Title :
The geothermal power and main technical problems
Author :
Lü, Tai ; Gao, Xue-Wei ; Wang, Xiao-Dong ; Zhao, Yaying
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Energy & Mech. Eng., Northeast Dianli Univ., Jilin, China
Abstract :
With the continuous growth of world economy and energy shortage recently, more and more attention has been paid to geothermal resources. Geothermal electricity generation also has been increasing year by year. This paper mainly introduces the application status of geothermal power in the world, the principle and main mode of geothermal power, and the technical problems such as reinjection, corrosion and scaling of geothermal field.
Keywords :
geothermal power stations; corrosion; geothermal electricity generation; geothermal power; geothermal resources; reinjection; scaling; Boilers; Corrosion; Energy resources; Fuels; Geothermal energy; Geothermal power generation; Power generation; Statistics; Temperature; Turbines; Combined cycle; Geothermal hot-rock; Geothermal power; Geothermal steam; Reinjection; Status; Technical problems; Underground hot-water; corrosion; scaling;
Conference_Titel :
Sustainable Power Generation and Supply, 2009. SUPERGEN '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4934-7
DOI :
10.1109/SUPERGEN.2009.5348251
