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We investigated proposed design of a double-flash system and compared it to the existing single-flash power plant in Dieng, Indonesia, which uses waste brine from a high pressure separator. The performance of the double-flash system was evaluated using the second law of thermodynamics, and this...
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Direct utilization of geothermal energy consists of various forms for heating and cooling instead of converting the …) industrial processes, and (6) heat pumps. Major direct utilization projects exploiting geothermal energy exist in about 38 …
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and discusses the combination of CSP with coal, natural gas, biomass and waste materials, geothermal, and wind. The degree …
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Geothermal energy is a technically-proven, cost effective source of electrical and thermal energy that has been … development of geothermal electrical power and direct use projects and demonstrates how environmental impacts can be easily … waste products, geothermal energy has significantly fewer impacts than most other energy sources, particularly conventional …
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Before new technologies enter the market, their environmental superiority over competing options must be asserted based on a life cycle approach. However, when applying the prevailing status-quo Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to future renewable energy systems, one does not distinguish...
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and other collaborators, to investigate and determine the geothermal parameters of the ground in Cyprus since such … geothermal information will be collected and reported for all six locations. The data collected until now clearly indicate that …
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One of the most commonly used heating devices in geothermal systems is the heat exchanger. The output conditions of … fairly easy approach. In this paper, a counter flow heat exchanger of geothermal district heating system is considered and …
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flow, heterogeneous distribution of subsurface properties, a high geothermal gradient or significant atmospheric …
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The technology to extract useful amounts of energy from the large, ubiquitous, hot dry rock (HDR) resource has been under development for more than twenty years. Initial work during the 1970's and 1980's showed that it is possible to access and extract HDR energy using techniques originally...
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Higher efficiencies and optimal utilization of geothermal energy require a careful analysis of Organic Rankine Cycle … and a novel phenomenon was discovered during the test. A preliminary test of the system was conducted with a geothermal …
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