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Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
An Assessment of Geothermal Development in the Imperial Valley of California: Environment, health and socioeconomics
Author: Geothermal Energy Development
Author: Edgar W. ButlerPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146847006X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
What are the effects on an isolated region when an entirely new and major energy resource is developed to commercial proportions? What happens to the population, the economy, the environment, the community, and societal relations? How does the government frame work respond, the family structure adapt, the economy expand, and life styles change under the impact of new forces which hold a prom ise of much benefit and a risk of adverse consequences? Imperial County, California, has a population of less than 90,000 people. This population has been exceptionally stable for years, cen tered as it is in an agricultural and recreational framework. The county is somewhat cut off from other areas by geographic barriers of moun'" tains and desert, by state and natural boundaries, and is the most remote of all 58 counties of California from the state capitol, Sacra mento. In the decade of the 1950s, geographical explorations for oil re vealed some anomalous structures underlying the desert and agricul tural areas in Imperial County. These, when drilled, seemed to be oil less and hot, and so lacked attractiveness to petroleum wildcatters. In the decade of the 1960s, Dr.
An Assessment of Geothermal Development in the Imperial Valley of California: Environmental control technology
Author: Assessment of Geothermal Development in the Imperial Valley of California. Volume 2. Environmental Control Technology
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Environmental control technologies are essential elements to be included in the overall design of Imperial Valley geothermal power systems. Environmental controls applicable to abatement of hydrogen sulfide emissions, cooling tower drift, noise, liquid and solid wastes, and induced subsidence and seismicity are assessed here. For optimum abatement of H2S under a variety of plant operating conditions, removal of H2S upstream of the steam turbine is recommended. The environmental impact of cooling tower drift will be closely tied to the quality of cooling water supplies. Conventional noise abatement procedures can be applied and no special research and development are needed. Injection technology constitutes the primary and most essential environmental control and liquid waste disposal technology for Imperial Velley geothermal operations. Subsurface injection of fluids is the primary control for managing induced subsidence. Careful maintenance of injection pressure is expected to control induced seismicity. (MHR).
A Description of Imperial Valley, California, for the Assessment of Impacts of Geothermal Energy Development
Author: David W. LaytonPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Geothermal Resource Investigations, Imperial Valley, California
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Lower Colorado RegionPublisher:
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Category : Geothermal resources
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Geothermal Resources Development in California: Imperial Valley Potential
Author: University of California, RiversidePublisher:
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Category : Geothermal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Geothermal Energy Update
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Category : Geothermal engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Potential Effects of Geothermal Energy Conversion on Imperial Valley Ecosystems
Author: Lawrence Livermore LaboratoryPublisher:
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
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