Team Members

1. Muhammad Hadi
2. Haji Taimoor Shahzad
3. Muhammad Yasin
4. Adeel Khan
5. Muhammad Usama Chishti
Geothermal Power PLant
Geothermal Power
Plant

Geothermal power plants are used in

order to generate electricity by the use
of geothermal energy (the Earth's
internal thermal energy).
Historical Background
• Conventional geothermal plants capture hot
water from geysers or steam from ventsto spin
turbines.
• Prince Piero Ginori Conti tested the first
geothermal power generator. It successfully lit
four light bulbs. Later, in 1911, the world's first
commercial geothermal power station was
builtthere.First Geothermal Power Plant, 1904,
Larderello, Italy
 Components

Heat Exchanger Generator Turbine

Seperator
Condenser
 Heat Exchanger

A heat exchanger is a device that facilitates the process of heat

exchange between two fluids that are at different temperatures
 Generator

engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by

electromagnetic induction
 Turbine

A steam turbine is a machine that extracts 

thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do 
mechanical work on a rotating output shaft
 Condenser

a device or unit used to condense vapor into liquid

 Seperator

A separator, as a mechanical device, refers to equipment or

machinery designed to separate different components or
substances from a mixture or a stream of materials. It operates
on the principle of exploiting physical properties such as
density, size, shape, or other characteristics of the substances
involved to achieve separation
 Working Process
Large holes have to be dug into the earth until a geothermal
hotspot is found.
• Pipes are inserted inside these holes through which water is
sent and steam output is obtained
• The success of the energy production depends on the
temperature of the plantwhich depends on the temperature of
the rocks in earth.
• The water is sent through the injection well and reaches the
rocks and then hotwater comes from the production well.
• Due to the high pressure when it reaches the topmost of the earth
surface it is converted into steam.
• The condenser is a phase changer where the steam output of the
turbine isgiven to the condenser and gets converted to hot water.
• This hot water is then sent to the cooling tower where it loses it
heat and thensent to the geothermal reservoir for truther production
o steam
Advantages of Geothermal
Energy
• No chance of contamination from solid discharge.
• Geothermal fluids contains less harmful
greenhousegases.
• No Nitrogen Oxide and Sulfur Dioxide. Less acid
rain.
• Binary Plants have no Carbon Dioxide,
howeverothers have o.2lb/kWh
The Environmental Impacts
• Low risks of water contamination and lowair
pollution
• Most of the major noise pollutions areduring
construction only
• Seismicity due to EGS operation is minorand not
definite
Thermal Pollution
• It is one of the biggest concerns dueto
considerable loss of thermal heat.
• Taller cooling towers are needed tocontain the
waste heat.