Thermodynamic and Kinetic Modelling of Scales Formation at the Soultz-sous-Forêts Geothermal Power Plant

• Published in: Geosciences (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 12; p. 483
• Main Authors: Kunan, Pierce, Ravier, Guillaume, Dalmais, Eléonore, Ducousso, Marion, Cezac, Pierre
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Chemical elements; Chemical treatment; Composition; Earth science; Elements; Engineering Sciences; Enhanced geothermal systems; Exploitation; geothermal brine; Geothermal energy; Geothermal power; Geothermal power plants; Graben; Heat exchangers; Kinetics; Lead; metal sulfides; Metallurgy; Metals; Minerals; Modelling; Power plants; Reinjection; Scaling; Scientific imaging; Soultz-sous-Forêts; Sulfates; thermodynamic; Thermodynamic models; Upper Rhine Graben; Germany; Upper Rhine Graben; scaling; metal sulfides; Soultz-sous-Forêts; geothermal brine; Upper Rhine Graben Soultz-sous-Forêts geothermal brine scaling metal sulfides thermodynamic kinetics; thermodynamic; kinetics
• ISSN: 2076-3263; 2076-3263
• DOI: 10.3390/geosciences11120483

Geothermal energy has been a subject of great interest since the 1990s in the Upper Rhine Graben (URG), where the first European Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) pilot site has been developed, in Soultz-sous-Forêts (SsF), France. Several studies have already been conducted on scales occurring at the...