Proposed Uses Of Thermal Energy Outlined
liOTOKl'A, May 12. The extraetion oi' "heavy water", a v'tal (deinent in the production ot atoinie lission mateiials, the generation o •' i'leet rie power, tlie drying of timher, an ! tlie ext rnet ion of ehernicals were all po-sihle iiy the use of thermal energy, slnt"d Mr. J.Bb'aly, a vulcanologist of ihe (hologienl Survey, in a paper read hefore ihe unnual eonferenee of the survey in Itotorua today. Ile enumerated four portions of the Ihit oi'ia district where the eonditions for tlie generation of oloetric power were suitahle. The largest factor was ihe jiresenee nearhy of sufticient cold water for use in eondensers. Severn 1 lakes and rivers in tlie district were near nough to possihle loeations of -uiierlieated steani to warrant investiga 1 ion. The eonditions in Ttalv, where thermal energy is extensively tapped, were the suhjeet of mueh diseussion anc] compat'iiSnn. The outcoine seemed to be that anew techuifpies in drilling and eontrol jniight have to be evolvfed in New (Zea!and. The extraetion of chemicals "Irom Ihermal bores was prae.tised on a iiirge scale overseas, and might pa'ove possibltt in tlia Dominieo.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1948, Page 5
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