{"title":"The Ecological Aspects of Using Geothermal Waters under Arid Climate Conditions","authors":"A. S. Kurbanismailova, G. Ya. Akhmedov","doi":"10.1134/S2079096123020099","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article analyzes the problems of inappropriate discharges of geothermal waste waters to open ground and surface water bodies, as well as problems of the release of associated combustible gases with geothermal water into the open atmosphere as a result of flaring. An assessment and possible ways of technical prevention of environmental pollution due to the use of geothermal waters in arid regions are given. Schematic solutions for the operation of geothermal systems in the regime without scaling under conditions of the utilization of the associated combustible gas (methane) are presented. It is shown that the addition of carbon dioxide to the geothermal waste water that was reinjected into the aquifer provides the longevity of the injection wells.</p>","PeriodicalId":44316,"journal":{"name":"Arid Ecosystems","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Arid Ecosystems","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S2079096123020099","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This article analyzes the problems of inappropriate discharges of geothermal waste waters to open ground and surface water bodies, as well as problems of the release of associated combustible gases with geothermal water into the open atmosphere as a result of flaring. An assessment and possible ways of technical prevention of environmental pollution due to the use of geothermal waters in arid regions are given. Schematic solutions for the operation of geothermal systems in the regime without scaling under conditions of the utilization of the associated combustible gas (methane) are presented. It is shown that the addition of carbon dioxide to the geothermal waste water that was reinjected into the aquifer provides the longevity of the injection wells.
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Arid Ecosystems publishes original scientific research articles on desert and semidesert ecosystems and environment:systematic studies of arid territories: climate changes, water supply of territories, soils as ecological factors of ecosystems state and dynamics in different scales (from local to global);systematic studies of arid ecosystems: composition and structure, diversity, ecology; paleohistory; dynamics under anthropogenic and natural factors impact, including climate changes; studying of bioresources and biodiversity, and development of the mapping methods;arid ecosystems protection: development of the theory and methods of degradation prevention and monitoring; desert ecosystems rehabilitation;problems of desertification: theoretical and practical issues of modern aridization processes under anthropogenic impact and global climate changes.