| Title | Economical Aspects of the Scale Inhibitor Injection System Operation |
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| Authors | Tevfik Kaya, Neslihan Demirci, Ayse Alpagut Bükülmez, Volkan Dedeoğlu |
| Year | 2010 |
| Conference | World Geothermal Congress |
| Keywords | Kizildere, geothermal power plant, Turkey |
| Abstract | Kizildere Geothermal Field is the first field of Turkey utilized for electricity generation. Although the field was discovered in 1968, electricity generation started in 1984 at an installed capacity of 17.4 MWe. Up to date, the field produced electricity without injecting scale inhibitors, despite the severe calcite scaling tendency of the produced fluid. After the acquision of the Plant by Zorlu Energy, the Company carried out a calcite scale inhibitor injection test aiming to find a suitable inhibitor which is both technically and economically feasible. After having successful selection of the inhibitor during the tests in KD-14, a chemical injection system is designed for nine production wells of the field. The scope of the present paper is to give all the necessary information to operate properly the 9 sets of designed chemical injection system equipment which will be built to inject scaling inhibitor down hole in Kizildere Geothermal Wells. The setting depth and its equipment have been designed according to production and wells test. The total cost of the system including operation cost will be compared with the mechanical reaming and acidizing costs for each well. |