Prayer

Heavenly father, grant me each day the desire to do

my best, to grow mentally and morally as well as
physically. To be kind and helpful to my classmates
and teachers, to be honest with myself as well as
with others. Help me to be a good sport and smile
when I lose as well as when I win. Teach me the
value of true friendship. Help me to always conduct
myself so as to bring credit to my school. Amen.
Geothermal Energy
Quarter 3, Week 2, Day 2
Review
Instructions: Find the names of some of the active volcanoes in The Philippines

M A O L B S A W E G U I O L D I D I C A S A
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U L A R A R K O B I H K O B I H A S E R U O
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A F E H I D O X N E A A R I B J L N D T R A
H U A A N F N R K N L H O O P U Q C U E I Y
N Y S N O E A W A N A I L A B A C A T G A A
I R A A M R N A N A S G N L A A U P E L A R
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 Geothermal Energy
Geothermal energy is the heat that comes from the sub-surface of the earth.
It is contained in the rocks and fluids beneath the earth’s crust and can be
found as far down to the earth’s hot molten rock, magma.
To produce power from geothermal energy, wells are dug a mile deep into
underground reservoirs to access the steam and hot water there, which can then
be used to drive turbines connected to electricity generators. There are three
types of geothermal power plants; dry steam, flash and binary.
 
 Dry steam is the oldest form of geothermal technology and takes steam
out of the ground and uses it to directly drive a turbine.
 Flash plants use high-pressure hot water into cool, low-pressure water.
 Binary plants pass hot water through a secondary liquid with a lower
boiling point, which turns to vapor to drive the turbine. 
The British Geological Survey describes geothermal energy as a “carbon-free,
renewable, sustainable form of energy that provides a continuous,
uninterrupted supply of heat that can be used to heat homes and office
buildings and to generate electricity.”
Geothermal energy only produces one-sixth of the CO2 produced by a natural
gas plant and is not an intermittent source of energy like wind or solar. Its
potential production could reach at least 35GW and as high as 2TW.
Geothermal Power Plants
At a geothermal power plant,
wells are drilled 1 or 2 miles
deep into the Earth to pump
steam or hot water to the
surface.
You're most likely to find one
of these power plants in an
area that has a lot of hot
springs, geysers, or volcanic
activity, because these are
places where the Earth is
particularly hot just below the
surface.
Process of Generating Power using
Geothermal Energy
Fill in the blanks to complete the process of generating power using geothermal energy, as shown on the
diagram.
TYPES OF Dry Steam Power Plant

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY  Dry steam plants are the most

common types of geothermal
power plants, accounting for about
half of the installed geothermal
plants.
 They work by piping hot steam
from underground reservoirs
directly into turbines from
geothermal reservoirs, which
power the generators to provide
electricity.
 After powering the turbines, the
steam condenses into water and is
piped back into the earth via the
injection well.
TYPES OF Flash Steam Power Plant
Flash steam plants differ from
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY dry steam because they pump
hot water, rather than steam,
directly to the surface. These
flash steam plants pump hot
water at a high pressure from
below the earth into a “flash
tank” on the surface.
The flash tank is at a much
lower temperature, causing the
fluid to quickly “flash” into
steam. The steam produced
powers the turbines. The steam
is cooled and condenses into
water, where it is pumped back
into the ground through the
injection well.
TYPES OF Binary Cycle Power Plant
In these binary cycle plants, the
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY main difference is that the water or
steam from below the earth never
comes in direct contact with the
turbines. Instead, water from
geothermal reservoirs is pumped
through a heat exchanger where it
heats a second liquid—like
isobutene (which boils at a lower
temperature than water.)
This second liquid is heated into
steam, which powers the turbines
that drives a generator. The hot
water from the earth is recycled into
the earth through the injection well,
and the second liquid is recycled
through the turbine and back into
the heat exchanger where it can be
used again.
  Not all geothermal energy comes
from power plants.
 Geothermal heat pumps can do all
sorts of things—from heating and
cooling homes to warming
swimming pools. These systems
transfer heat by pumping water or
a refrigerant (a special type of
fluid) through pipes just below the
Earth's surface, where the
temperature is a constant 50 to
60°F.
 During the winter, the water or
refrigerant absorbs warmth from
the Earth, and the pump brings
this heat to the building above. In
the summer, some heat pumps can

Geothermal Heat Pumps run in reverse

Video Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEAqgBdwWmc – How
geothermal power plant works
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyOXmqu4PS8 – three type of
geothermal power plants