Geothermal Power Generation
Developments and Innovation
Published on 8. June 2016
Book
Hardback
854 pages
978-0-08-100337-4 (ISBN)
Description
Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation provides an update to the advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security.
As geothermal resources are considered renewable and can be used to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, they can play a key role in future energy needs.
This book, edited by a highly respected expert, provides a comprehensive overview of the major aspects of geothermal power production. The chapters, contributed by specialists in their respective areas, cover resource discovery, resource characterization, energy conversion systems, and design and economic considerations.
The final section provides a range of fascinating case studies from across the world, ranging from Larderello to Indonesia. Users will find this to be an essential text for research and development professionals and engineers in the geothermal energy industry, as well as postgraduate researchers in academia who are working on geothermal energy.
As geothermal resources are considered renewable and can be used to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, they can play a key role in future energy needs.
This book, edited by a highly respected expert, provides a comprehensive overview of the major aspects of geothermal power production. The chapters, contributed by specialists in their respective areas, cover resource discovery, resource characterization, energy conversion systems, and design and economic considerations.
The final section provides a range of fascinating case studies from across the world, ranging from Larderello to Indonesia. Users will find this to be an essential text for research and development professionals and engineers in the geothermal energy industry, as well as postgraduate researchers in academia who are working on geothermal energy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research and development professionals and engineers in the geothermal energy industry as well postgraduate researchers in academia working on geothermal energy.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
1460 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-08-100337-4 (9780081003374)
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Dr. Ron DiPippo is a world authority and consultant on Geothermal Power Plants. He is Chancellor Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering, former Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD), a visiting Research Professor and Visiting Lecturer at Brown University in Providence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a visiting lecturer at the School for Renewable Energy Science at the University of Akureyri, Iceland.
Content
1. Introduction to Geothermal Power Generation
L.Bronicki
Part I: Resource Exploration, Characterization and Evaluation
2. Geology of Geothermal Resources
W. Elders, J.Moore
3. Geophysics and Resource Conceptual Models in Geothermal Exploration and Development
W. Cumming
4. Hydro-geochemistry
J. Haizlip
5. Geothermal Well Drilling
L.Capuano
6. Characterization, Evaluation and Interpretation of Well Data
R. Horne
7. Reservoir Modeling and Simulation for Geothermal Resource Characterization and Evaluation
M. O'Sullivan, J. O'Sullivan
Part II: Energy Conversion Systems
8. Overview of Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Reservoir-Wells-Piping-Plant-Reinjection
R. DiPippo
9. Elements of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Applied to Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems
R. DiPippo
10. Flash Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Single, Double, Triple Flash and Combined Cycle Plants
W. Harvey, K. Wallace
11. Direct Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Dry Steam and Superheated Steam Plants
K. Phair
12. Total Flow and Other Systems Involving Two-Phase Expansion
I. Smith
13. Binary Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Basic Rankine, Dual Pressure and Dual-Fluid Cycles
G. Mines
14. Combined and Hybrid Geothermal Power Systems
R. DiPippo
Part III: Design and Economic Considerations
15. Waste Heat Rejection Methods in Geothermal Power Generation
A. Chiasson
16. Silica Scale Control in Geothermal Plants - Historical Perspective and Current Technology
P. Hirtz
17. Environmental Benefits and Challenges Associated with Geothermal Power Generation
A. De Jesus
18. Project Permitting, Finance and Economics for Geothermal Power Generation
M. Moore
Part IV: Case Studies
19. Larderello: 100 Years of Geothermal Power Plant Evolution in Italy
R. Parri, F. Lazzeri, R. Cataldi
20. Fifty-Five Years of Commercial Power Generation at The Geysers Geothermal Field, California: The Lessons Learned
S. Sanyal, S. Enedy
21. Indonesia: Vast Geothermal Potential, Modest but Growing Exploitation
S. Darma
22. New Zealand: A Geothermal Pioneer Expands Within a Competitive Electricity Marketplace
I. Thain
23. Central and South America: Significant but Constrained Potential for Geothermal Power Generation
P. Moya
24. Mexico: Thirty-Three Years of Production in the Loz Azufres Geothermal Field
L. Negrin, M. Lippmann
25. Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Review and Status of Research & Development
E. Huenges
26. Geothermal Energy in the Framework of International Environmental Law
E. Rodriguez A.
L.Bronicki
Part I: Resource Exploration, Characterization and Evaluation
2. Geology of Geothermal Resources
W. Elders, J.Moore
3. Geophysics and Resource Conceptual Models in Geothermal Exploration and Development
W. Cumming
4. Hydro-geochemistry
J. Haizlip
5. Geothermal Well Drilling
L.Capuano
6. Characterization, Evaluation and Interpretation of Well Data
R. Horne
7. Reservoir Modeling and Simulation for Geothermal Resource Characterization and Evaluation
M. O'Sullivan, J. O'Sullivan
Part II: Energy Conversion Systems
8. Overview of Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Reservoir-Wells-Piping-Plant-Reinjection
R. DiPippo
9. Elements of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Applied to Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems
R. DiPippo
10. Flash Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Single, Double, Triple Flash and Combined Cycle Plants
W. Harvey, K. Wallace
11. Direct Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Dry Steam and Superheated Steam Plants
K. Phair
12. Total Flow and Other Systems Involving Two-Phase Expansion
I. Smith
13. Binary Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Basic Rankine, Dual Pressure and Dual-Fluid Cycles
G. Mines
14. Combined and Hybrid Geothermal Power Systems
R. DiPippo
Part III: Design and Economic Considerations
15. Waste Heat Rejection Methods in Geothermal Power Generation
A. Chiasson
16. Silica Scale Control in Geothermal Plants - Historical Perspective and Current Technology
P. Hirtz
17. Environmental Benefits and Challenges Associated with Geothermal Power Generation
A. De Jesus
18. Project Permitting, Finance and Economics for Geothermal Power Generation
M. Moore
Part IV: Case Studies
19. Larderello: 100 Years of Geothermal Power Plant Evolution in Italy
R. Parri, F. Lazzeri, R. Cataldi
20. Fifty-Five Years of Commercial Power Generation at The Geysers Geothermal Field, California: The Lessons Learned
S. Sanyal, S. Enedy
21. Indonesia: Vast Geothermal Potential, Modest but Growing Exploitation
S. Darma
22. New Zealand: A Geothermal Pioneer Expands Within a Competitive Electricity Marketplace
I. Thain
23. Central and South America: Significant but Constrained Potential for Geothermal Power Generation
P. Moya
24. Mexico: Thirty-Three Years of Production in the Loz Azufres Geothermal Field
L. Negrin, M. Lippmann
25. Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Review and Status of Research & Development
E. Huenges
26. Geothermal Energy in the Framework of International Environmental Law
E. Rodriguez A.