Characteristics and management of the Sumikawa geothermal reservoir, northeastern Japan

Geothermics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-189

  Ariki, Kazuharu ^a   Kato, Hisao ^a   Ueda, Akira ^a   Bamba, Mitsutaka ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b Malaysia Repr Off Letter B   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Japan; Reservoir; Sumikawa

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GEOLOGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; POWER GENERATION; RECYCLING; TEMPERATURE;

CAP ROCK ZONE; HOT WATER ZONE; JAPAN; SUMIKAWA GEOTHERMAL FIELD; THERMAL ENERGY;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

GEOTHERMAL POWER; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION;

HONSHU; JAPAN; SUMIKAWA;

EID: 0034031427     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6505(99)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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