| Title | Boiling and Condensation Processes in the Cerro Prieto Beta Reservoir Under Exploitation |
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| Authors | A.Truesdell, A. Manon, L Quijano, T. Coplen and M. Lippmann |
| Year | 1992 |
| Conference | Stanford Geothermal Workshop |
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| Abstract | The deep Cerro Prieto (Baja California, Mexico) beta reservoir is offset vertically by the southwest-northeast trending, normal H fault. Under exploitation pressures in the upthrown block have decreased strongly resulting in boiling and high-enthalpy production fluids. Significant differences in fluid chemical and isotopic compositions are observed in the two parts of the reservoir and particularly in an anomalous zone associated with the H fault. These differences result from intense boiling and adiabatic steam condensation, as well as from leakage of overlying cooler water along the fault. |