CONCRETE POLYMER MATERIALS AS ALTERNATE MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION FOR GEOTHERMAL APPLICATIONS - FIELD TEST EVALUATIONS

A serious problem in the development of geothermal energy is the availability of durable and economical materials of construction for handling hot brine and steam. Hot brine and other aerated geothermal fluids are highly corrosive and they attack most conventional materials of construction. Brookhaven National Laboratory has been investigating the use of concrete polymer materials as alternate materials of construction for geothermal processes. To date, successful field tests have been demonstrated at the Geysers, US Bureau of Mines Corrosion Facility, and at the East Mesa Geothermal Facility. This is a survey of field and laboratory evaluations of concrete polymer materials which have been shown to be durable and economical as alternate materials of construction. (ERA citation 04:053094)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • AIME annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, 18 Feb 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Upton, NY  United States 

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Fontana, J J
  • Zeldin, A
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Brines; Building materials; Concrete plastic composites; Corrosion; Corrosion resistance; Costs; Durability; Evaluation; Field tests; Geothermal resources; Pipe; Steel
• Uncontrolled Terms: Scaling
• Old TRIS Terms: Corrosive effects; Reference post
• Subject Areas: Energy; Finance; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00313052
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: CONF-790219-11
• Contract Numbers: EY-76-C-02-0016
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1980 12:00AM