Assessment of silica scaling around injection wells of the Berlin geothermal field, El Salvador, using field experiments and chemical modeling

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 30 I, Issue , 2006, Pages 501-506

  Lopez D L ^a   Castro, M ^b   Matus, A ^c   López, J Reyes ^b   Guevara, W ^c   Montalvo, F ^c   Guerra, C E ^c  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c Col Utila ^*  (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Geothermal system; Reinjection well; Silica scaling

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GROUNDWATER; OIL WELLS; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WATER PIPING SYSTEMS;

GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; REINJECTION WELLS; SILICA SCALING;

SILICA;

EID: 34548161096     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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