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Renewable Energy 77 (2015) 408e422 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Renewable Energy journal homepage: /locate/renene A prototype design model for deep low-enthalpy hydrothermal systems * Sanaz Saeid , Rafid Al-Khoury, Hamidreza M. Nick, Michael A. Hicks Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: This paper introduces a prototype design model for deep low-enthalpy hydrothermal systems. The model Received 18 July 2014 predicts, empirically, the lifetime of a hydrothermal system as a function of reservoir porosity, discharge Accepted 5 December 2014 rate, well spacing, average initial temperature of the reservoir, and injection temperature. The finite Available online 2 January 2015 element method is utilized for this purpose. An extensive parametric analysis on a wide range of physical parameters and operational scenarios, for a typical geometry, has been conducted to derive the model. Keywords: The proposed model can provide geothermal engineers and decision makers with a preliminary Geothermal energy conjecture about the lifetime of a deep low-enthalpy hydrothermal system. The proposed modelling Deep low-enthalpy hydrothermal system Geothermal doublet design technique can be