Hybrid cooling for geothermal power plants : final ARRA project report / Desikan Bharathan.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bharathan, D. (Desikan), 1949- author.

Contributor:

National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

NREL/TP ; 5500-58024.

NREL/TP ; 5500-58024

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

United States.

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (United States).

Geothermal power plants--Cooling.

Geothermal power plants.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (29 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Golden, CO : National Renewable Energy Laboratory, June 2013.

Summary:

Many binary-cycle geothermal plants use air as the heat rejection medium. Usually this is accomplished by using an air-cooled condenser (ACC) system to condense the vapor of the working fluid in the cycle. Many air-cooled plants suffer a loss of production capacity of up to 50% during times of high ambient temperatures. Use of limited amounts of water to supplement the performance of ACCs isinvestigated. Deluge cooling is found to be one of the least-cost options. Limiting the use of water in such an application to less than one thousand operating hours per year can boost plant output during critical high-demand periods while minimizing water use in binary-cycle geothermal power plants.

Notes:

Online resource; title from PDF title page (NREL, viewed February 7, 2017).

"June 2013."

Includes bibliographical references (page 25).

OCLC:

971614439

Publisher Number:

1086347 OSTI ID

Access Restriction:

Publicly released