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Table 3 Analysis of the gas contained in the geothermal facility normalized to standard conditions (1013 hPa, \(0^{\,\circ } \hbox {C}\)). Degassing took place at \(54^{\,\circ } \hbox {C}\) and \(\hbox {p} = 1030\, \hbox {hPa}\)

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

Gas

\({\text {CH}}_{4}\)

\({\text {N}}_{2}\)

\({\text {CO}}_{2}\)

\({\text {C}}_2 {\text {H}}_{6}\)

\({\text {H}}_2 {\text {S}}\)

Gas, Vol %

46.3

35.9

16.0

1.0

0.3

Dissolved gas @ reservoir conditions (298 bar, \(140.2^{\,\circ } \hbox {C}\)), mmol/L

2.1

1.4

3.1

0.04

0.17

Gas load (sum of all gases), NmL gas/ L water

86