Construction and Planned Operation of a Hybrid Cycle Power Plant on a Geopressured Well
- Key words
- USA; Texas; Pleasant Bayou; Gas; Methane; Brine; Hydraulic Energy; Binary Cycle; Isobutane; Corrosion; Heat Exchangers; Scaling; Finite Element Analysis; Rotor
- Location
- Pleasant Bayou, Texas
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1989
- Session
- Hybrid power generation; Geopressured reservoirs; Power plan
- Language
- English
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy and Electric Power Research Institute are co funding a demonstration of the hybrid cycle power concept on a geopressured resource. The power plant was constructed in early 1989 at the Pleasant Bayou geopressured test facility in Texas. This paper presents a review of the design and construction, plus a discussion of the plans for operation.
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