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petrothermal

petrothermal adjective: pertaining to geothermal systems involving solid rock with insufficient permeability for fluids.

Adjective

petrothermal (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to geothermal systems involving solid rock with insufficient permeability for fluids.
    • In petrothermal resources most of the heat is stored in the rock mass, while in hydrothermal resources pore fluids carry a substantial fraction of the total energy in situ.1989, Science & Technology in the Islamic World
    • Some fields have only hot rocks under the surface. Utilization of this petrothermal source requires pumping surface water through a well in a constructed hole to a reservoir.1993 April 3, Richard C. Dorf, Electrical Engin Hdbk The, CRC Press

Origin of petrothermal

From petro- (“of stone”) + thermal.

Questions about petrothermal

What does petrothermal mean?
Petrothermal means pertaining to geothermal systems involving solid rock with insufficient permeability for fluids.
What part of speech is petrothermal?
Petrothermal is an adjective.

Words near petrothermal in the dictionary

  1. Petrossians
  2. petrostate
  3. petrostates
  4. Petrosyan
  5. petrotectonic
  6. petrothermal
  7. petrotympanic
  8. petrotympanics
  9. petrous
  10. Petrov
  11. Petrov Defence

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