Anthology of Geothermal Power Plants Efficiency: Energy Recovery and Water Condensate Recovery
- Key words
- Energy factors and conversions MWe, MWh, t/h to kg/s, enthalpy kJ/kg to KWh/t, energy balance, energy recovery, steam condensate mass loss, 4 areas of a modern geothermal power plant
- Conference
- ARGeo
- Year
- 2012
- Session
- Research and New Technologies
- Language
- English
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Abstract
This work is titled “Anthology” for being a compendium of selected concepts related to a geothermal energy power plant, and ultimately its operating efficiency. First, before discussion of the concepts, methods, and technologies of “energy recovery” there must be a clear consciousness of the “total energy balance” involved in the energy conversion processes of a geothermal power plant. For example, as shown in Table 1 below the total energy is distributed through several surface processes. To generate 100 MWe, the total energy carried by the geothermal fluid produced is in the order of 850 MWh of thermal energy.
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