Predicting thermal conductivity of rocks from the Los Azufres geothermal field, Mexico, from easily measurable properties Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Predicting thermal conductivity of rocks from the Los Azufres geothermal field, Mexico, from easily measurable properties

Creator

  • Author: Garcia, Alfonso
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Contreras, Enrique
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Dominquez, Bernardo A.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
    Contributor Type: Organization

Publisher

  • Name: Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas (Mexico)
    Place of Publication: Cuernavaca, Mexico
  • Name: Mexico. Comisión Federal de Electricidad.
    Place of Publication: Morelia, Mexico
    Additional Info: Morelia, Michoacan, MX

Date

  • Creation: 1988-01-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: A correlation is developed to predict thermal conductivity of drill cores from the Los Azufres geothermal field. Only andesites are included as they are predominant. Thermal conductivity of geothermal rocks is in general scarce and its determination is not simple. Almost all published correlations were developed for sedimentary rocks. Typically, for igneous rocks, chemical or mineral analyses are used for estimating conductivity by using some type of additive rule. This requires specialized analytical techniques and the procedure may not be sufficiently accurate if, for instance, a chemical analysis is to be changed into a mineral analysis. Thus a simple and accurate estimation method would be useful for engineering purposes. The present correlation predicts thermal conductivity from a knowledge of bulk density and total porosity, properties which provide basic rock characterization and are easy to measure. They may be determined from drill cores or cuttings, and the procedures represent a real advantage given the cost and low availability of cores. The multivariate correlation proposed is a quadratic polynomial and represents a useful tool to estimate thermal conductivity of igneous rocks since data on this property is very limited. For porosities between 0% and 25%, thermal conductivity is estimated with a maximum deviation of 22% and a residual mean square deviation of 4.62E-3 n terms of the log{sub 10}(k{rho}{sub b}) variable. The data were determined as part of a project which includes physical, thermal and mechanical properties of drill cores from Los Azufres. For the correlation, sixteen determinations of thermal conductivity, bulk density and total porosity are included. The conductivity data represent the first determinations ever made on these rocks.
  • Physical Description: 323-327

Subject

  • Keyword: Geothermal Legacy

Source

  • Conference: Proceedings, thirteenth workshop on geothermal reservoir engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, January 19-21, 1988

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Article

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Report No.: SGP-TR-113-46
  • Grant Number: AS07-84ID12529
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 887308
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc886261
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