Effect of the working fluid on the optimum work of binary-flashing geothermal power plants

Energy

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 389-394

  Edrisi, Baktosh H ^a   Michaelides, Efstathios E ^b  

^a The University of Texas at San Antonio   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary; Binary flashing; Geothermal; High efficiency; Secondary fluid

Indexed keywords

BUTANE; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; HEXANE;

AVAILABLE ENERGY; BINARY; BINARY SYSTEMS; BINARY-FLASHING; DRY STEAM; ELECTRIC POWER; GEOTHERMAL; GEOTHERMAL POWER; GEOTHERMAL RESERVOIR; GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOBUTANES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SECONDARY FLUIDS; WORKING FLUID;

FLUIDS;

ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GEOTHERMAL POWER; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

HARNESS;

EID: 84873201219     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.10.025     Document Type: Article

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