Makes sense, but the whole area is now extremely fractured....I'll have to think about ths one!This is the statement that had me buggered..."Our plan looked feasible as the Sidoarjo mudflow temperature could reach 40 to 60 Celsius degree daily," he said.Wont work.

Yes, now whether they cab dewater the lagoon to stabilize it is a possible benefit, and of course those poor penduduk porong yang belum dapat ganti rugi may well get some work, rather than just selling VCD's and offering guided tours.

so there's basically no connection with the mudflow then, they could be drilling anywhere with hot water underground?

By the time the mud hits the surface it has flashed off most of it's energy - thus that great plume of steam that you see when you pass Porong. You need to get it at pressure , and the easiesy way to do that is to tap it a depth - you have a couple of alternatives, create the superheated steam...

So they're not actually using the mudflow, but the place it came up from?

Originally Posted By: DilliWill 40 - 60 Degrees C allow the flash vessels to work effectively? Agreed the mud is thixotrophic but whatever they add will cool it, even taking water from the discharge cycle after cooling will take that temperature down considerably.

Originally Posted By: Polisi CepekSounds pretty unlikely. According to one of the independent foreign researchers studying the mud volcano, the whole thing is subsiding and will eventually form a crater.

Will 40 - 60 Degrees C allow the flash vessels to work effectively? Agreed the mud is thixotrophic but whatever they add will cool it, even taking water from the discharge cycle after cooling will take that temperature down considerably.

Originally Posted By: Dilli*Skeptical* It wont power turbines, they will need heat exchangers, how will they pump it trhough the system without cutting the pumps to bits, I could go on.... It's going to go ahead without a doubt, Taswin is no fool, and his investments in Bioethanol will go some way...

Sounds like a case of someone's PR firm trying to eek some good news out a major misdeed. Like Freeport desperately trying to make concrete from its tailings. They could pave the whole fucking island ad still have plenty left over still smothering the once-was forest.

Sounds pretty unlikely. According to one of the independent foreign researchers studying the mud volcano, the whole thing is subsiding and will eventually form a crater. Sine you'd want the mud at the hot spot to flow past the heat exchangers (or whatever), you have to have the damn thing floating...

They are probably just going for the whole heat exchange bit, since the mud flows on it's own you don't need to pump it, but question that begs asking is where is that mud gonna go after they're done with it? Doesn't look like a very permanent solution to stick a power plant on top of it if said...

Yes it's a bit stodgy isn't it? As well as poisonous. (The mud I mean).

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