WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL

POWER PLANT?
WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL
POWER PLANT?
 WHAT IS GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT?
- Geothermal power is electrical power generated from geothermal
energy that is used in order to generate electricity. Geothermal power plants
draw fluids from underground reservoirs to the surface to produce steam. This
steam then drives turbines that generate electricity. There are three main types
of geothermal power plant technologies: dry steam, flash steam, and binary
cycle.
 WHY DO WE NEED GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT?
(what are the benefits of having geothermal power plants?)

- Geothermal heat pump systems saves money

- Geothermal systems eliminate the combustion of fossil fuels on site and dramatically lower the need to generate power
- Eliminates Carbon Monoxide (nothing burned)
- it is safe because it has no flame, no flue, no odors, and no risk from carbon monoxide.
- Geothermal energy is more environmentally friendly than conventional fuel sources such as coal and other fossil fuels.
- the carbon footprint of a geothermal power plant is low.
- Geothermal energy is a source of renewable energy that will last until the Earth is destroyed by the sun in around 5
billion years.
- it doesn't need fuel such as with fossil fuels that are a finite resource which needs mining or otherwise extracting from
the earth.
- Geothermal provides a reliable source of energy as compared to other renewable resources such as wind and solar
power.
TYPE’S OF GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT’ S

Dry Steam Flash Steam Binary-Cycle

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Dry Steam Power Plant
- Dry steam plants use hydrothermal
fluids that are already mostly steam,
which is a relatively rare natural
occurrence. The steam is drawn
directly to a turbine, which drives a
generator that produces electricity.
After the steam condenses, it is
frequently reinjected into the
reservoir.
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Dry Steam Flash Steam Binary-Cycle

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Flash Steam Power Plant
Flash steam plants are the most common type
of geothermal power plants in operation today.
Fluids at temperatures greater than
182°C/360°F, pumped from deep
underground, travel under high pressures to a
low-pressure tank at the earth’s surface. The
change in pressure causes some of the fluid to
rapidly transform, or “flash,” into vapor. The
vapor then drives a turbine, which drives a
generator. If any liquid remains in the low-
pressure tank, it can be “flashed” again in a
second tank to extract even more energy.
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Dry Steam Flash Steam Binary-Cycle

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Binary-Cycle Power Plant
Binary-cycle geothermal power plants can use lower
temperature geothermal resources, making them an
important technology for deploying geothermal electricity
production in more locations. Binary-cycle geothermal
power plants differ from dry steam and flash steam
systems in that the geothermal reservoir fluids never come
into contact with the power plant’s turbine units. Low-
temperature (below 182°C/360°F) geothermal fluids pass
through a heat exchanger with a secondary, or "binary,"
fluid. This binary fluid has a much lower boiling point
than water, and the modest heat from the geothermal
fluid causes it to flash to vapor, which then drives the
turbines, spins the generators, and creates electricity.