Chemical Recovery as Alternative of Environmental Solution by Geothermal Brines in Cerro Prieto
- Key words
- Brine Chemistry; Brine Technology; Waste Disposal; Minerals; Mexico; Salton Trough; Cerro Prieto; Well Fields; High Temperature; Setting Pond; Potassium Chloride; Lithium Chloride; Power Plant; Reinjection; Waste Brine; CFE
- Location
- Cerro Prieto, Mexico
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1979
- Session
- Brine chemistry; Waste management; Injection; Surface discha
- Language
- English
Abstract
The Cerro Prieto Geothermal Field is a large area of hydrothermal alteration. In order to use the geothermal energy 55 wells have been drilled. Some of them are in continuous operations, discharging a high pressure steam brine mixture. After the process of separation have taken place, the steam (1,500 T/hr) is sent to a generating plant, and the brine (3,500 T/hr) to a setting pond. The brine has a high content of salts and some of them like KC1 and LiC1 can be recovered economically. It has been a solution to dispose the brine and prevent environmental problems.
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