A developer´s perspective: eighteen years of field experience with innovative geothermal power plants

Author

Bronicki, Lucien Y. ; Schochet, Daniel N.

Author_Institution

Ormat Technol. Inc., Sparks, NV, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

25-25 July 2002

Firstpage

8

Abstract

This presentation describes the technology and field experience with various geothermal binary and combined steam/binary plants for both water and steam dominated resources having low, moderate or high enthalpy. This presentation focuses on ORMAT´s perspective and 18 years experience. The power conversion cycles of successful operating plants in the USA, Iceland, the Philippines and the Azores are reviewed, as well as the re-powering of existing steam plants for increased efficiency and reduction of environmental impact.

Keywords

geothermal power; geothermal power stations; maintenance engineering; steam; steam power stations; Azores; Iceland; ORMAT; Philippines; USA; combined steam/binary plants; efficiency improvement; environmental impact reduction; field experience; geothermal binary plants; geothermal power plants; geothermal resources; power conversion cycles; steam plants repowering; technology; Availability; Boilers; Cooling; Geothermal power generation; Heat engines; Marketing management; Performance gain; Performance loss; Pumps; Turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2002 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7518-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESS.2002.1043162

Filename

1043162