Utilization of Geothermal Cooling Waters for Waste Containment
- Key words
- Power Generation; Binary Cycles; Cooling Towers; Cooling Waters; Spray Ponds
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1978
- Session
- Power plant design and operation; Cooling towers; Waste mana
- Language
- English
Abstract
Geothermal power production utilizing a binary conversion process requires a substantial quantity of water for the cooling of the secondary or working fluid. Once this cooling water has left the condenser in such a system, it requires some form of process to lower its temperature. Several process alternatives are available: and evaporative dry cooling tower, a wet cooling tower, or a cooling lake. In those operations where a cooling lake is utilized or where large amounts of makeup water are stored, certain design parameters can be easily integrated into this cooling loop for the purpose of isolating geothermal or associated wastes. The necessary physical conditions and benefits of this arrangement are the subject of this paper.
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