Pilot unit testing of scale inhibitors at geopressured energy well sites

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:7369473

Mouche, R J; Matson, M L; Matson, J V; Bebout, D G; Bachman, A L ^[1]

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The skid-mounted pilot unit is a smaller version of the main surface equipment used at geothermal geopressured well sites. It will be used to monitor the effectiveness of scale and corrosion inhibitors for the preventing of scaling and corrosion in the main surface equipment. The pilot unit will model the main surface equipment with respect to pressure, flow velocities, and scale inhibitor injection. The pilot unit will also operate under other conditions for optimization determination. Scaling tendencies will be monitored by specially shaped mild steel coupons placed at critical locations throughout the pilot unit. The coupons will be checked at regular intervals, and analysis will include visual, weight and EDAX-SEM analysis. Various scale inhibitors will be tested over a large range of dosage levels in order to screen inhibitors and their effectiveness for water with particular quality parameters.

• OSTI ID: 7369473
• Report Number(s): CONF-811026-70; ON: DE82003311
• Resource Relation: Conference: 5. geopressured-geothermal energy conference, Baton Rouge, LA, USA, 13 Oct 1981; Related Information: In: Geopressured-geothermal energy, US Gulf Coast, by
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
TEST FACILITIES
CORROSION
CORROSION INHIBITORS
EQUIPMENT
GEOPRESSURED SYSTEMS
MATERIALS TESTING
OPTIMIZATION
PILOT PLANTS
PRECIPITATION
SCALING
STEELS
ALLOYS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FLUIDS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TESTING
WELLS
Geothermal Legacy
150903* - Geothermal Engineering- Corrosion
Scaling & Materials Development