Initial temperature field in the Los Humeros geothermal reservoir

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 303-312

  García Gutiérrez, Alfonso ^a   Arellano, V ^a   Barragan R M ^a   Espinosa Paredes, G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Horner method; Initial temperature distribution; Los Humeros; Numerical simulation; Spherical Radial Flow method

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

LOS HUMEROS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 29144488100     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 00167169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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