Geothermal power production from abandoned oil wells

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 866-872

  Davis, Adelina P ^a   Michaelides, Efstathios E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Double pipe heat exchanger; Energy; Geothermal; Isobutane; Oil wells

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; FLOW SIMULATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; HEAT EXCHANGERS; OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PIPE;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DOUBLE-PIPE HEAT EXCHANGER; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENTS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PRODUCTION; HEAT-UP; INJECTION PRESSURES; ISOBUTANE; MAXIMUM POWER; MODERATE PRESSURES; MOMENTUM CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; PIPE DIAMETER; SECONDARY FLUIDS; WELL DEPTH;

OIL WELLS;

ALKANE; ELECTRICAL POWER; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; MOMENTUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL WELL; POWER GENERATION;

EID: 67349099885     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.03.017     Document Type: Article

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