| Abstract |
the Brookhaven National I ahoratory havc technically and economically feasible, well as an acceptable, process detoxification of geothermal residues. For this process, selected microorganisms which live in extreme have served as models for the new biotechnology:. Assuming a 2500 sludge production rate., the new technology is capable of a than 80% removal of toxic usually in less than twenty- hours periods time. The process itself depends on a number of parameters, allowing this technology to be tailored specific needs geothermal producing regimes, such those, for example, found in Salton Seu and the Geysers areas California. Thus, residual sludges and brines can he remove only a metals such arsenic and mercury only, many ranging from valuable metals such gold, and radionuclides, such as radium. metal removal metal processes be therefore, advantageous. The emerging for geothermal energy production wastes is arid a number applisation options, which will be this paper. |