Dynamic Simulation of the Raft River Geothermal Electric Plant and its Supply System
- Key words
- Reservoir Engineering; Power Generation; USA; Idaho; Raft River; Lumped Parameters; Binary Cycles
- Location
- Raft River, Idaho
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1978
- Session
- Power plant design and operation; Binary cycle power generat
- Language
- English
Abstract
Thermal and acoustic simulations of the Raft River binary cycle plant have been developed and used to develop controls and operating procedures and to define plant performance. The thermal hydraulic simulation describes the behavior of the geothermal, isobutane and coolant loops during startup, shutdown and power range operation. A separate simulation has been used to study acoustic effects in the geothermal loop.
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