| Funding Mechanisms for Federal Geothermal Permitting |
Witherbee, Kermit; Young, Katherine; Levine, Aaron |
Energy policy; Laws and regulations; Permitting; Economics; |
Geothermal permitting; federal budget process; geothermal lease revenues; cost recovery; processing fees; set aside funds |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Performance of Variable Phase Cycle in Geothermal and Waste Heat Recovery Applications |
Boyle, Patrick; Hays, Lance; Kaupert, Kevin; Welch, Phil |
Waste heat recovery; Binary cycle power generation; Variable |
Variable Phase turbine; Flashing Liquid Expander; Triangular Flashing Cycle; Variable Phase cycle; organic Rankine cycle; binary cycle; geothermal utilization; low temperature geothermal; thermodynamic cycle; axial impulse turbine; waste heat recovery |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Big Iron in Nicaragua: A Muscular New Geothermal Plant! The San Jacinto-Tizate Geothermal Project |
Chin, Chun; Wallace, Kevin; Harvey, William; Dalin, Bridget; Long, Mike |
Power plant design and operation; Flash steam power generati |
Nicaragua; international; geothermal; backpressure turbines; condensing turbines; binary bottoming cycle; Advance Direct Contact Condenser |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| High-Temperature Brushless DC Motor Controller Design |
Cieslewski, Grzegorz; Lindblom, Scott; Maldonado, Frank; Echert, Michael |
Equipment design; Durability testing; Downhole motors |
Downhole; logging; high temperature; electronic tools; motor |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Calpine Geysers? Units 18 and 20?s Stretford System Froth and Balance Tank Level Measurement |
Derenia, Anthony; Ershen, Cathy; Carroll, Pat |
Power plant design and operation; Equipment design; Effluent |
Stretford abatement system; H2S abatement; froth tank; balance tank; level measurement; non-contacting radar; bubbler; air emissions control equipment |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Axial Turbine for Low-Grade Heat Source: Vapor Expansion Turbine Has Been Developed for Organic Rankine Cycle Applications that Operate in the 500kw to 5mw Range |
Elliott, Ryan; Dickey, Halley |
Equipment design; Turbines; Binary cycle power generation; O |
Low grade heat recovery; organic rankine cycle; turbomachinery; turboexpander; vapor expansion turbine; geothermal; biomass; solar-thermal; reciprocating and gas turbine exhaust; industrial process heat |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Energy Recovery Using Turboexpanders in Production Wells and Gathering Systems With High Pressures |
Garcia-Gutierrez, Alfonso; Martinez-Estrella, Juan I.; Ovando-Castelar, Rosember; Canchola-Felix, Ismael; Gutierrez-Espericueta, Sergio; Vazquez-Sandoval, Abelardo; Rosales-Lopez, Cesar |
Power plant design and operation; Steam separators; Turboexp |
Steam gathering systems; energy recovery; turboexpanders; Cerro Prieto; Los Humeros |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Thermal Performance of the Los Humeros Geothermal Field Fluid Transportation Network |
Garcia-Gutierrez, Alfonso; Martinez-Estrella, Juan I.; Ovando-Castelar, Rosember; Vazquez-Sandoval, Abelardo; Rosales-Lopez, Cesar |
Power plant design and operation; Thermodynamics; Fluid dyna |
Los Humeros; transportation network; thermal performance; efficiency; heat and mass losses |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Geothermal Energy Potential From Oil Fields in the Los Angeles Basin and Co-Located Renewable Resources |
Glassley, William E.; Brown, Elise; Asquith, Adam; Lance, Tucker; Perez, Gabriel |
Oil and gas co-production; Oil and gas reservoirs; Geopressu |
Binary power; geothermal; oil fields; co-location; distributed generation; integration; Los Angeles Basin; renewable clustering; virtual power plant |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Hybrid Geothermal and Wind Power Generation |
Jalilinasrabady, Saeid; Itoi, Ryuichi; Ohya, Yuji |
Hybrid power generation |
Geothermal; wind power; hybrid renewable system; solar chimney; heat loss |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Geothermal Power Generation Using Thermoelectric Effect |
Liu, Changwei; Chen, Pingyun; Li, Kewen |
Power plant design and operation; Low temperature reservoirs |
Direct power generation; thermoelectric effect; TEG |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Philosophies of Geofluid Valuation |
Long, Mike; Davtyan, Artur; Villalbi, Valentin; Harvey, William |
Drilling; Economics; Financing; Risk management |
Makeup drilling; net present value; geothermal fluid cost |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Digital Elevation Models Applications in Menengai Geothermal Field |
Mboin, Irene; Yator, Esther |
Exploration; Remote sensing; Reservoir modeling; Hydrogeolog |
DEM; geothermal; profiles; view shed analysis; SRTM |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| DCS Real-Time Calculations of Specific Work Performance |
McAuliffe, Tom; Escalante, Juan; Hernandez, Josue |
Power plant design and operations; Turbines; Thermodynamics |
DCS; specific work; reservoir temperature; reservoir enthalpy; optimal flash pressure; flash percentage; turbine efficiency; real time calculation |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Analysis and Optimization of Kalina Cycle |
Niu, Chengke; Zhu, Jialing; Liang, Xinshou; Zhang, Wei; Fu, Wencheng |
Power plant design and operation; Binary cycle power generat |
Geothermal energy; Kalina; exergy; exergrtic; efficiency |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Automatic Generation Control and Ancillary Services |
Nordquist, Josh; Buchanan, Tom; Kaleikini, Michael |
Power plant design and operation; Energy markets; Power grid |
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Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Innovative Integration of Pumping and Power Production in the Binary Cycle |
Pierce, Michael; Sanchez, Angel; Ram, Hezy; Marshall, Dave |
Power plant design and operation; Binary cycle power generat |
Binary cycle; production pump; parasitic loads; expander pump; working fluid; gravity head; line shaft pump; electric; submersible pump; power plant; thermosiphon |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Optimum Selection of Steam Turbine and Condenser for Geothermal Power Plant |
Tanoguchi, Toshiyasu; Saito, Shojiro; Iwai, Koji |
Power plant design and operation; Equipment design; Turbines |
Geothermal power plant; Plant Performance; Condenser; Altitude; Turbine |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Geothermal Gas Emission from Hellishei?i and Nesjavellir Power Plants, Iceland |
Gunnarsson, Ingvi; Aradottir, Edda Sif; Sigfusson, Bergur; Gunnlaugsson, Einar; Juliusson, Bjarni Mar |
Power plant design and operation; Air quality; Emission abat |
Geothermal gas; emission; CO2; H2S; sequestration |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |
| Updating GETEM to Include a Hybrid Cooling Option and Local Climate Variability for Binary Power Plants |
Harto, Chris B.; Clark, Corrie E.; Schroeder, Jenna N.; Mines, Greg |
Power plant design and operation; Binary cycle power generat |
Cooling; hybrid cooling; water; water consumption; GETEM |
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
2013 |
English |