You searched for:
“geopressured”
geopressured, geopressurized (adjective) (not comparable)
A geological science concerned with liquid under very high pressure beneath the Earth's surface: Geopressured fluid exists at pressure greater than 0.465 psi for each vertical foot of depth.
Geopressured reservoirs of highly pressurized geothermal fluids are trapped underground and offer various energy potentials, such as hydraulic energy from the high pressure, or thermal energy from the high temperature of the fluids, or natural gas dissolved in the fluid.
This entry is located in the following unit:
geo-, ge- +
(page 18)
Word Entries containing the term:
“geopressured”
A reservoir of subsurface saline water existing at very high pressure and offering the potential for geothermal energy: Specifically, a geopressured brine is a reservoir that is completely saturated with natural gas and, therefore, can be both a geothermal source and an unconventional gas source.
This entry is located in the following unit:
geo-, ge- +
(page 18)
Word Entries at Get Words:
“geopressured”
geopressured
A type of geothermal resource occurring in deep basins in which the fluid is under very high pressure.
This entry is located in the following unit:
Energy Sources and Related Information +
(page 2)