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Title: Honey Lake Hybrid Power Plant Project. Volume 1. Executive summary

Abstract

A technical and economic feasibility study of the engineering aspects of a hybrid wood-fired geothermal electrical generating plant is presented. The proposed plant location is in Lassen County, California, near the Wendel Amedee Known Geothermal Resource Area. This power plant uses moderate temperature geothermal fluid to augment the heat supplied from a wood waste fired boiler. This report defines major plant systems for implementation into the plant conceptual design and provides sufficient design information for development of budgetary cost estimates. Emphasis is placed on incorporation of geothermal heat into the power generation process. Plant systems are designed and selected based on economic justification and on proven performance. The culminating economic analysis provides the financial information to establish the incentives for construction of the plant. The study concludes that geothermal energy and energy from wood can be combined in a power generating plant to yield attractive project economics.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc., Boise, ID (USA); International Engineering Co., Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6912194
Report Number(s):
DOE/ET/27244-T5-Vol.1
ON: DE87002205
DOE Contract Number:  
FG03-79ET27244
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; 09 BIOMASS FUELS; GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; WOOD-FUEL POWER PLANTS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ASHES; CALIFORNIA; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COOLING SYSTEMS; DRYING; ECONOMICS; FUEL FEEDING SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL PROCESS HEAT; WASTE DISPOSAL; CONTROL; ENERGY; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FEDERAL REGION IX; FUEL SYSTEMS; HEAT; MANAGEMENT; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER PLANTS; PROCESS HEAT; RESIDUES; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; USA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; Geothermal Legacy

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. Honey Lake Hybrid Power Plant Project. Volume 1. Executive summary. United States: N. p., 1982. Web. doi:10.2172/6912194.
. Honey Lake Hybrid Power Plant Project. Volume 1. Executive summary. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6912194
. 1982. "Honey Lake Hybrid Power Plant Project. Volume 1. Executive summary". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6912194. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6912194.
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abstractNote = {A technical and economic feasibility study of the engineering aspects of a hybrid wood-fired geothermal electrical generating plant is presented. The proposed plant location is in Lassen County, California, near the Wendel Amedee Known Geothermal Resource Area. This power plant uses moderate temperature geothermal fluid to augment the heat supplied from a wood waste fired boiler. This report defines major plant systems for implementation into the plant conceptual design and provides sufficient design information for development of budgetary cost estimates. Emphasis is placed on incorporation of geothermal heat into the power generation process. Plant systems are designed and selected based on economic justification and on proven performance. The culminating economic analysis provides the financial information to establish the incentives for construction of the plant. The study concludes that geothermal energy and energy from wood can be combined in a power generating plant to yield attractive project economics.},
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year = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
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