Thermal properties of mexican cementing systems for geothermal wells

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 27, Issue , 2003, Pages 131-136

  Garcia Gutierrez A ^a   Aragon Aguilar A ^a   Santoyo Gutierrez S ^a   Espinosa Paredes, G ^b   Santoyo Gutierrez E ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cements; Drilling; Geothermal wells; Specific heat; Thermal conductivity; Thermal diffusivity

Indexed keywords

CLASSICAL LINE-SOURCE METHOD (CLSM); HEAT FLOW; JAEGER METHOD (JM); THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY;

CEMENTS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL DIFFUSION; WELL CEMENTING; WELL COMPLETION; WELL DRILLING;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS;

EID: 4143150579     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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