A New Binary-Flashing Plant for the Production of Electricity
- Key words
- Production; Power Generation; USA; Salinity; Heat Exchanger; Turbine; Efficiency; Operating Systems; Reinjections; Temperatures
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1982
- Session
- Power plant design and operation; Binary cycle power generat
- Language
- English
Abstract
The next expansion of geothermal power installations will cover the resources with temperatures less than 150°C. Binary plants are the only suitable for utilization of these resources. A modification to the conventional binary plant design is proposed here aiming at the production of more power. The new plant uses a flashing system and partial evaporation of the secondary fluid in the heat exchangers. The thermodynamic analysis shows that proposed installation would provide approximately 25% more power that the conventional installation, a feature that makes it attractive for further technical and economic analyses.
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