Water use in geopressured geothermal systems

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 36 2, Issue , 2012, Pages 1187-1190

  Clark, Corrie ^a   Harto, Chris ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary; Geopressured; Life cycle; Water; Water consumption

Indexed keywords

BINARY; ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS; GEOPRESSURED; GEOTHERMAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION; GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATION; POWER GENERATION TECHNOLOGY; POWER-GENERATING SYSTEMS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

GEOTHERMAL WELLS; LIFE CYCLE; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

GEOTHERMAL FIELDS;

EID: 84876249494     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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