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Geothermal power plants : principles, applications, case studies and environmental impact
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Geothermal power plants : principles, applications, case studies and environmental impact

Author: Ronald DiPippo
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Covers various aspects of the utilization of geothermal energy for power generation from fundamental scientific and engineering principles. This book focuses on the thermodynamic basis for the design  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Case studies
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ronald DiPippo
ISBN: 9780750686204 0750686200
OCLC Number: 175284830
Notes: Previous ed.: Oxford: Elsevier, 2005.
Description: xxiv, 493 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Pt. One. Resource identification and development --
Geology of geothermal regions --
Exploration strategies and techniques --
Geothermal well drilling --
Reservoir engineering --
Pt. Two. Geothermal power generating systems --
Single-flash steam power plants --
Double-flash steam power plants --
Dry-steam power plants --
Binary cycle power plants --
Advanced geothermal energy conversion systems --
Energy analysis applied to geothermal power systems --
Pt. Three. Geothermal power plant case studies --
Lardello dry-steam power plants, Tuscany, Italy --
The Geysers dry-stream power plants, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California, U.S.A. --
Cerro Prieto Power Station, Baja California, Norte, Mexico --
Hatchobaru Power Station, Oita Prefectute, Kyushu, Japan --
Mutnovsky flash-steam power plant, Kamchakta Peninsula, Russia --
Miravalles Power Station, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica --
Heber Binary Plants, Imperial Valley, California, USA --
Magmamax Binary Power Plant, East Mesa, Imperial Valley California, USA --
Envvironmental impact of geothermal power plants.
Responsibility: Ronald DiPippo.

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