Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation

Geothermal Power Generation, New Developments and Innovations, Second Edition, 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. Geothermal resources are considered renewable and are currently the only renewable source able to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, thus playing a key role in future energy needs. Edited by respected and leading experts in the field, this book 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, design and economic considerations. The final section provides a range of fascinating and updated case studies from across the world. 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. Provides readers with a comprehensive and systematic overview of geothermal power generation . Presents an update to advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy securityEdited by authorities in the field, with chapters contributed by global experts in their areasIncludes comprehensive case studies from across the worldSupports sustainability and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) 7, 9, 11 and 13 INDICE: 1. Introduction to geothermal power generationPART ONE: RESOURCE EXPLORATION, CHRACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION2. Geology of geothermal resources3. Geophysics and resource conceptual models in geothermal exploration and development4. Application of geochemistry to resource assessment and geothermal development projects5. Geothermal well drilling6. Characterization, evaluation, and interpretation of well data7. Reservoir modeling and simulation for geothermal resource characterization and evaluationPART TWO: ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS8. Elements of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer applied to geothermal energy conversion systems9. Elements of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer applied to geothermal energy conversion systems10. Flash steam geothermal energy conversion systems: Single-, double-, and triple-flash and combined-cycle plants11. Direct steam geothermal energy conversion systems: Dry steam and superheated steam plants12. Total flow and other systems involving two-phase expansion - I.K. Smith, City University13. Binary geothermal energy conversion systems: Basic Rankine, dual-pressure, dual-fluid cycles, and feed-heating cycles14. Combined and hybrid geothermal power systems15. Hot Dry Rock: Enhanced geothermal systems and advanced geothermal developmentsPART THREE: DESIGN AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS16. Waste heat rejection methods in geothermal power generation17. Silica scale control in geothermal plants-historical perspective and current technology18. Environmental benefits and challenges associated with geothermal power generation19. Project permitting, finance, and economics for geothermal power generation20. Mineral recovery from geothermal brinesPART FOUR: CASE STUDIES21. Larderello: 100 years of geothermal power plant evolution in Italy22. Fifty-five years of commercial power generation at The Geysers geothermal field, California: The lessons learned23. Indonesia: Vast geothermal potential, modest but growing exploitation24. Philippines: Antecedents and perspectives of the third largest geothermal power market25. Geothermal power generation in Central America and the Caribbean26. Geothermal power plants at high altitude: the Chilean experience27. Cerro Prieto, Mexico: A large water-dominant field in operation since 197328. Kenya: The most successful geothermal development in Africa29. Soultz-sous-Forêts, and Rittershofen, France: Two pioneer EGS developmentsAPPENDIX: Worldwide State of Geothermal Power Plant Development

• ISBN: 978-0-443-24750-7
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 880
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2024
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• Idioma: Inglés