Mixing and dilution processes at the Las Tres Vírgenes (México) geothermal reservoir indicated by 1997-2007 geochemical data

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 33, Issue , 2009, Pages 36-41

  Barragán, Rosa María ^a   Iglesias, Eduardo ^a   Torres, Rodolfo J ^a   Arellano, Víctor M ^a   Reyes Picasso, Neftalí ^a   Ramírez, Miguel ^b   Tapia, Ruth ^c   Hernández, Pedro ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ELÉCTRICAS   (Mexico)

^b Centro Nacional Alterno   (Mexico)

^c Comisión Federal de Electricidad ^*  (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dilution; Geothermal fluids; Las tres V rgenes; Mixing; Reservoir processes; Scaling

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CONCENTRATION OF; DILUTION PROCESS; ENDMEMBERS; FLUID MIXING; GEOCHEMICAL DATA; GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; INSTALLED POWER; MINERAL SCALING; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RESERVOIR FLUID; RESERVOIR PROCESS;

DILUTION; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL PROSPECTING; MIXING; WELLS;

FLUIDS;

EID: 77952622245     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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