Republic of the Philippines

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

Mechanical Engineering Department

MEEN 30305: POWER PLANT DESIGN WITH

RENEWABLE ENERGY

SUBMITTED BY:

BRUÑA, ANGELO LUISE M.

LIZARDO, JOSEPH PATRICK R.
OPEÑA, FRANZ
REGIO, CLIM JOBERT
SISON, GEM BRYAN
TABALNO, LARS ERIC
TAN, JOSE JEROME
UNTALAN, JERICH O.

BSME 4-3
PART I. CROSS-WORD PUZZLE (20 POINTS)
ACROSS
4. It is the measurement of energy in a thermodynamic system. ENTHALPY
8. ___________Well, it is drilled for the safe disposal of geothermal fluids. INJECTION
9. Municipality in Japan where Matsukawa Geothermal Power Plant is located
HACHIMANTAI
11._________ Energy, it is the heat produced in the earth’s core GEOTHERMAL
13. _____Steam, A type of geothermal power plant that takes advantage of natural
underground sources of steam. The steam is piped directly to a power plant, where it is
used to fuel turbines and generate electricity DRY
15. What is the waste of geothermal energy? NONE
16. A component in geothermal power plant that ensures only clean, dry steam enters the
turbine SEPARATOR
18. World’s largest geothermal field is the ____________ geothermal complex GEYSERS
19. ___________Steam, Type of geothermal power plant that uses naturally occurring sources
of underground hot water and steam FLASH
20. Partially molten rock with temperatures reaching as high as 1200℃. MAGMA

DOWN
1. A device that extracts thermal energy from the steam and converts it to mechanical
work on a rotating output shaft TURBINE
2. Well that is used for several decades as an adjunct to existing heating and cooling
systems PRODUCTION
3. ________Fluid, geothermal resource that is made up of hot water, steam, and minerals
5. An industrial facility used to generate electricity HYDROTHERMAL
6. World’s largest geothermal power plant under one roof is ___________ geothermal power
station MALITBOG
7. What part of the USA is The Geysers Geothermal field located? CALIFORNIA
10. Geothermal energy is what type of energy resource? RENEWABLE
12. How many wells are commonly needed for a geothermal power plant? TWO
14. These are naturally occurring areas of hydrothermal resources RESERVOIR
17. Where in Italy is the 1st geothermal power plant invented? TUSCANI
PROBLEM SOLVING (80 Points)

1. The enthalpy entering the turbine of a geothermal power plant is 680 kcal/kg and
mass rate of 1 kg/sec. The turbine brake power is 1250 kW condenser outlet has
enthalpy of 50 kcal/kg. If the temperature rise of cooling water in condenser is 8°C,
what is the mass of cooling water requirement? (10 POINTS)

𝑊𝑡 = 𝑚𝑠 (ℎ3 − ℎ4 )
kcal 4.187kJ
1250 kW = 1 kg/s [(680 )( ) − ℎ4 ]
kg 1kcal

ℎ4 = 1597.16 kJ/kg

𝑄𝑅 = 𝑄𝑤

𝑚𝑠 (ℎ4 − ℎ5 ) = 𝑚𝑤 𝐶𝑝 (𝑡2 − 𝑡1 )

𝑘𝑔 𝑘𝑐𝑎𝑙 4.187𝑘𝐽 𝑘𝐽
1 [1597.16 − (50 )( )] = 𝑚𝑤 (4.187 ) (8℃ − 0℃)
𝑠 𝑘𝑔 1𝑘𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑔𝐾

𝑚𝑤 = 41.43 kg/s

2. In the geothermal power plant, the enthalpies of the ground water and the turbine
inlet are 1,900 kJ/kg and 3,600 kJ/kg respectively. If the enthalpy of the hot water
in the flash tank is 1,100 kJ/kg and the mass flow rate of the steam is 61,200 kg/hr,
what is the mass flow rate of ground water? (10 POINTS)

𝑚𝑠 = 𝑥𝑚𝑔

𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥:

ℎ2 = ℎ𝑓 + 𝑥ℎ𝑓𝑔

= ℎ𝑓 + 𝑥(ℎ𝑔 − ℎ𝑓 )

1900 = 1100 + 𝑥 (3600 − 1100)

x = 0.32 = 32%

then,

𝑚𝑠 = 𝑥𝑚𝑔

𝑘𝑔 1ℎ𝑟
61,200 ℎ𝑟 (3600𝑠) = 0.32 𝑚𝑔 𝑚𝑔 = 53.125 𝑘𝑔/𝑠
3. In a geothermal power plant, the mass flow rate of ground water is 324,000,000
g/hr and the quality after throttling is 25%. If the turbine power is 90 MW, what is
the change in enthalpy of steam at the inlet and outlet of the turbine? 10 POINTS

𝑊𝑡 = 𝑚𝑠 (ℎ3 − ℎ4 )

𝑊𝑡 = 𝑚𝑆 𝛥ℎ

Solving for 𝑚𝑠 :

𝑔 1𝑘𝑔 1ℎ𝑟 𝑘𝑔
𝑚𝑠 = 𝑥𝑚𝑔 = 0.25 [ (324000000 )( )( )] = 0.25 (90 )
ℎ𝑟 1000𝑔 3600𝑠𝑒𝑐 𝑠
= 22.5 𝑘𝑔/𝑠

𝑊𝑡 90,000 𝑘𝐽/𝑠
𝛥ℎ = = = 4000 𝑘𝐽/𝑘𝑔
𝑚𝑠 22.5 𝑘𝑔/𝑠

4. A flashed steam geothermal plant has pressurized underground water available at

102 kg/𝑐𝑚2 and 240C. In order to produce steam-water mixture, the ground water
is passed and throttled to 5.4 kg/𝑐𝑚2 in a steam separator. The dry steam
produced in the separator is fed to double flow impulse and reaction turbine with
guaranteed engine efficiency of 85%. The turbine is directly coupled to a 3 phase,
60 Hz, 80% power factor, 13800-V air cooled generator. Exhaust is to be direct-
contact spray type main condenser designed to operate a vacuum of 647.5 mm of
Hg. Generator efficiency is 95%, ground water is 459 kg/s. How many production
wells are needed to supply the plant with pressurized water if each well has a
capacity of 127,200 kg/hr? (5 POINTS)

𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟
𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 =
𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙

𝑘𝑔 𝑠
459 𝑠 (3600 )
𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 = ℎ𝑟
𝑘𝑔
127, 200
ℎ𝑟
𝑁𝑜. 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠 = 12.99 ≈ 13 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑠