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Legend: PW = Production Well (typical); S = Separator; F = Flasher;

BCV = Ball Check Valve; T1, T2 = 1st and 2nd Sections of the Turbine;
G = Generator; CW = Cooling Water; C = Condenser;
CP = Condensate Pump; RP = Reinjection Pump, RW = Reinjection Well.

(a) Determine the bottom-hole temperature, Tb, if flashing takes place just
at the bottom of the well.
(b) Sketch the processes involved in the operation of the plant in a temper-
ature-entropy diagram. Label all states in agreement with the given
plant schematic. Additional states may be defined as needed.
(c) Make a table giving the specific enthalpy at all 10 labeled state points
(including state b), and at any other points that you think are important.
(d) For each 1 lbm that flows from the wells, calculate the mass flowing
through each section of the turbine.
(e) Calculate the work output of the plant per unit mass flowing from the
wells.
(f) Calculate the geothermal utilization efficiency, ηu.
(g) Assume a typical flow rate for a single well, and calculate roughly how
many production wells would be needed for a 50 MW unit.
6.3 Consider the double-flash power plant shown in the figure on the following
page. The geofluid is produced from a liquid-dominated reservoir (state 1).
The separator (S) and the flasher (F) generate high- and low-pressure steam
(saturated) for the two turbines T1 and T2. Turbine T1 is equipped with a
moisture removal section where moisture which forms during the expansion
from state 4 to state 9 is drained away at state 11, and flashed to the con-
denser. This drain is located at the point where the steam temperature is
exactly 50 C below that of the inlet steam.