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Table 1 Pipe dimensions and flow conditions during operation, and *) during maintenance

From: Rippled scales in a geothermal facility in the Bavarian Molasse Basin: a key to understand the calcite scaling process

 

Tubing

ID, mm

\({\dot{V}}\), L/s

v, m/s

\(\hbox {Re} \, 139^{\, \circ } \hbox {C}\)

\(\hbox {Re} \, 20^{\,\circ } \hbox {C}\)

DN 245

250

255

110

2.15

\(2.51\, \cdot \,10^6\)

-

DN 300

300

316

110

1.40

\(2.02\, \cdot \,10^6\)

-

DN 350

350

348

110

1.16

\(1.84\, \cdot \,10^6\)

-

DN 350 *)

350

348

4 - 8

0.04 - 0.08

-

\(1.5\, {-}2.9\, \cdot \, 10^4\)