Easy Brine Flash Estimates
- Key words
- Power Generation; Brines; Enthalpy; Flash Cycles; Steam CO2; NaCl Solution; Steam Tables
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1981
- Session
- Geochemical surveys; Brine chemistry; Thermodynamics
- Language
- English
Abstract
The author shows that the enthalpy of sodium chloride solution expressed on a unit weight of water basis is essentially equal to the enthalpy of pure water at the same temperatures. The use of this concept is illustrated for rapid and accurate adiabatic flash calculations involving geothermal brines. A steam table is used instead of a brine enthalpy table and the simplifying assumption of pure water as the geothermal fluid is not necessary.
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