| Title | High Temperature Adsorption Measurements |
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| Authors | R. Bertani, L. Parisi, R. Perini, B. Tarquini |
| Year | 1996 |
| Conference | Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
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| Abstract | Adsorption phenomena are a rich and rather new field of study in geothermal research, in particular at very high temperature. ENEL is interested in the exploitation of geothermal regions with superheated steam, and it is important to understand the behavior of water-rock interaction. We have analyzed in the 170-200 ìC temperature range four samples of Monteverdi cuttings; the next experimental effort will be at 220 ìC and over in 1996. The first results of the 1995 runs are collected in this paper. We can highlight four main items: 1. At relative pressures over 0.6 the capillarity forces are very important. 2. There is no significant temperature effect. 3. Adsorbed water can be present, and it is able to multiply by a factor of 15 the estimated reserve of super-heated steam only. 4. Pores smaller than 15 A do not contribute to the adsorbed mass. |