater Flow in Heterogeneous Aquifers Using Granular Polyacrylamide (PAM) Gel as Temporary Grout M. Klepikova et al. 10.1002/2017WR022259
- Numerical and Experimental Validation of the Applicability of Active‐DTS Experiments to Estimate Thermal Conductivity and Groundwater Flux in Porous Media N. Simon et al. 10.1029/2020WR028078
- Possibilities for Groundwater Flow Sensing with Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors S. Drusová et al. 10.3390/s19071730
- Combining passive and active distributed temperature sensing measurements to locate and quantify groundwater discharge variability into a headwater stream N. Simon et al. 10.5194/hess-26-1459-2022
- Geothermal reservoir characterization using distributed temperature sensing at Brady Geothermal Field, Nevada J. Patterson et al. 10.1190/tle36121024a1.1
- Temperature log simulations in high-enthalpy boreholes J. Wang et al. 10.1186/s40517-019-0149-0
- Comparison of three types of fiber optic sensors for temperature monitoring in a groundwater flow simulator S. Drusová et al. 10.1016/j.sna.2021.112682
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- Distributed Temperature Sensing as a downhole tool in hydrogeology V. Bense et al. 10.1002/2016WR018869
- Evaluating the Use of In‐Well Heat Tracer Tests to Measure Borehole Flow Rates S. Sellwood et al. 10.1111/gwmr.12134
- Comparative application and optimization of different single-borehole dilution test techniques N. Fahrmeier et al. 10.1007/s10040-020-02271-2
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Short summary
The monitoring and measurement of water flow in groundwater wells allows us to understand how aquifers transmit water. In this paper we develop a simple method, which we call T-POT, that allows flows to be estimated by tracking the movement of a small parcel of warmed water. The parcel is tracked using fibre optic temperature sensing - a technology that allows detailed measurements of temperature, and therefore flow using the T-POT method, to be made in the well.
The monitoring and measurement of water flow in groundwater wells allows us to understand how...
