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Geothermal energy resources of the USSR and their utilization

Abstract

In the Soviet Union, the areas with the highest geothermal gradient are found in the region of Kamchatka, in the Kuriles, and in western Turkmenia. Test drilling in Kamchatka has produced hot water at a temperature of 200/sup 0/C from a depth of 100-300 m. If a pressure of 300-400 kPa is maintained, the wells can bring the fluids to the surface as a two-phase mixture of steam and hot water. In 1961, plans were being made for the construction of a 12 MW power plant and several greenhouses. Other heat sources were being developed to heat the city of Petropavlovsk. In the northern Cauacasus, hot water is encountered only at depths greater than about 2.5 km, but the quantity available is sufficient to provide the heating needs of several major cities. In the Republic of Daghestan, test drilling has revealed hot water sources which are pressurized to 1.6 MPa, and which produce at a rate of 100 m/sup 3//h. Enormous geothermal energy resources are located in artesian reservoirs beneath western Siberia, over an extent of 3 million km/sup 2/.
Authors:
Publication Date:
Jan 01, 1961
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
EDB-78-119676
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: VDI (Ver. Dtsch. Ing.) Z.; (Germany, Federal Republic of); Journal Volume: 103:12
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; USES; USSR; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; DEPTH; GEOTHERMAL DISTRICT HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; DIMENSIONS; DISTRICT HEATING; ENERGY; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; GEOTHERMAL HEATING; HEATING; POWER PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; RESOURCES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; 150102* - Geothermal Energy- Resources & Availability- Non-USA- (-1989)
OSTI ID:
6671939
Country of Origin:
Germany
Language:
German
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: VZGTA
Submitting Site:
FIRL
Size:
Pages: 520-520
Announcement Date:
Sep 01, 1978

Citation Formats

Groebner, W. Geothermal energy resources of the USSR and their utilization. Germany: N. p., 1961. Web.
Groebner, W. Geothermal energy resources of the USSR and their utilization. Germany.
Groebner, W. 1961. "Geothermal energy resources of the USSR and their utilization." Germany.
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title = {Geothermal energy resources of the USSR and their utilization}
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abstractNote = {In the Soviet Union, the areas with the highest geothermal gradient are found in the region of Kamchatka, in the Kuriles, and in western Turkmenia. Test drilling in Kamchatka has produced hot water at a temperature of 200/sup 0/C from a depth of 100-300 m. If a pressure of 300-400 kPa is maintained, the wells can bring the fluids to the surface as a two-phase mixture of steam and hot water. In 1961, plans were being made for the construction of a 12 MW power plant and several greenhouses. Other heat sources were being developed to heat the city of Petropavlovsk. In the northern Cauacasus, hot water is encountered only at depths greater than about 2.5 km, but the quantity available is sufficient to provide the heating needs of several major cities. In the Republic of Daghestan, test drilling has revealed hot water sources which are pressurized to 1.6 MPa, and which produce at a rate of 100 m/sup 3//h. Enormous geothermal energy resources are located in artesian reservoirs beneath western Siberia, over an extent of 3 million km/sup 2/.}
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