Screw expanders increase output and decrease the cost of geothermal binary power plant systems

Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council

Volumn 29, Issue , 2005, Pages 787-794

  Smith, Ian K ^a   Stosic, Nikola ^a   Kovacevic, Ahmed ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary systems; Power generation; Screw expanders

Indexed keywords

BRINES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; RADIAL FLOW; SCREWS; TEMPERATURE SCALES; TURBINES;

BINARY SYSTEMS; GEARBOX; SCREW EXPANDERS; TEMPERATURE RANGE;

GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS;

EID: 33745199619     PISSN: 01935933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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