Temperature-dependent scale precipitation in the Hijiori Hot Dry Rock system, Japan

Geothermics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Yanagisawa, Norio ^a   Matsunaga, Isao ^a   Sugita, Hajime ^a   Sato, Masatake ^b   Okabe, Takashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b Geothermal Energy Research and Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

EGS; Enhanced geothermal system; Hijiori; Hot Dry Rock; Japan; Long term circulation test; Mineral scaling

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SULFATE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WELLHEADS;

ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; LONG-TERM CIRCULATION TEST; MINERAL SCALES;

HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; HOT DRY ROCK SYSTEMS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SULFATE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WELLHEADS;

ANHYDRITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; HOT DRY ROCK; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WELLHEAD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU; YAMAGATA [TOHOKU];

EID: 39149116333     PISSN: 03756505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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