Cooling of the Wairakei Reservoir During Production
- Location
- Wairakei, New Zealand; Taupo Volcanic Zone
- Conference
- Stanford Geothermal Workshop
- Year
- 1986
- Session
- Discussion on Maturing Geothermal Fields
- Language
- English
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Abstract
After nearly 30 years of power generation, parts of the present production area at Wairakei are near the end of their economic life due to local cooling. To the west of the present production area there remains a large volume of high temperature resource whose deep liquid temperatures have not changed from those measured during the 1960's. Power generation can be maintained for many more years by producing from this high temperature resource.
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