@inproceedings{6b512c59600d402492a497a053b0e544,
title = "Northern Thailand Geothermal Resources and Development: A Review and 2012 Update",
abstract = "Northern Thailand has 16 hot spring systems with surface temperatures near or greater than 80°C with potential for binary plant power generation. Presently only Fang system generates power from wells flowing a total of 8.3 1/s of 116°C water to a 300 kW single module Ormat binary plant. Current production is 150-250 KW, which potentially can be increased by constructing new wells and increasing flow by pumping. Of the other 15 systems, 4 are in national parks and not considered for development. Several of the hot springs systems have silica geothermometry >130°C suggesting significant undeveloped resources exist in northern Thailand. Certainly the San Kamphaeng hot springs have the greatest known potential (estimated \textasciitilde{}5MW) but like most of the systems it is associated with high-angle faulting and drilling has yet to find permeable zones yielding high flows (>11 l/s). The current project of the Thailand Department of Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE) will survey these prospects with the intention of installing a small plant of 2-10 MW.",
keywords = "Thailand, flow, geochemistry, geothermometry, hot springs, low temperature, power generation, silica deposits",
author = "Singharajwarapan, \{Fongsaward Suvagondha\} and Wood, \{Spencer H.\} and Natthaporn Prommakorn and Owens, \{Lara B.\}",
year = "2012",
language = "American English",
isbn = "0934412979",
series = "Geothermal Resources Council Annual Meetings",
publisher = "Geothermal Resources Council",
pages = "787--791",
booktitle = "GRC Transactions",
address = "United States",
note = "Geothermal Resources Council 2012 Annual Meeting, GRC 2012 ; Conference date: 30-09-2012 Through 03-10-2012",
}