Thermal modeling of an area west of the Mt. Amiata Geothermal Field, Italy

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 382-386

  Bellani, Stefano ^a   Gherardi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydraulic parameters; Mt. Amiata Geothermal Field; Numerical modeling; Thermal boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL ITALY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GRAVITY SURVEY; GRIDDING; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; INSTALLED CAPACITY; MODEL DOMAINS; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; QUATERNARY VOLCANOES; SEISMIC PROFILES; THERMAL ANOMALIES; THERMAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; THERMAL FIELD; THERMAL MODELING; TUSCANY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ENTHALPY; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOANALYSIS;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

EID: 77952620822     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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