Expected silica scaling from reinjection waters after installation of a binary cycle power station at Berlin geothermal field, El Salvador, central America

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 30 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 487-494

  Castro, Marlon R ^a   López, Dina L ^b   Reyes, Jaime A ^a   Matus, Antonio ^c   Montalvo, Francisco E ^c   Guerra, Carlos E ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LaGeO S A de CV ^*  (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Binary cycle; Reinjection geothermal water; Silica scaling modeling

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; WATER INJECTION;

BINARY CYCLE POWER STATIONS; REINJECTION GEOTHERMAL WATER; SILICA SCALING MODELING;

SILICA;

EID: 34548146520     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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