GEOTHERMAL POWER GENERATING
SYSTEMS
John Kenneth A. Mañalong
CHE190 – B03
OBJECTIVE
Describe the following systems:
1. Dry Steam System (DSS)
2. Single Flash System (SFS)
3. Double Flash System (DFS)
4. Binary Cycle System (BCS)
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HYDROTHERMAL RESOURCES
1. Vapor form source (dry steam reservoirs)
2. Liquid form source (Hot water reservoir)
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Existing Geothermal Power plants
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Existing Geothermal Power plants
Top 10 geothermal
plants worldwide
TOP 7 Geothermal Power Plants in the Philippines in MW
1. Leyte Geothermal Power Plant Philippines 700.9 N/A
2. Makiling-Banahaw (Mak-Ban) Geothermal Power 442.8 Binary Cycle System @ Laguna
Plant Philippines
3. Tiwi Geothermal Power Plant Philippines 330 Single Flash system
@ Albay
4. Negros (Palinpinon) Geothermal Power Plant 192.5 Single Flash system
Philippines
5. Bacon-Manito (BacMan) Geothermal Power Plant 150 Single Flash system
Philippines
6. Mindanao Geothermal Power Plant Philippines 106 Single and Double flash system
7. Northern Negros Geothermal Power Plant 49.37 Double Flash System
Philippines
Dry Steam System
DRY STEAM SYSTEM
- Underground steam flows directly to a turbine to drive a generator
that produces electricity
- 7,000 to 10,000 ft deep
- At least 150 to 180 ⁰C
- Capacity: 55 to 110 MW
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DRY STEAM SYSTEM
- No separation is necessary because wells only produce steam
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Single Flash SYSTEM
- High pressure liquid
- Temperature greater than 190⁰C
- Expanded through an expansion valve
- Two phase flow is directed to a separator
- “Flash” or rapid vaporization happens in the tank held a much lower
pressure than the fluid.
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Double Flash CLOSED-LOOP SYSTEM
- Same with single flash
- Remaining liquid is flashed again in a second tank (Double flash) to
extract more energy
- Produces 15 to 25% more power than a single flash
- Capacity: 4.7 MW – 110 MW
- Mineral content of water becomes concentrated
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Binary Cycle SYSTEM
- A secondary liquid is used instead of water
- Temperature lower than 150⁰C is possible
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Binary Cycle SYSTEM
- Working Fluid:
• Propane
• Isobutane (R600a)
• Isopentane
• Ammonia/Water mixture
• Fluoroethane (R161)
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References
https://www.energy.gov/eere/geothermal/electricity-generation
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/index.php?page=geothermal_power_plants
https://www.energy.ca.gov/almanac/renewables_data/geothermal/types.html
https://hub.globalccsinstitute.com/publications/geothermal-electricity-and-combined-heat-power/geothermal-power-systems
https://geothermal-energy-journal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40517-017-0074-z#Sec7
https://prezi.com/snwpqu7faihe/geothermal-powerplants-in-the-philippines/
https://pangea.stanford.edu/ERE/db/WGC/papers/WGC/2015/01053.pdf
http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/map/
http://www.thinkgeoenergy.com/the-top-10-geothermal-countries-2018-based-on-installed-generation-capacity-mwe/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/525206/geothermal-complexes-worldwide-by-size/
http://globalenergyobservatory.org/list.php?db=PowerPlants&type=Geothermal
http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/products/energy/generation/gene01.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV0D8hN9wNA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJH7AZG7J64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCRDf7QxjDk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFQrE91kZwk
