Bleeding Characteristics of Geothermal Wells

Conference · Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:888641

James, Russell; Gould, Tom

Discharging small flows (order of 1 t/h) from wells is known as bleeding and is to relieve the build-up of gas pressure at the wellhead and to arrest corrosion in the bore. First tests over a range of bleeding flows indicate it as a fruitful subject for study in that temperature and pressure measurements at the wellhead can indicate the well enthalpy and the non-condensible gas content of the production system. Because of environmental restrictions on testing with large discharges in the future, bleeding may soon be the only valid alternative for proving a well’s potential. 1 tab., 4 figs., 6 refs.

• Research Organization: D.S.I.R., Wairakei, New Zealand
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT03-80SF11459; AS07-84ID12529
• OSTI ID: 888641
• Report Number(s): SGP-TR-109-43
• Resource Relation: Conference: Proceedings, Twelfth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., January 20-22, 1987
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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