Geothermal Power Plants

Ronald DiPippo is a geothermal expert and renewable energy consultant.. He is also Chancellor Professor Emeritus and former Associate Dean of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, United States.

"Geothermal Power Plants is a highly detailed book that seeks to provide an explanation to both the underlying principles and the technical challenges of power generation from geothermal resources… I can see this book being very useful indeed for those actively working in the geothermal energy sector." --GeoQ, December 2013"…this book is an up-to-date, application-oriented guide to geothermal power plants that addresses the multidisciplinary bandwidth of technical aspects ranging from reservoir exploitation to the use of the geothermal fluid for power production. The book gives both an overview on the theoretical and practical background of each topic and an overview on existing geothermal power plants." --Energy Technology, 2013"In this update of the 2008 and 2005 editions, DiPippo (emeritus, mechanical engineering, U. of Massachusetts Dartmouth) covers advances in geothermal electrical generation as growing emphasis is being placed on cleaner and more sustainable energy resources. In addition to updated information on the scientific principles and exploration strategies involved in tapping geothermal energy, a new section covers solar-geothermal hybrid power plants. This edition also includes a greater number of case studies that treat site-specific engineering demands and designs worldwide, updated data tables, illustrations, problems with an answer key, technical appendices, and a tutorial on REPROP software used to model geothermal binary plants." --Reference and Research News, October 2012

• PART ONE  RESOURCE IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT 1. Geology of Geothermal Regions2. Exploration Strategies and Techniques  3. Geothermal Well Drilling4. Reservoir EngineeringPART TWO  GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATING SYSTEMS5. Single-Flash Steam Power Plants6. Double-Flash Steam Power Plants7. Dry-Steam Power Plants8. Binary Cycle Power Plants9. Advanced Geothermal Energy Conversion Systems10. Hot Dry Rock/Enhanced Geothermal Systems/Deep Hydrothermal Systems 11. Exergy Analysis Applied to Geothermal Power SystemsPART THREE  GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANT CASE STUDIES12. Larderello Dry-Steam Power Plants, Tuscany, Italy13. The Geysers Dry-Steam Power Plants, Sonoma and Lake Counties, California, U.S.A. 14. Cerro Prieto Power Station, Baja California Norte, Mexico 15. Hatchobaru Power Station, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan 16. Mutnovsky Flash-Steam Power Plant, Kamchakta Peninsula, Russia 17. Miravalles Power Station, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica 18. Heber Binary Plants, Imperial Valley, California, USA 19. Magmamax Binary Power Plant, East Mesa, Imperial Valley California, USA20. Raft River Plants, Idaho, USA21. Kizildere and Salavatli Plants, Turkey22. Nesjavellir and Hellisheidi Plants, Iceland23.  Environmental Impact of Geothermal Power Plants