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Table 4 Pressure, temperature, and saturation index throughout the geothermal facility

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

 

Pressure, bar

Temperature , \(^\circ \hbox {C}\)

\({\hbox {SI}}_{Calcite}\)

Reservoir during production

298.0

140.2

0.0

Pump intake

30.7

140.2

0.24

Pump outlet

84.4

140.2

0.19

In front of heat exchanger

12.0

139.0

0.24

Behind heat exchanger

10.5

60.0

\(-\)1.00