Field tests on silica removal from geothermal brines in sumikawa and onuma geothermal areas

Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 696-700

  Sugita, Hajime ^a   Kato, Koichi ^a   Ueda, Akira ^a   Matsunaga, Isao ^a   Sakurap, Yukio ^b   Yasuda, Keiji ^a   Bando, Yoshiyuki ^c   Nakamura, Masaaki ^a  

^a NATL INST FOR RSRC AND ENVIRON   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum ion; Precipitation; Seeding method; Silica gel seed; Silica removal

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; IONS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICA GEL;

GEOTHERMAL BRINES; SEEDING METHOD;

BRINES;

BRINE; FIELD TEST; GEOTHERMAL POWER; REMOVAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 0033379590     PISSN: 00219592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/jcej.32.696     Document Type: Article

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