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- Presents the only comprehensive treatment of geothermal engineering
- Connects problems and technologies of geothermal engineering to a variety of related topics in earth science, economics, and project oversight
- Covers techniques developed in the petroleum industry and explains these techniques at a fundamental level
- Includes material for practitioners and students of various engineering disciplines and earth scientists
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This book explains the engineering required to bring geothermal resources into use. The book covers specifically engineering aspects that are unique to geothermal engineering, such as measurements in wells and their interpretation, transport of near-boiling water through long pipelines, turbines driven by fluids other than steam, and project economics. The explanations are reinforced by drawing comparisons with other energy industries.
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Book Title: Geothermal Engineering
Book Subtitle: Fundamentals and Applications
Authors: Arnold Watson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8569-8
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8568-1Published: 12 October 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-4679-2Published: 26 July 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-8569-8Published: 11 October 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 336
Number of Illustrations: 102 b/w illustrations, 28 illustrations in colour
Topics: Renewable and Green Energy, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Energy Systems, Energy Harvesting, Environmental Science and Engineering