Combined Geothermal Heat and Power Plants

• Main Author: Geo-Heat Center
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Geo-Heat Center, Oregon Institiute of Technology, Klamath Falls, OR (USA) 2005
• Subjects: Combined Heat and Power Plants; Empire Energy; Austria; Japan; Thailand; New Zealand; Mexico; Geothermal Energy; Power Generation; Direct Use; Cascaded Uses; Power Plants; Heat Generation; Paratunka; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://digitallib.oit.edu/cdm/ref/collection/geoheat/id/11394

Combined heat and power (CHP) plants are not a new use of energy, whether it be from conventional fossil fuels or geothermal. However, what has been happening recently in the geothermal arena is the use of low-temperature resources (down to 98 C or 208 F) in combination with binary or Organic Rankin...