地学前缘 ›› 2024, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 104-119.DOI: 10.13745/j.esf.sf.2024.7.12

• 地热赋存基础理论 • 上一篇    下一篇

典型高温地热系统水热循环及锂同位素分馏过程模拟研究

石鸿蕾1,2,3(), 王婉丽1,2, 王贵玲1,2,*(), 邢林啸1,2, 陆川1,2, 赵佳怡1,2, 刘禄1,2,4, 宋嘉佳1,2,5   

  1. 1.中国地质科学院 水文地质环境地质研究所, 河北 石家庄 050061
    2.自然资源部地热与干热岩勘查开发技术创新中心, 河北 石家庄 050061
    3.中国地质环境监测院, 北京 100081
    4.中国地质大学 生物地质与环境地质国家重点实验室, 湖北 武汉 430074
    5.合肥工业大学 资源与环境工程学院, 安徽 合肥 230009
  • 收稿日期:2024-02-12 修回日期:2024-04-23 出版日期:2024-11-25 发布日期:2024-11-25
  • 通信作者: *王贵玲(1964—),男,博士,研究员,博士生导师,主要从事地热资源调查评价方面研究工作。E-mail: guilingw@163.com
  • 作者简介:石鸿蕾(1995—),男,博士,主要从事地热系统数值模拟相关研究工作。E-mail: hongleis@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划项目(2021YFB1507300);国家重点研发计划项目(2021YFB1507302);中国地质调查局地质调查项目(DD20230019);中国地质调查局地质调查项目(DD20221676)

Numerical simulation of hydrothermal cycling process and lithium isotope fractionation in a typical high-temperature geothermal system

SHI Honglei1,2,3(), WANG Wanli1,2, WANG Guiling1,2,*(), XING Linxiao1,2, LU Chuan1,2, ZHAO Jiayi1,2, LIU Lu1,2,4, SONG Jiajia1,2,5   

  1. 1. Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
    2. Technological Innovation Center for Geothermal & Hot Dry Rock Exploration and Development, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shijiazhuang 050061, China
    3. China Institute of Geo-Environment Monitoring, Beijing 100081, China
    4. State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
    5. School of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
  • Received:2024-02-12 Revised:2024-04-23 Online:2024-11-25 Published:2024-11-25

摘要:

水热系统中的多场耦合相互作用对水热循环过程和地热流体化学成分具有显著的影响。本文利用COMSOL-Multiphysics建立水—热—化学(同位素)多场耦合数值模拟模型,通过简化模型对锂同位素分馏模拟方法进行了验证。在此基础上,基于对羊八井地热田水热循环过程的认识,建立了羊八井典型剖面水热循环多场耦合模型;再现了羊八井地热系统的水热循环过程和水岩反应过程中的锂同位素分馏过程,并且讨论了主要的参数对热能聚敛效果的影响。结果表明:较高的断裂带渗透率将加快深部断裂带附近围岩温度的下降,而较低的渗透率则无法在近地表形成一定规模的水热活动;通过地表排泄量对断裂带渗透率进行约束后,发现当断裂带与深部熔融体直接沟通时,才可在近地表形成长期存在(近150 ka)的高温地热显示;在断裂带沟通了深部熔融体且熔融体热源温度不变的前提下,熔融体的具体埋深对水热活动强烈程度的影响不大;长期的水岩活动会使断裂带内锂元素大量消耗,只有当深部熔融体为断裂系统提供持续不断的物质来源时,才能保证地热流体中长期保持较高的锂元素浓度水平;基于锂同位素分馏过程估算出参与水岩反应的岩体中锂元素质量分数为25~35 mg/kg,δ7Lirock为-2.0‰~0.5‰。研究成果有助于进一步认识典型高温地热系统成因机制模式。

关键词: 典型高温地热系统, 水热循环, 水岩反应, 多场耦合模型, 锂同位素

Abstract:

Multifield coupling interactions have significant effects on hydrothermal cycles and geothermal fluid chemistry in hydrothermal systems. In this paper, a hydraulic-thermal-chemical (isotope) multifield numerical simulation model is developed using COMSOL-Multiphysics, and the simulation method for lithium isotope fractionation is validated by a simplified profile model. On this basis, a multifield coupling model of the hydrothermal cycle in a typical profile of Yangbajing is established based on the understanding of the hydrothermal cycling process in the Yangbajing geothermal field. Futher, the hydrothermal cycling of the Yangbajing geothermal system and lithium isotope fractionation under water-rock reactions are reproduced, and the influence of the main model parameters on the effect of thermal energy convergence is discussed. The results indicated that high fracture-zone permeability accelerated temperature decline in wall rock near the deep fracture zone, while low permeability limited near-surface hydrothermal activity. After constraining the fracture-zone permeability by surface drainage, it was found that long-lived (nearly 150 ka) high-temperature geothermal features could form near the surface, but only when the fracture zone made direct contact with the deep melt. Provided that such contact occurred and the temperature of the melt heat source remained constant, the depth of the melt had little effect on hydrothermal activity. Prolonged water-rock interactions could lead to significant lithium depletion in the fracture zone, and only when the deep melts provided a continuous source of material for the fracture system could it guarrantee sustained high lithium concentration in geothermal fluids. Based on the lithium isotope fractionation process, the estimated mass fraction of lithium in the involved rocks was ~25—35 mg/kg, and the value of δ7Lirock was ~-2.0‰—0.5‰. The research results contribute to the further understanding of the formation of typical high-temperature geothermal systems.

Key words: typical high-temperature geothermal system, hydrothermal cycle, water-rock reaction, multifield coupling model, lithium isotope

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