| Great Expectations for Geothermal to 2100 -- Messages for Now |
Goldstein, Barry; Hiriart, Gerardo; Gutierrez-Negrin, Luis; Tester, Jeff; Bertani, Ruggero; Bromley, Chris; Huenges, Ernst; Ragnarsson, Arni; Muraoka, Hiro; Zui, Vladimir; Mongillo, Mike |
Geothermal overviews; Energy policy; Public outreach; Direct |
Geothermal energy; capacity factor; ground source heat pumps; radiated heat flow; convection-dominated systems; conduction-dominated systems; and EGS |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Resource, Infrastructure, and Market Factors in a Geothermal Favourability Map of British Columbia, Canada |
Kimball, Sarah |
Exploration; Mapping; GIS; Energy markets; Geothermometers; |
Geothermal; GIS; British Columbia; Canada; favorability |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Factors Controlling the Termination of a 3-Mw-Pilot Power Plant in the Chingshui Geothermal Field, Taiwan |
Yi-Chia Lu; Sheng-Rong Song; Chia-Mei Liu; En-Chai Yeh |
Carbonate; Scaling; Drilling |
Chingshui Geothermal Field; Taiwan; carbonate scaling; veins; drilling; production well |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| The Menengai Caldera Structure and its Relevance to Geothermal Potential |
Njue, Lucy Muthoni |
Volcanism; Exploration; Tectonics; Geological surveys |
Caldera; geothermal system; Menengai; reservoir |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Use of Geothermal Resources in the Azores Islands: A Contribution to the Energy Self-Sufficiency of a Remote and Isolated Region |
Rangel, Graca; Franco, Antonio; Cabecas, Rui; da Ponte, Carlos Bicudo |
Geothermal overviews; Economics; Reservoir modeling; Energy |
Azores; geothermal; power generation; cost competitive; self-sufficiency |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Current Status of Geothermal Exploration in Chile and the Role of the New Andean Geothermal Center of Excellence (CEGA) |
Sanchez, Pablo; Morata, Diego; Lahsen, Alfredo; Aravena, Diego; Parada, Miguel Angel |
Geothermal overviews; Exploration; Geothermal history; Geolo |
Chile; exploration; geothermal update; Andean; CEGA; history |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| A Large Wellfield Steam Explosion at the Onikobe Geothermal Power Station |
Akasaka, Chitoshi; Shimizu, Isao; Nakanishi, Shigetaka; Tezuka, Shigeo |
Blowouts |
Steam explosion; thermal activity; wellfield; power plant; Onikobe; Japan |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| The Role of Specifications, Quality Assurance, and Inspection in the Successful Use of Corrosion-Resistant Alloys in Geothermal Applications |
Amend, Bill |
Corrosion; Piping |
Corrosion; corrosion-resistant alloys (CRA); cracking; duplex stainless steel; fabrication; heat treatment; inspection; manufacturing; quality assurance (QA); welding |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Level Measurement Challenges in Geothermal Power Plants and Improved Solutions |
Carroll, Patrick; Ershen, Catherine L.; Cushman, Timothy |
Condensers; Steam separators; Power plant design and operati |
Level; radar; displacer; displacer replacement; d/p level (differential pressure level); condenser; separator; steam separator |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| A Thermoelectric-Based Point of Use Power Generator for Steam Pipes |
Dell, R.; Wei, C. S.; Sidebotham, G.; Jonsson, Magnus Thor; Unnborsson, Runar |
Electric generators; Waste heat recovery; Piping |
Thermoelectric generator; low temperature; waste-heat; point of use DC generator; thermoelectric module; steam pipe; monitoring; DC power supply |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Development of New Silica Inhibitor -- Laboratory and Field Study |
Gill, Jasbir S.; Jacobs, Gregory T. |
Silica; Scaling |
Silica; silica inhibitor (Geo 980); autoclave; Ormat energy converter; quartz crystal microbalance |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Development of a Computer Model of the Aidlin Geothermal Power Plant for Performance Monitoring, Performance Prediction, and Performance Improvement |
Kutschera, Ulf A.; Phair, Kenneth A.; Avery, John R. |
Power plant design and operation; Operations management |
Geysers; geothermal power plant; heat balance; computer model |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Perforation and Acidizing Applications of GK-3 Well, Gumuskoy Geothermal System, Aydin, Turkey |
Kuyumcu, O. Caglan; Solaroglu, Umut Z. D.; Atalay, Ozan; Akar, Sertac; Ipek, Bahadir; Ciftci, Mahmut |
Well stimulation; Well testing; Flow testing; Water loss tes |
Perforation; acidizing; short term flow test; water loss test; Gumuskoy |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Use Byproduct Carbon Dioxide to Control Scale and Hydrogen Sulfide |
Weres, Oleh |
Brine chemistry; Carbon dioxide; Scaling; Heat exchangers; H |
Carbon dioxide; pH; scale; heat exchanger; magnesium silicate; hydrogen sulfide; condenser; partitioning; secondary abatement; geothermal |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Scale Removing and Preventing by Using High-Frequency Electrolysis System |
Yanagisawa, Norio; Matsumura, Takahiro |
Scaling; Calcite; Calcium carbonate |
Scale; calcium carbonate; electrolysis process; precipitation rate; dissolution rate; pH |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Hybrid Cooling Systems for Low-Temperature Geothermal Power Production |
Ashwood, Andrea; Bharathan, Desikan |
Power plant design and operation; Condensers; Feasibility st |
Power plant; air-cooled heat rejection system; air-cooled condenser; hybrid condenser; Heller system |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Expansion and Repowering of Mammoth Geothermal Resource: Selection of Generation Cycle and Expander Technology |
Buchanan, Tom; Nickerson, Larry |
Power plant design and operation; Organic Rankine cycle; Iso |
Repowering; Ormat; turbo-expander; Organic Rankine Cycle; Isobutane; Mammoth; axial flow turbine |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Extending Asset Life and Enhancng Value through Steam Path Retrofits |
Cunningham, Kevin; Clews, Donald C.; Hurgin, Max |
Power plant design and operation; Turbines |
Geothermal; TurboCare; NCPA; steam; turbine; modernization; upgrade; retrofit; performance; improvement; asset; life; extension; geysers; declining; field; resource; pressure; flow; efficiency; blade; design; optimizing; ansaldo; welding |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| Geothermal Resource Sustainability Through Innovative Air Cooled Combined Cycle Hybrids |
Dickey, Halley K.; Leger, Donald R. |
Power plant design and operation; Binary cycle power generat |
Geothermal combined cycle; geothermal steam condensing; air cooled binary; ORC cycle; reduced or zero emissions; zero water consumption; zero emission; risk mitigation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |
| A New High Efficiency Binary Expander Design: Low Temperature Geothermal Application Bottoming Beowawe Geothermal Flash Plant |
Dickey, Halley K.; Forsha Greg; Forsha, Mike |
Power plant design and operation; Binary cycle power generat |
Turbo-expander; ORC cycle; low-temperature geothermal; bottoming cycle; Beowawe |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2011 |
English |