Prediction of mass deliverability from a single wellhead measurement and geothermal inflow performance reference curves.

Geothermics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-329

  Moya, Sara L ^a   Aragón, Alfonso ^a   Iglesias, Eduardo R ^a   Santoyo, Edgar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENTHALPY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; PRESSURE;

GEOTHERMAL INFLOW PERFORMANCE REFERENCE CURVES; MASS FLOWRATE; WELLHEAD MEASUREMENT;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

FLOW TEST; GEOTHERMAL WELL; MASS DELIVERABILITY;

EID: 0032098305     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(98)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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