Geothermal water management / editors, Jochen Bundschuh, University of Southern Queensland, Deputy Vice-Chancellorâs Office (Research and Innovation) & Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia, Barbara Tomaszewska, AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection. Department of Fossil Fuels, Krakow, Poland Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS MEERI), Kraków, Poland.

"Drinking water shortages in many regions of the world have often contributed to the development of water treatment technologies. Not only arid and semi-arid regions are increasingly exposed to water shortage, but also many other regions face limitations of the fresh water resources. Geothermal...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Other Authors: Bundschuh, Jochen (Editor), Tomaszewska, Barbara (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2018]
Series:Sustainable water developments, volume 6
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I Resources, geochemical properties and environmental implications of geothermal water; 1. A global assessment of geothermal resources; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Definitions and classification of geothermal resources; 1.2.1 Definitions of geothermal energy and geothermal resources; 1.2.2 Classification of geothermal resources; 1.3 Methods of regional assessment of geothermal resources; 1.3.1 Volume method of resource assessment1.3.2 Economic evaluation of hydrogeothermal aquifers; 1.4 New concepts of geothermal resources classification; 1.5 Results of geothermal resources assessment; 1.5.1 World geothermal resources; 1.5.2 European geothermal resources; 1.5.3 Polish geothermal resources; 2. Reinjection of cooled water back into a reservoir; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Mathematical model for assessing the conditions for injecting water into a rock formation; 2.2.1 Estimation of power and energy demand associated with reinjection; 2.2.2 Estimation of required pressure for reinjection; 2.2.3 Heat transfer between saline water and the geological medium in the vicinity of the absorption well; 2.3 Injection of saline water into rock formation; 2.3.1 Parameters of water and borehole construction; 2.3.2 Dynamics of the clogging process in the active area; 2.4 Summary; 3. Geothermal and hydrogeological conditions, geochemical properties and uses of geothermal waters of the Slovakia; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Geological structure; 3.2.1 Inner Carpathians; 3.2.2 Outer Carpathians; 3.3 Characteristics of geothermal bodies; 3.4 Geothermal waters' chemical composition3.5 Abstraction and thermal energy potential of geothermal waters; 4. Resources, geochemical features and environmental implications of the geothermal waters in the continental rift zone of the Büyük Menderes, Western Anatolia, Turkey; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Geologic setting; 4.3 Hydrogeology and hydrogeochemistry; 4.3.1 Hydrogeology; 4.3.2 Hydrogeochemistry; 4.3.3 Isotope geochemistry; 4.4 Resources and geothermal potential; 4.4.1 Kızıldere; 4.4.2 Salavatlı; 4.4.3 Germencik; 4.4.4 Other geothermal reservoirs; 4.5 Environmental implications; 4.5.1 Water quality and use4.5.2 Air emissions; 4.5.3 Land use; 4.5.4 Life-cycle global warming emissions; 4.6 Model of the geothermal waters in the rift zone of the Büyük Menderes; Section II Treatment of geothermal water for reuse; 5. Analytical procedures for ion quantification supporting water treatment processes; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Groundwater sampling; 5.3 Quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program; 5.3.1 Laboratory QA/QC program; 5.3.2 Field QA/QC program; 5.4 QA/QC program in geothermal water monitoring
  • the case of Bańska PGP-1 well (Bańska Niżna, Poland)