Prediction of boiling, scaling and formation conditions in geothermal reservoirs using computer programs tequil and geofluids

Geothermics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 663-678

  Duan, Zhenhao ^a   Møller, Nancy ^a   DeRocher, Ted ^a   Weare, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boiling; Modeling; Scaling; Software

Indexed keywords

BOILING LIQUIDS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SOLUBILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

SOFTWARE PACKAGE GEOFLUIDS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE TEQUIL; THERMODYNAMIC MODELS;

GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES;

GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIRS; THERMODYNAMICS; WELLS;

BOILING; GEOTHERMAL WELL; SCALING; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL;

EID: 0030435111     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(96)00027-2     Document Type: Article

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