Geothermal systems: Principles and case histories
Abstract
The classification of geothermal systems is considered along with the geophysical and geochemical signatures of geothermal systems, aspects of conductive heat transfer and regional heat flow, and geothermal anomalies and their plate tectonic framework. An investigation of convective heat and mass transfer in hydrothermal systems is conducted, taking into account the mathematical modelling of hydrothermal systems, aspects of idealized convective heat and mass transport, plausible models of geothermal reservoirs, and preproduction models of hydrothermal systems. Attention is given to the prospecting for geothermal resources, the application of water geochemistry to geothermal exploration and reservoir engineering, heat extraction from geothermal reservoirs, questions of geothermal resource assessment, and environmental aspects of geothermal energy development. A description is presented of a number of case histories, taking into account the low enthalpy geothermal resource of the Pannonian Basin in Hungary, the Krafla geothermal field in Northeast Iceland, the geothermal system of the Jemez Mountains in New Mexico, and extraction-reinjection at the Ahuachapan geothermal field in El Salvador.
- Publication:
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Chichester
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981wi...book.....R
- Keywords:
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- Energy Technology;
- Geothermal Technology;
- Thermohydraulics;
- Case Histories;
- Conductive Heat Transfer;
- Enthalpy;
- Environment Effects;
- Geochemistry;
- Geophysics;
- Geothermal Energy Extraction;
- Geothermal Resources;
- Hydrogeology;
- Hydrothermal Systems;
- Mass Transfer;
- Mathematical Models;
- Plates (Tectonics);
- Energy Production and Conversion