Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation 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. As geothermal resources are considered renewable and can be used to generate baseload electricity while producing very low levels of greenhouse gas emissions, they can play a key role in future energy needs. This book, edited by a highly respected expert, 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, and design and economic considerations. The final section provides a range of fascinating case studies from across the world, ranging from Larderello to Indonesia. 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 generationPresents an update to the advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy securityEdited by a world authority in the field, with chapters contributed by experts in their particular areasIncludes comprehensive case studies from across the world, ranging from Larderello to Indonesia INDICE: Preface 1. Introduction to Geothermal Power Generation Part I: Resource Exploration, Characterization and Evaluation 2. Geology of Geothermal Resources 3. Geophysics and Resource Conceptual Models in Geothermal Exploration and Development 4. Hydro-geochemistry 5. Geothermal Well Drilling 6. Characterization, Evaluation and Interpretation of Well Data 7. Reservoir Modeling and Simulation for Geothermal Resource Characterization and Evaluation Part II: Energy Conversion Systems 8. Overview of Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Reservoir-Wells-Piping-Plant-Reinjection 9. Elements of Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Applied to Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems 10. Flash Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Single, Double, Triple Flash and Combined Cycle Plants 11. Direct Steam Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Dry Steam and Superheated Steam Plants 12. Total Flow and Other Systems Involving Two-Phase Expansion 13. Binary Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems: Basic Rankine, Dual Pressure and Dual-Fluid Cycles 14. Combined and Hybrid Geothermal Power Systems Part III: Design and Economic Considerations 15. Waste Heat Rejection Methods in Geothermal Power Generation 16. Silica Scale Control in Geothermal Plants - Historical Perspective and Current Technology 17. Environmental Benefits and Challenges Associated with Geothermal Power Generation 18. Project Permitting, Finance and Economics for Geothermal Power Generation Part IV: Case Studies 19. Larderello: 100 Years of Geothermal Power Plant Evolution in Italy 20. Fifty-Five Years of Commercial Power Generation at The Geysers Geothermal Field, California: The Lessons Learned 21. Indonesia: Vast Geothermal Potential, Modest but Growing Exploitation 22. New Zealand: A Geothermal Pioneer Expands Within a Competitive Electricity Marketplace 23. Central and South America: Significant but Constrained Potential for Geothermal Power Generation 24. Mexico: Thirty-Three Years of Production in the Loz Azufres Geothermal Field 25. Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Review and Status of Research & Development 26. Geothermal Energy in the Framework of International Environmental Law
- ISBN: 978-0-08-100337-4
- Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 750
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2016
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés