In this seminar Dana Jurick, Chief Operating Officer of Neubrex Energy Services US LLC. discusses the collection, analysis and interpretation of strain measurements utilizing fiber optic cables.
Chlorite
A micaceous mineral that is commonly green-colored, composed of iron and/or magnesium, and forms due to hydrothermal alteration of amphiboles, pyroxenes, and feldspars.
Geothermal Glossary
Word of the Week – Convection
Convection Refers to heat transfer by fluid circulation in permeable rocks where thermal energy is transported with the flow of hot fluid (water or steam).
Word of the Week – Cooling Tower
Cooling Tower Plant equipment that is used to dissipate heat into air rather than into a river. Cooling is induced in two different ways. For binary plants, dry cooling towers use fans to draw air across a heat exchanger and this removes heat from a working fluid...
Word of the Week – Cyclone Separator
Cyclone Separator A large cylindrical vessel attached to two-phase production pipelines in geothermal fields that is used to separate dry steam from a fast-moving two-phase fluid. Steam separation results from cyclonic fluid flow, centrifugal force and gravity.