Effective Chemical Inhibitors for Corrosion Control in Geothermal Processes Especially Geysers and pH Mod Systems
- Key words
- Corrosion inhibitor; pH mod; Geyers; Geothermal
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 2010
- Session
- Corrosion; Brine chemistry
- Language
- English
Abstract
Lack of proper scale and corrosion control in geothermal power production is a major hurdle in advancing the use of this renewable source of energy. Among the many challenges is the variability of brine chemistry, use of multiple wells, temperature, non-condensable gasses, and material of construction. In this paper the results of the study to develop corrosion inhibitors for drysteam (Geyser) and brine re-injection operations are presented. The inhibitors reduced the corrosion rate by as much as 95
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