Mar 17 2010
PowerChem Technology offers products and services to the geothermal industry. They provide customized products for treating brine, steam and cooling water systems. The products include cool water treatment, brine scale control treatment, brine and steam corrosion control treatment, plant engineering, and operating studies. The scale controlling programs are designed to protect geothermal equipment from plugging and deposits. These problems can reduce production and increase cleaning costs for the company.
PowerChem Technology has developed a brine treatment technology to control scaling in geothermal fields. The technology has helped to handle brine treatment for silica, calcium deposit control, chloride corrosion control, carbon dioxide control and hydrogen sulfide control. Calcium carbonate and calcium silicate are some of the calcium compounds that are found in geothermal systems. Scales formed due to Calcium carbonate can cause operation problems. Silica scales can present the most challenging operation problems as they tend to form into amorphous silica scales.
The treatment technology helps to increase the production by controlling the deposits. PowerCool, Geogard and Geosperse are the three treatment products developed by the company. The Geosperse scale inhibitor technology is developed to treat geofluids. They are used to treat geofluids in flash wells, injection lines, and production wells.