Open AccessBlack Material Deposition in Surface Facilities During Commissioning in Muara Laboh Geothermal Field
Author(s) -
Ghilman Azka,
Alfiady,
Herwin Azis,
Nurul Aulia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/732/1/012007
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , separator (oil production) , pyrite , environmental science , anhydrite , waste management , geology , metallurgy , mining engineering , mineralogy , engineering , materials science , gypsum , physics , geophysics , thermodynamics
Muara Laboh geothermal field is located in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The installed capacity is 80-85 MWe and already accomplished the Commercial Operation Date (COD) in December 2019. Prior to COD, several programs were conducted: pre-commissioning and commissioning programs. During these activities, some findings were encountered and one of the major findings was the black material deposit at several spots. The black material found from HP separator drain, condensate drain port and then ended up beneath the cooling tower basin. Based on the laboratory analysis, the SEM-EDX data shows that the material dominated by magnetite (Fe-Ox) and pyrite (FeS 2 ) for the strainer sample. Meanwhile, the sample from HP separator contains some amount of silica, Arsenopyrite, anhydrite, and carbon. The occurrence of Fe-Ox might indicate the source of the black material coming from industrial goods, which caused by steam flow activity during the pre-com and commissioning program. Thus, the fact that no black material found during well testing from all wells also supports the theory.