Investigation of steam mixture effect on geomedium during its free outflow into the atmosphere (Mutnovks parohydroterm field, Kamchatka)

Firstov P.P.1, Chernev I.I.2, Makarov E.O.3, Cherneva N.V.1
  1. Institute of Cosmophysical Researches and Radio Wave Propagation FEB RAS
  2. "Geotherm JSC", Russia
  3. Kamchatkan Branch of Geophysical Service RAS, Russia

   Natural work on investigation of some parameters of steam-water mixture
   (SWM) free outflow from Mutnovka thermal water wells has been carried out
   for several years in summer. The levels of aerodynamic noise, appearing
   during SWM outflow, and of seismic oscillations near wellbores as well as
   atmospheric electric field variations during steam-water cloud generation,
   depending on well parameters, have been investigated. It has been shown,
   that complex observations of steam-water mixture effect on geomedium and
   atmosphere may be applied to develop an express method for determination
   of SWM parameters. The interrelation of SWM consumption and aerodynamic
   noise and seismic oscillation intensity has been observed; spectral
   characteristics of aerodynamic noise and steam-water cloud charge are
   associated with steam-content.