| Recent Developments in Geothermal Scale Control |
Mark Stapleton and Oleh Weres |
— |
Scale, inhibitor, calcite, silica, magnesium silicate, clay, carbon dioxide, modeling |
Western Pacific Regional Branch |
2011 |
English |
| Origin and Potential of Geothermal Systems in Vojvodina |
Snezana Sevic, Slobodan Vidovic and Miso Solesa |
8. Geochemistry |
scale, geothermometers, utilization |
World Geothermal Congress |
2005 |
English |
| Biodegradable Resin Based Water Softener Technique to Reduce the Scaling Problem in Geothermal Water Flow Lines |
Namrata BIST, Anirbid SIRCAR, Abhijit NIRANTARE |
Emerging Technology |
scale, geothermal flowlines, biodegradable, flow assurance, Dholera |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2021 |
English |
| Mineralogy and Fluid Inclusion Gas Chemistry of Production Well Mineral Scale Deposits at the Dixie Valley Geothermal Field, USA |
McLin, K.S., Moore, J.N., Park, J., Norman, D.I. |
Geochemistry |
scale, fluid inclusions, Dixie Valley |
Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
2008 |
English |
| CHEMICAL CLEANING AT MERCURY’S GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS |
I. Richardson, T. Clark, R. Lawson |
Session 5.3
Scaling and Corrosion |
Scale, Deposition, Chemical Cleaning |
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
2018 |
English |
| Geomizer- A Tool to Predict Optimum Dose for Mitigating Scale and Corrosion in Geothermal Systems, Especially Power Plants |
Jasbir GILL, Srinivasan RAMANATHAN, David RODMAN, Tin HYUN |
Software for Geothermal Applications |
Scale, corrosion, thermodynamic, optimum dose prediction |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Case Study of Calcium Carbonate Scale at EGS and Hot Spring Binary System |
Norio YANAGISAWA |
Corrosion and Scaling |
scale, calcium carbonate, EGS, hot spring, heat exchanger, pipeline |
World Geothermal Congress |
2015 |
English |
| Effect by Electrolysis for Dissolution and Precipitation of Calcite Scale in Cooling Water Line of Heat Exchange System |
Norio Yanagisawa, Takahiro Matsumura |
Chemistry |
scale, calcite, electrolysis process, precipitation rate, dissolution rate, pH |
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
2008 |
English |
| Prevention and Dissolution of Anhydrite Deposit Using Chemical Agents for Production Wells at the Mori Geothermal Field, Hokkaido, Japan |
Daisuke Fukuda, Masato Watanabe, Koutaro Maetou, Fumiaki Arai, Makoto Ohta, Kazuhiko Odagiri, and Yoshinobu Matsumoto |
— |
scale, anhydrite, calcite, smectite, inhibition, polyacrylate, geothermal, Mori, Japan |
Western Pacific Regional Branch |
2011 |
English |
| Removal of Anhydrite and Mg-Silicate Scales from Production Wells Using Chemical Agents at the Mori Geothermal Field in Hokkaido, Japan: An Application of Chemical Well Stimulation |
Daisuke Fukuda, Masato Watanabe, Fumiaki Arai, Seiji Sasaki, Osamu Sako, Yoshinobu Matsumoto, Shouji Yamazaki |
27. Corrosion and Scaling |
scale removal, chelating agent, alkaline solution, anhydrite, Mg-silicate, chemical stimulation |
World Geothermal Congress |
2010 |
English |
| Prevention of Scale Adhesion Using Surface Treatment of Coating with Organic Compound at Geothermal Power Station |
Kenji Shimizu, Eiichi Suzuki, Yuko Mitobe, Hidetoshi Hirahara, Hiroshi Nakazawa, Tokumi Saito, Kazuo Oyama and Rokunosuke Hirata |
Power Generation |
scale privention |
World Geothermal Congress |
2000 |
English |
| Scale Prevention Method by pH Modification Using Advanced Bioreactor |
K. Takeuchi, Y. Fujioka, K. Hirowatari, S. Kusaba and H. Suzuki |
Integrated Energy Systems |
scale prevention, H2S abatement, bioreactor, pH modification |
World Geothermal Congress |
2000 |
English |
| Effectiveness of the Acidizing and Mechanical Reaming of Geothermal Production Well in Kızıldere Geothermal Well in 2009 |
Tevfik Kaya, Mahmut Parlaktuna, Neslihan Demirci, Aygün Güney, Volkan Dedeoglu, Remzi Kaya |
25. Production Engineering and Steam Gathering Systems |
Scale mitigation, mechanical reaming, acidizing, Kızıldere |
World Geothermal Congress |
2010 |
English |
| Improvements in Geothermal Deposit Control - Advances in Understanding and Identification of Unusual Minerals and New Scale Inhibitors |
Gill, Jasbir S. |
Brine chemistry; Scaling; Silica |
Scale inhibitors, mixed mineral deposit, sulfide, silica, silicates, Fe, Al, Mn, , deposit formation, inhibition mechanisms |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2020 |
English |
| High temperature stable green scale inhibitors for Geothermal applications |
Suresh Seethalakshmi,Yogitha.G2 |
— |
scale inhibitor, scale management, environment, geothermal |
Philippine International Geothermal Congress |
2025 |
English |
| Development of a 'Green' Hydrothermally Stable Scale Inhibitor for Geothermal Wells and Pipelines |
David Wilson and Kelly Harris |
— |
Scale inhibitor, calcium carbonate, jar test, dynamic scale loop, water chemistry, hydrothermal stability, biodegradability, green |
Western Pacific Regional Branch |
2011 |
English |
| Removing Silica from Geothermal Water - Year One of Pilot Plant Operation with a Focus on Carbonate and Silica Analysis |
Borrmann, Thomas; Schweig, Michael; Cairns, Mathew; Johnston, James H.; Gray, Alexander K. |
Brine chemistry; Scaling; Silica; Flash steam power generati |
Scale formation; silica scale; calcium silicate hydrate; nano-structured calcium silicate hydrate; geothermal energy; calcite; calcium carbonate |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2018 |
English |
| Realizing Complete Silica Removal -- Moving Technology from the Laboratory to Pilot Scale |
Borrmann, Thomas; Johnston, James H.; McFarlane, Andrew J.; McBrearty, Rob |
Silica; Scaling; Nano-structured calcium silicate; Brine che |
Scale formation; Calcium silicate; Geothermal energy |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2010 |
English |
| RECOVERY OF NANO-STRUCTURED CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE FROM GEOTHERMAL BRINE USING A LAMELLA SEPARATOR |
T. Borrmann, M. Schweig, and J.H. Johnston |
Session 2.2: Scalling |
Scale formation, silica scale, silica, calcium silicate hydrate, nano-structured calcium silicate hydrate, geothermal energy, lamella separator, solid liquid separation |
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
2017 |
English |
| REMOVING SILICA FROM GEOTHERMAL WATER - RE-DESIGN OF THE PILOT PLANT AND INVESTIGATION OF OPERATION AT ELEVATED PRESSURE |
T. Borrmann, M. Schweig, J.H. Johnston, M.J. Cairns and H.P. Fraser |
Session 2.3 – Silica & Corrosion 1 |
Scale formation, silica scale, silica, calcium silicate hydrate, nano-structured calcium silicate hydrate, calcium carbonate, calcite, calcite scale, geothermal energy |
New Zealand Geothermal Workshop |
2019 |
English |