| Title | An Automated System for Membrane Filtration and Core Tests |
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| Authors | Hasbrouck, Richard T.; Owen, Lawrence B.; Netherton, Raymond |
| Year | 1979 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Reservoir Engineering; Core Tests; Reinjection; Damage; USA; California; Salton Sea; Scaling; Plugging; Laboratory; Flow Pressure; Confirming Stress; US DOE; LLL; Magma Power |
| Abstract | An existing manually operated LLL system for obtaining data on injectability of geothermal effluents has been automated. Membrane filters and core samples are exposed to geothermal brine at representative injection pressure and formation confining pressure to study the potential effects of scaling and suspended solids deposition on the performance on injection wells. An electronic controller of either constant differential pressure or constant flow. A data logger is used to obtain continuous records of all major system parameters. The new system is being used to asses the injectability of effluents produced by Magma Power Company's reaction clarifier-filter preinjection treatment facility operated in conjunction with the Geothermal Loop Experimental Facility at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field, Southern California. |