NATURAL STATE MODEL OF THE NESJAVELLIR GEOTHERMAL

• Main Authors: G. S. Bodvarsson, K. Pruess, V. Stefansson, B. Steingrimsson, S. Bjornsson, T A. Gunnarsson, E. Gunnlaugssont
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Nesjavellir; Iceland
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.610.5103

The Nesjavellir geothermal system in southern Iceland is very complex from both a thermal and hydrologic point of view. There are large pressure and tempera-ture gradients in the wellfield and zones with drasti-cally different pressure potentials. Thus, natural fluid flow is substantial in the syste...