| Title | A New Binary-Flashing Plant for the Production of Electricity |
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| Authors | Michaelides, Efstathios E.; Fakhre-Shafaie, Farid |
| Year | 1982 |
| Conference | Geothermal Resources Council Transactions |
| Keywords | Production; Power Generation; USA; Salinity; Heat Exchanger; Turbine; Efficiency; Operating Systems; Reinjections; Temperatures |
| Abstract | The next expansion of geothermal power installations will cover the resources with temperatures less than 150°C. Binary plants are the only suitable for utilization of these resources. A modification to the conventional binary plant design is proposed here aiming at the production of more power. The new plant uses a flashing system and partial evaporation of the secondary fluid in the heat exchangers. The thermodynamic analysis shows that proposed installation would provide approximately 25% more power that the conventional installation, a feature that makes it attractive for further technical and economic analyses. |