Corrosion of materials and scaling in low-salinity East Mesa geothermal brines. Report of investigations/1981

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5559688

McCawley, F X; Cramer, S D; Riley, W D; Carter, J P; Needham, Jr, P B

The Bureau of Mines, in pursuing its goal of extending the life span of strategic materials, conducted field corrosion studies at the East Mesa Known Geothermal Resources Area (KGRA) in the Imperial Valley, Calif., to determine the optimum materials of construction for use in geothermal mineral energy resource recovery plants. These studies included characterization of geothermal environments and in situ corrosion testing. The corrosion resistance of 10 alloys exposed to 5 brine and steam process environments was evaluated using the low-salinity, high-temperature brine from geothermal well Mesa 6-1.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Avondale, MD (USA). Avondale Research Center
• OSTI ID: 5559688
• Report Number(s): PB-81-181638
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
150903* -- Geothermal Engineering-- Corrosion
Scaling & Materials Development
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
BRINES
CARBON STEELS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM STEELS
CHROMIUM-MOLYBDENUM STEELS
CORROSION
CORROSION RESISTANCE
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
EAST MESA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
MATERIALS TESTING
NICKEL ALLOYS
SCALING
SERVICE LIFE
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
TESTING
TITANIUM ALLOYS