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GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY
POWER
GENERATION
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
Geothermal energy is a type of renewable
energy taken from the Earth’s core. It comes from
heat generated during the original formation of the
planet and the radioactive decay of materials. This
thermal energy is stored in rocks and fluids in the
centre of the earth.
 MAGMA
Magma is extremely hot liquid and semi-liquid rock
located under Earth’s surface. When magma flows
onto Earth’s surface, it is called lava.
 Geothermal Power Plant
Geothermal power plants use steam to produce electricity.
The steam comes from reservoirs of hot water found a few
miles or more below the earth's surface. The steam rotates
a turbine that activates a generator, which produces
electricity.

Geothermal power plants require high-temperature

(300°F to 700°F) hydrothermal resources that come from
either dry steam wells or from hot water wells. People
use these resources by drilling wells into the earth and
then piping steam or hot water to the surface.
Types of Geothermal
Power Plant
DRY STEAM POWER PLANT
A dry steam power plant directly uses the
hydrothermal fluid or steam from the
geothermal reservoir to operate a
generator turbine. This produces electricity
without the need to burn any fossil fuels.
 BINARY CYCLE PLANT
A flash steam geothermal plant pumps the
hydrothermal fluid from the reservoir into a
tank under high pressure. During the
process, the fluids that rapidly vaporize
drives the generator turbine. This is the most
common type of geothermal power plant.
 FLASH STEAM PLANT
The binary power plant uses an indirect method of
generating energy without allowing reservoir steam
to directly operate the turbine. A moderately heated
secondary or binary fluid with a lower boiling point
than water passes along with the geothermal fluid
through a heat exchanger. The binary fluid flash
vaporizes due to the heat from the geothermal fluid
and operates the generator turbine.
 DEPTH OF DRILL
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.
COMPONENTS OF
GEOTHERMAL
POWER PLANT
TURBINE
CONDENSER
COOLING TOWERS
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
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