The Geysers, CA
May 8, 1999
Control room of the ~30MW West Ford Flat power plant |
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Calpine plant operator teaching the students about the power plant |
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Water level in the power plant condenser |
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H2S abatement system at West Ford Flat |
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Spare stationary blades for the 15MW turbines |
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Three cooling tower pumps. Two are in use, one is for stand-by |
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Forced draft cooling tower |
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Tree damage as a result of geothermal surface manifestations |
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Fauna in the hot water stream |
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Kewen Li (Stanford Geothermal Program) with Alfred Truesdell |
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Water extracted from the creek for injection |
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The injection line runs from the storage tank to the injection well |
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Different sized casings at the well head |
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The first commercial well drilled at The Geysers, still in operation |
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An uncontrolled well vents steam from a silencer. This well was drilled on unstable ground |
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An injection well |
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Further extraction of creek water for injection into the reservoir. Water is taken from 10ft below the creek bottom, using the gravel bed as a natural filter. The clean water is then pumped up to the injection well |
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Pumps used to lift the creek water up to the injection well |
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Overlook of The Geysers |
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Overlook of The Geysers |