Open AccessGeothermal resources of Kamchatka and the nearest prospects of their development
Author(s) -
A. V. Kiryukhin,
V. M. Sugrobov
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
vulkanologiâ i sejsmologiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0203-0306
DOI - 10.31857/s0203-03062019650-65
Subject(s) - geothermal gradient , environmental science , geothermal energy , thermal , field (mathematics) , petroleum engineering , geothermal heating , geology , meteorology , geophysics , geography , mathematics , pure mathematics
The forecast geothermal resources of Kamchatka are sufficient to generate 3900 MW of electrical energy. The same resources for heat supply are estimated at a capacity of 1350 MWt (thermal). Thermohydrodynamic TOUGH2 modeling of exploitation of already identified productive hydrogeothermal reservoirs with installed energy properties allows us to predict: 1) the possibility of increasing the electrical performance of already operating areas of the Mutnovsky field up to 105 MW and the Pauzhetsky field up to 11 MW using binary technologies; 2) the possibility of increasing heat generation at the Paratunskoye field with submersible pumps up to 216 MWt, which will fully ensure the heat consumption of the district heating systems of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.