Recent Developments in Geothermal Power Plants
- Key words
- Advances in Past 20 Years; geothermal power plants, steam power plants, binary cycles, turbines, cooling towers, air-cooled condensers, vacuum systems, production pumps, geopressured
- Conference
- Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
- Year
- 2007
- Session
- Power plant design and operation; Flash steam power generati
- Language
- English
Abstract
Power generation from geothermal resources has been around for more than one hundred years; yet there continue to be advancements made that improve resource utilization, reliability, and economics. While two technologies—steam plants and binary cycles—continue to dominate commercial applications, there have been numerous advances within those technologies.
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