Geothermal Engineering

1. Introduction
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2. Sources of Geothermal Heat
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3. Thermodynamics Background and the Properties of Water
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4. The Equations Governing Heat and Single-Phase Fluid Flow and Their Simplification for Particular Applications
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5. Geothermal Drilling and Well Design
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6. Well Measurements from Completion Tests to the First Discharge
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7. Phase-Change Phenomena and Two-Phase Flow
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8. The Discharging Well
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9. The Transient Response of Formations to Flow in a Well: Transient Pressure Well Testing
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10. Economic Issues Relating to Geothermal Energy Use
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11. The Power Station
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12. The Steamfield
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13. The Resource Development Plan
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14. Struggles Between Commercial Use and Conservation: Examples from New Zealand
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Keywords: Energy, Renewable and Green Energy, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Energy Systems, Energy Harvesting, Environmental Science and Engineering