140 Geothermal Power Plants: Principles, Applications, Case Studies and Environmental Impact

Fig. 7.9 Rock mufflers for emergency steam stacking at The Geysers. Photo by author [WWW].

Fig. 7.10 Simplified schematic flow diagram for a dry-steam plant [18].

With the exception of the particulate remover (PR) in place of the cyclone separa-
tor (CS), the flow diagram shown in Fig. 7.10 is identical to Fig. 5.6 for a single-flash
plant [18].
The processes undergone by the steam are shown in Fig. 7.11. Since the wells
produce saturated steam (or slightly superheated steam), the starting point (state 1)
is located on the saturated vapor curve. If the steam is superheated, point 1 merely
moves slightly to the right. The turbine expansion process 1
2 generates somewhat