CO2 plume geothermal systems offer a promising pathway for simultaneous carbon sequestration and renewable energy production, yet their optimization remains computationally prohibitive due to the complexity of coupled multi-phase flow, heat transport, and thermodynamic processes. This study presents a novel framework that integrates Non-isothermal Unsaturated-saturated Flow and Transport modeling with quantum neural network and hybrid quantum-classical ensemble regressors to accelerate CO2 plume geothermal system design optimization. The methodology employs latin hypercube sampling to generate 1,000 Non-isothermal Unsaturated-saturated Flow and Transport simulations across several parameter spaces, extracting statistical features that undergo rigorous selection through Boruta, Chi-squared, and Pearson correlation algorithms with a standardized weight threshold of higher than 0.75. Two quantum architectures were developed to predict six geothermal variables, including system lifetime, injected, extracted, stored CO2 mass, cumulative energy recovery and average heat extraction rate within lifetime. The quantum models achieved exceptional accuracy for most variables in the test section, with hybrid quantum-classical ensemble regressors architectures consistently outperforming quantum neural network variants, particularly when combined with boruta feature selection. Two optimization algorithms were employed for CO2 plume geothermal system design, including moth flame optimization for single objectives and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm Ⅱ for multi-objective scenarios to find robust optimal solutions based on developed surrogate models for injection overpressure, well spacing near and maximizing thermal energy extraction. The framework transformed a computationally intractable optimization requiring extensive simulation time into a rapid calculation while maintaining prediction accuracy comparable to full-physics models.
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Advances in Geo-Energy Research 2025, 18(2): 137-152
Published: 11 October 2025
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