Modeling and optimization of a binary geothermal power plant

Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 412-428

  Ghasemi, Hadi ^a   Paci, Marco ^b   Tizzanini, Alessio ^b   Mitsos, Alexander ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Binary plant; Geothermal energy; Optimization; Organic Rankine cycle

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; OPTIMIZATION; RANKINE CYCLE;

ASPEN PLUS; BINARY PLANTS; EXPLICIT FORMULA; GEOTHERMAL SOURCES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MASS FLOW RATE; MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION; OPTIMAL OPERATION; OPTIMAL OPERATION STRATEGY; ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLES; OUTLET PRESSURES; POWER OUT PUT; TOTAL POWER; WORKING FLUID;

TEMPERATURE;

CONDENSATION; DATA SET; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANT; TURBINE;

EID: 84873115490     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.10.039     Document Type: Article

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