| Technical Features of Kawerau Geothermal Power Station, New Zealand |
Horie, Tadao; Muto, Toshie; Gray, Tony |
Power plant design and operation; Operations management; Dua |
Kawerau; New Zealand; Power Generation; Double Flash; Two-Phase Flow; Steam Washing; pH; Deposit Control; Silica Scaling; Acid Treatment; Variable Speed Control; Separator; Cooling Tower; Steam Turbine; Gas Extration; Direct Condenser |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Principles of Modularity and Redundancy Assessed in High Reliability Geothermal Generation |
Hill, Roger; Peters, Valerie; Glassley, William |
Energy markets; Power plant design and operation; Operations |
Geothermal Reliability; Availability; Loss of Electric Power (LOEP) |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Evaluation of Pressure-Driven and Novel Membrane Processes for Treatment of Geothermal Brines |
Childress, Amy E.; Hutton, Mirinda; Cath, Tzahi Y.; Walker, Nathan; Hen, Eyal |
Cooling towers |
Cooling Tower; Water Treatment; Membranes; Blowdown; Membrane Distillation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Repowering Steamboat 2 and 3 Plants with New Axial Flow Turbines |
Buchanan, Tom; Posten, Wade; Berryman, Sean |
Turbines; Isobutane; Operations management |
Repowering; Ormat; Turbo-Expander; Organic Rankine Cycle; Isobutane; Management of Change; Process safety Management |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Understanding Plant External Conditions When Designing Geothermal Power Plants--Some Important Considerations |
Bouche, Douglas P. |
Power plant design and operation |
Power Plant Design; Environment; Construction; Resource; Project Development; Plant Optimization; Emissions; Well Testing; Noncondensible Gasses; Geochemistry; Deliverability Curves; Topography |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Nano-Structured Calcium Silicate--A Solution to the Formation of Silica Scale in Geothermal Water |
Borrmann, Thomas; Johnston, James H.; McBrearty, Robert |
Scaling; Calcium silicate |
Sacle Formation; Calcium Silicate; Geothermal Energy |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Modeling and Analysis of Sub- and Supercritical Binary Rankine Cycles for Low- to Mid-Temperature Geothermal Resources |
Augustine, Chad; Field, Randall; DiPippo, Ronald; Gigliucci, Gianluca; Fastelli, Irene; Tester, Jeff |
Binary cycle power generation; Supercritical fluids; Working |
Power Cycles; Binary; Supercritical; Air-Cooled Condenser |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| ThermoGIS: An Integrated Web-Based Information System for Geothermal Exploration and Governmental Decision Support for Mature Oil and Gas Basins |
Van Wees, Jan-Diederik; Juez-Larre, Joaquim; Mijnlieff, Harmen; Kronimus, Alexander; van Gessel, Serge; Kramers, Leslie; Obdam, Arie; Verweij, Hanneke; Bonte, D. |
Mapping; Exploration; Geophysical surveys; GIS; Oil and gas |
Geothermal; EGS; Tectonics; Basin Models |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Feasibility of Geothermal Power Generation from Petroleum Wells |
Sanyal, Subir K.; Butler, Steven J. |
Geopressured reservoirs; Oil and gas co-production; Feasibil |
Petroleum Well; Geothermal Power; Abandoned Well; Geopressure; Gass Well; Oilfield Water; Co-Produced Water |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Electric Power Generation Using Geothermal Fluid Coproduced from Oil and/or Gas Wells |
Karl, Bernie; Hebert, Ian-Michael; Warwick, Jesse |
Oil and gas co-production; Low temperature reservoirs; Power |
Oil; Low-Temperature Geothermal; Jay Florida; Chena Hot Springs; Quantum; Pratt & Whitney Power Systems; United Technology Research Center |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Initial Implementation of Oil Field Temperature Data for Calculating Formation Specific Heat Content for Electric Power Generation: First Approximations |
Erdlac, Richard J., Jr. |
Exploration; Sedimentary basins; Geochemical surveys; Mappin |
Sedimentary Basins; Geothermal Production; Temperature Mapping; Formation Heat Content; Specific Heat |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Diamond-Hardfaced Carbide/Metal Composites for Submersible-Pump Bearings in Geothermal Wells |
Voronov, O. A.; Kear, B. H. |
Well pumps; Bearings; Corrosion |
Geothermal Energy; Submersible-Pump Bearing; Carbide-Metal Composites; Diamond Hardfacing; Corrosive Wear Resistance |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Application of Electrical Submersible Pumping Systems in High Temperature Geothermal Environments |
Vandevier, Joe; Gould, Ben |
Well pumps |
ESP; Electrical Submersible Pump; Artificial Lift; Submersible Motor; Multi-Stage Centrifugal Pump; Power Cable; Motor Controller; SAGD; EGS; High Temperature Testing; Hot-Loop |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Seasonal Underground Thermal Energy Storage Using Smart Thermosiphon Technology |
Udell, Kent S.; Jankovich, Phil; Kekelia, Bidzina |
Geothermal heat pumps; Space heating/cooling; Heat exchanger |
Underground Energy Storage; Thermal Energy Storage; Seasonal Energy Storage; Smart Thermosiphon |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Squeeze with Foamed Cement Cuts Nonproductive Time in a Geothermal Well |
Lovett, Dennis; Hernandez, Rafael; Chandarjit, Lyndon |
Cementing; Lost circulation |
Foamed Cement; Squeeze; Lost Circulation; Cement Plugs |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Considerations in the Testing and Selection of Materials for Corrosive Geothermal Environments |
Amend, Bill |
Corrosion; Stress corrosion cracking |
Corrosion Coupons; Corrosion Probes; Corrosion Rate; Corrosion Testing; General Corrosion; Heat Affected Zone; Materials Selection; Pitting; Stress Corrosion Cracking; SSC; Sulfide Stress Cracking; Welds |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Tapping into Canada's Geothermal Potential |
Thompson, Alison |
Geothermal overviews |
Canada; Plicy; CanGEA; Oil Sands; Mount Meager; British Columbia |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| IEA-GIA-International Geothermal Cooperation--Going from Strength to Strength |
Mongillo, M. A.; Bromley, C. J.; Rybach, L. |
Renewable energy; Organizational profiles; Public outreach; |
Geothermal Implementing Agreement; GIA; International Energy Agency; IEA; International Geothermal Cooperation; Sustainable Utilization; Climate Change Mitigation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| Geothermal Energy: A Secure Resource for Development of Ladakh Region, India |
Gupta, Mohan L. |
Exploration; Geothermal overviews; Geochemical surveys; Dire |
Geothermal Energy; Puga Valley; Enhance Geothermal Systems; Assessment and Utilization of Resources; Ladakh |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |
| The Iceland Deep Drilling Project (IDDP): Deep Drilling at Krafla to Investigate Supercritical Geothermal Resources |
Elders, Wilfred A.; Fridleifsson, Gudmundur O. |
Supercritical Fluids; Deep Drilling |
Supercritical Fluids; Enhanced Geothermal Resources; Deep Drilling; Iceland |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2009 |
English |