Salton Sea Unit 2: Innovations and Successes
- Key words
- Power Generation; Brine Technology; USA; California; Imperial; Salton Sea; Power plant design; H2S Abatement; PH; Chemistry; Brine; Economics; Construction; Costs; Efficiency; Scaling; Process Control; Biox process
- Location
- Salton Sea, California; Imperial Valley
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 1991
- Session
- Power plant design and operation; Effluent abatement; Hydrog
- Language
- English
Abstract
Salton Sea Unit 2 is Unocal's newest geothermal power plant addition in the Salton Sea KGRA, located in the Imperial Valley, California. The project generates 18 Mwe of electrical energy to a southern California utility from three turbines operating at three distance pressures. The Unit achieved commercial operation on April 5, 1990 eighteen months after the start of design. The unit has maintained a high availability and capacity factor. The cost per Megawatt was reduced by minimizing the design and construction time and maximizing the energy utilization of the produced brine. Unocal is also preparing for future development in the Salton Sea field and elsewhere with commercial scale testing of Unocal patented processes.
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