Research and development of a 3 MW power plant from the design, development, and demonstration of a 100 KW power system utilizing the direct contact heat exchanger concept for geothermal brine recovery project. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6664919· OSTI ID:6664919

Huebner, A W; Wall, D A; Herlacher, T L

The design phase for the 100 KW unit consumed the months of May through November 1978, with the final design selected as having a direct contact boiler and condenser, a single-stage radial inflow induction turbine-generator using isopentane as the working fluid, and a single cell ejector-type cooling tower. The unit was constructed on two, forty-foot flatbed trailers between the months of October 1978 and June 1979. Systems start-up testing, in-field modifications, unit operation, and performance testing were performed between July and December 1979. AP and L (Arkansas Power and Light) personnel assumed responsibility of the unit at that time and conducted further maintenance, operations, and testing through August 1980.

• Research Organization: Arkansas Power and Light Co., Little Rock (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-78ET28456
• OSTI ID: 6664919
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/28456-T1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
DESIGN
DIRECT CONTACT HEAT EXCHANGERS
TESTING
2-METHYLBUTANE
BRINES
CONSTRUCTION
COOLING TOWERS
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
MAINTENANCE
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POWER RANGE 10-100 KW
TURBOGENERATORS
WORKING FLUIDS
ALKANES
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
FLUIDS
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POWER PLANTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
Geothermal Legacy