• Caracterización hidrológica e hidroquímica en la zona geotérmica de Los Negritos, Michoacán 

  Rosas Verdugo, Eliana; González Acevedo, Zayre I.

  La actividad geotérmica natural de los yacimientos se manifiesta de distintas formas en la superficie, por lo que una caracterización hidrológica e hidroquímica es de gran importancia para conocer el estado actual del ...

• Cascade Use of Geothermal Energy in Mexico 

  Aviña Jiménez, Héctor Miguel; Benítez Torreblanca, Miguel Ángel; García Gutiérrez, Alfonso

  Geothermal cascade systems are widely used around the globe. Once the geothermal resource is utilized in a main application, like power generation, it is led to secondary processes in which the thermal energy can still be ...

• Trial Deployment of a Surface Heat Flow Probe Over the Los Azufres Geothermal Region, Mexico 

  Beardsmore, Graeme; Gutiérrez-Negrín, Luis; Garduño-Monroy, Víctor; Espinosa-Ojeda, Orlando; Almanza-Álvarez, Salvador; Antriasian, Anson; Egan, Shannon

  We deployed six Heat Needle probes in and around the Los Azufres geothermal field in Michoacán, Mexico, over a six-month period from September 2014 to March 2015, to assess their functionality for geothermal surveying. The ...

• Estudio de microsismicidad en la Caldera La Reforma del complejo volcánico y geotérmico Las Tres Vírgenes, BCS 

  Pérez, J. L.; Gómez-Arias, E.; Ávila-Barriento, L.; González-Fernández, A.; Acosta-Chang, J. G.

  En este trabajo se muestran los resultados preliminares de la primera etapa del estudio de microsismicidad en la caldera La Reforma del Complejo Volcánico de Las Tres Vírgenes (CVLTV), BCS, el cual tiene como fin verificar ...

• Origin of fluids in Las Tres Vírgenes Geothermal Field 

  Hernández Hernández M.A.; Pinti D.L.; Castro M.C.; López-Hernández A.; Shouakar-Stash O.; Richard L.; Núñez-Hernández S.; Hall C.M.; Ramírez Montes M.A.; Sánchez-Cornejo C.

  A geochemical survey of fluids in the Las Tres Vírgenes geothermal field (LTVGF) in Baja California Sur, Mexico, was carried out to describe their origins and evolution within the reservoir. Major and minor elements and ...

• The Mexican Center for Innovation In Geothermal Energy (CeMIE-Geo): Research Lines And Services 

  Romo-Jones, J.M.; Garcia-Gutierrez, A.

  CeMIEGeo is an academic-industry alliance funded by the Secretary of Energy of the Mexican government (SENER) and the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT). It is comprised by 7 academic institutions, 1 ...

• Application of the thermoelectric effect for monitoring aging effects on Inconel 600 

  Herrera, Lourdes Y.; Ruiz, Alberto; Carreón, Héctor; López, Víctor H.

  This paper reports on the thermoelectric power and its dependence on aging time, were observed experimentally on the nickel-based super alloy Inconel 600. This type of alloy can be solution strengthened and is mostly used ...

• Application of the thermoelectric effect for monitoring over aging effects on Ti-6Al-4V alloy 

  Barajas Álvarez, Martín Ricardo; Ruiz, Alberto; Carreόn, Héctor; Lόpez, Víctor H.

  A research was conducted to study the effects of over aging on the thermoelectric coefficient of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Bimodal microstructure containing fine precipitated particles were obtained by over aging a Ti-6Al-4V alloy ...

• Portal web de un Sistema de Información Geográfica del potencial de los Sistemas Geotérmicos Mejorados en México 

  Paredes-Soberanes, A.; Lira-Arguello, R.; Torres-Rodríguez, R.J.; Hernández-Ochoa, A. F.; Martínez-Estrella, J. I.; Iglesias, E. R.; Reyes-Picasso, N.; López-Blanco, S.

  El presente trabajo describe el desarrollo de un portal web de un Sistema de Información Geográfica (SIG) o geo-portal que servirá para la presentación de los resultados del proyecto estratégico CeMIEGeo P07 “Estimación ...

• Experimental study of drilling fluids for medium enthalpy geothermal wells 

  González, J.; Gutierrez, H.; Rubio, C.; Pacheco, J.; Mendoza, C.; Rangel, J.

  During drilling operations, the widespread use of conventional fluids decreases the permeability of geothermal producer stratum. The aerated fluids as foams, alter the subsoil conditions to a lesser extent and avoid the ...

• A Web Service for Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Water Based on P-T Computational Scheme of IAPWS-95 and IAPWS-IF97 formulations 

  Verma, Mahendra P.; Torres-Encarnación, José Augusto

  A web service, http://www.INEELGeoSteam.NET/INEELSteamTables.asmx is developed for the thermodynamic properties of pure water. It uses the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) and is based on the assembly, INEEL.ThermoData.Wtr.dll ...

• GeoSteam.Net: Steam Transport Simulator for Geothermal Pipeline Network 

  Verma, Mahendra P.; Torres-Encarnación, José Augusto

  In the project CEMIE-Geo, the development of a steam transport simulator, GeoSteamNet for the geothermal pipeline network in the Web platform using the Angular framework is in progress. The URL of the website is ...

• A hybrid-Galerkin finite-element method for seismic wave propagation in fractured media 

  Vamaraju, Janaki; Sen, Mrinal K.; De Basabe, Jonas; Wheeler, Mary F.

  The discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Method (DGM) is a promising approach for modeling wave propagation in fractured media. It allows for discontinuities in the displacement field to simulate fractures or faults in a ...

• A comparison of continuous, discontinuous, and enriched Galerkin finite-element methods for elastic wave-propagation simulation 

  Vamaraju, Janaki; Sen, Mrinal K.; De Basabe, Jonas; Wheeler, Mary F.

  Finite Element Methods (FEM) are becoming increasingly popular in modeling seismic wave propagation. These methods provide higher order accuracy, geometrical flexibility and adaptive gridding capabilities that are not easy ...

• ACPD detection and evaluation of 475 °C embrittlement of aged 2507 super duplex stainless steels 

  Gutiérrez-Vargas, Gildardo; López, Víctor H.; Carreón, Héctor; Kim, Jin-Yeon; Ruiz, Alberto

  An investigation to evaluate embrittlement of thermally aged 2507 super duplex stainless steel (SDSS) by means of an accurate measurement of the electric conductivity using an alternating current potential drop (ACPD) probe ...

• Un modelo geológico simplificado de la corteza continental hasta 10 km de profundidad para estimar el potencial de los Sistemas Geotérmicos Mejorados en México 

  Martínez-Estrella, J.I.; López-Blanco, S.; Iglesias, E.R.; Paredes-Soberanes, A.; Reyes Picasso, N.; Torres, R.J.; Lira-Argüello, R.; González-Reyes, I.; Román-Fernández, B.; Romero-Santiago, K.; Romano-Vázquez, I.; Juárez-Hernández, J.E.; Cedillo-Vallejo, V.N.; Robles-Trigueros, N.G.; Gutiérrez-Negrín, L.C.A.; Dávalos-Elizondo, E

  The CeMIE-Geo project P07 aims to perform the first estimate of the power potential of EGS in Mexico. For this purpose, it follows the methodology proposed by Beardsmore et al., 2010 (A Protocol for Estimating and Mapping ...

• Estimación preliminar del Potencial Teórico de los Sistemas Geotérmicos Mejorados en México 

  Iglesias, E.R; López-Blanco, S.; Martínez-Estrella, J.I.; Torres, R.J.; Paredes-Soberanes, A.; Reyes-Picasso, N.; González-Reyes, I.; Romano-Vázquez, I.; Prol-Ledesma, R. M.

  As part of the results of the project CeMIE-Geo P07, this work presents a preliminary estimate of the Theoretical Potential for Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) in Mexico. The methodology used is described by Beardsmore ...

• Continental heat flow data update for México – Constructing a reliable and accurate heat flow map 

  Espinoza Ojeda, Orlando Miguel; Prol-Ledesma, Rosa María; Iglesias, Eduardo R.

  México has a large potential of high enthalpy geothermal resources, as shown by existing geothermal fields in exploration and exploitation for power generation. In addition, a large number of sites containing thermal ...

• Geothermal energy potential of a promissory area in the Central and Eastern Zones of Sonora, Mexico: A preliminary geochemical study 

  Almirudis Echeverría, Erika; Guevara García, Mirna; Santoyo Gutiérrez, Edgar Rolando; Torres Alvarado, Ignacio S.; Paz Moreno, Francisco

  Geothermal energy is an important renewable energy resource in Mexico, and the evaluation of the energy potential of promising geothermal systems has been defined as an important task for defining the future energy portfolio ...

• Kinetic and geochemometric study of alkali-feldspars dissolution reactions by using controlled water-rock interaction experiments at low-to-medium geothermal temperature conditions 

  Perez Zarate, Daniel; Santoyo Gutiérrez, Edgar Rolando; Guevara García, Mirna; Peiffer, Loic; Villanueva Estrada, Ruth Esther; Torres Alvarado, Ignacio S.

  Previous and new water-rock interaction (WRI) experiments were analyzed for the kinetic and geochemometric study of alkalifeldspars dissolution reactions under low-to-medium geothermal conditions. Ionic exchange reactions ...

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