Geothermal Power Plants, Fourth Edition: Principles, Applications, Case Studies and Environmental Impact

✍ Scribed by DiPippo, Ronald

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 770
• Edition: Fourth edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Now in its 4^th edition, this single resource covers all aspects of the utilization of geothermal energy for power generation using fundamental scientific and engineering principles. Its practical emphasis is enhanced by the use of global case studies from real plants and applications from around the world that increase your understanding of geothermal energy conversion and provide a unique compilation of hard-to-obtain data and experience. Technical, economic and business aspects presented in case studies provide current and up-and-coming geothermal developers and entrepreneurs with a solid understanding of opportunities and pitfalls. Geothermal Power Plants, 4^th Edition, presents state-of-the-art geothermal developments and experience of real applications for professionals, and a comprehensive reference for theory and practice.

• Important new and revised content on double- and triple-flash steam power plants, plant and well pumps, and biomass-geothermal and solar-geothermal hybrid systems
• New chapters on global case studies with comprehensive and up-to-date statistics, including New Zealand, Indonesia, Central America and the Caribbean, and the state of Nevada, USA, plus updated chapters on Larderello (Italy), The Geysers (USA), Turkey and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) make this useable and relevant for a global audience
• Revised and additional practice problems with emphasis on system simulation using electronic equations of state for working fluid properties. SI units are now used exclusively

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front-matter,Copyright,Dedication,Foreword to the Fourth Edition,Preface and Acknowledgements to the Fourth Edition,Preface and Acknowledgements to the Third Edition,Preface and Acknowledgements to the Second Edition,Preface and Acknowledgements to the First EditionEntitled to full textPart 1: Resource Identification and DevelopmentPart 1. Resource Identification and Development, Pages 1-2
Chapter 1 - Geology of Geothermal Regions, Pages 3-22
Chapter 2 - Exploration Strategies and Techniques, Pages 23-47
Chapter 3 - Geothermal Well Drilling, Pages 49-59
Chapter 4 - Reservoir Engineering, Pages 61-103
Part 2. Geothermal Power Generating Systems, Pages 105-106
Chapter 5 - Single-Flash Steam Power Plants, Pages 107-142
Chapter 6 - Double- and Triple-Flash Steam Power Plants, Pages 143-168
Chapter 7 - Dry-Steam Power Plants, Pages 169-192
Chapter 8 - Binary Cycle Power Plants, Pages 193-239
Chapter 9 - Advanced Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems, Pages 241-289
Chapter 10 - Exergy Analysis Applied to Geothermal Power Systems, Pages 291-318
Part 3. Geothermal Power Plant Case Studies, Pages 319-320
Chapter 11 - Larderello Dry-Steam Power Plants, Tuscany, Italy, Pages 321-343
Chapter 12 - The Geysers Dry-Steam Power Plants, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California, USA, Pages 345-367
Chapter 13 - Geothermal Power Plants of New Zealand, Pages 369-402
Chapter 14 - Geothermal Power Plants of Indonesia, Pages 403-426
Chapter 15 - Geothermal Power Plants in Central America and the Caribbean, Pages 427-460
Chapter 16 - Geothermal Power Plants in Nevada, USA, Pages 461-499
Chapter 17 - Heber Binary Plants, Imperial Valley, California, USA, Pages 501-513
Chapter 18 - Magmamax Binary Power Plant, East Mesa, Imperial Valley, California, USA, Pages 515-529
Chapter 19 - Nesjavellir and Hellisheidi Plants, Iceland, Pages 531-544
Chapter 20 - Raft River Plants, Idaho, USA, Pages 545-573
Chapter 21 - Geothermal Power Plants in Turkey, Pages 575-607
Chapter 22 - Enhanced Geothermal Systems—Projects and Plants, Pages 609-656
Chapter 23 - Environmental Impact of Geothermal Power Plants, Pages 657-684
Appendix A - Worldwide State of Geothermal Power Plant Development as of December 2014, Pages 687-710
Appendix B - Units Conversions, Page 711
Appendix C - Energy Equivalents, Pages 713-714
Appendix D - Elements of Thermodynamics, Pages 715-726
Appendix E - Answers to Selected Practice Problems, Pages 727-729
Appendix F - REFPROP Tutorial with Application to Geothermal Binary Cycles, Pages 731-739
Index, Pages 741-762