Overview of geothermal resource development with emphasis on engineering aspects

Author

Wright, Phillip M. ; Nielson, Dennis L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Utah Univ., Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1996

fDate

11-16 Aug 1996

Firstpage

2314

Abstract

Geothermal energy is an important alternative energy resource that is commercially viable at some of the high-grade geothermal sites today. Although the worldwide geothermal resource base is very large, only a small fraction of these resources can be used economically due to inadequacies in technology. The geothermal industry is currently evaluating the state of the technology, and embarking on an R&D program, in cooperation with the US Department of Energy, that is aimed at improving technology and allowing more of the available resource base to be developed

Keywords

geothermal power; geothermal power stations; project engineering; R&D program; USA; energy resource exploitation; engineering aspects; geothermal resource development; technology status; Earth; Energy resources; Environmental economics; Geothermal energy; Land surface; Land surface temperature; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Water resources;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1996. IECEC 96., Proceedings of the 31st Intersociety

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

ISSN

1089-3547

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3547-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1996.561179

Filename

561179