Mountain Home Geothermal Project: geothermal energy applications in an integrated livestock meat and feed production facility at Mountain Home, Idaho. [Contains glossary]
The Mountain Home Geothermal Project is an engineering and economic study of a vertically integrated livestock meat and feed production facility utilizing direct geothermal energy from the KGRA (Known Geothermal Resource Area) southeast of Mountain Home, Idaho. A system of feed production, swine raising, slaughter, potato processing and waste management was selected for study based upon market trends, regional practices, available technology, use of commercial hardware, resource characteristics, thermal cascade and mass flow considerations, and input from the Advisory Board. The complex covers 160 acres; utilizes 115 million Btu per hour (34 megawatts-thermal) of geothermal heat between 300/sup 0/F and 70/sup 0/F; has an installed capital of $35.5 million;produces 150,000 hogs per year, 28 million lbs. of processed potatoes per year, and on the order of 1000 continuous horsepower from methane. The total effluent is 200 gallons per minute (gpm) of irrigation water and 7300 tons per year of saleable high grade fertilizer. The entire facility utilizes 1000 gpm of 350/sup 0/F geothermal water. The economic analysis indicates that the complex should have a payout of owner-invested capital of just over three years. Total debt at 11% per year interest would be paid out in 12 (twelve) years.
- Research Organization:
- Energetics Marketing and Management Associates Ltd., San Francisco, CA (USA); Longyear (Fred) Co., Sacramento, CA (USA); Agricultural Growth Industries, Inc., Concord, CA (USA); International Engineering Co., Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA); Ecoview, Napa, CA (USA); Coopers and Lybrand, San Francisco, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- ET-78-C-07-1704
- OSTI ID:
- 6010682
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/28442-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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AGRICULTURE
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
GEOTHERMAL PROCESS HEAT
VERTICAL INTEGRATION
ANIMAL FEEDS
PRODUCTION
ANIMAL SHELTERS
GEOTHERMAL SPACE HEATING
METHANE
POTATOES
FOOD PROCESSING
SWINE
ANIMAL BREEDING
NUTRITION
BIOGAS PROCESS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FERTILIZERS
FINANCING
FLOWSHEETS
GEOTHERMAL AIR CONDITIONING
GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
GEOTHERMAL WELLS
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
THERMAL WATERS
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ANIMALS
BIOCONVERSION
BUILDINGS
CRYOGENIC FLUIDS
DIGESTION
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ECONOMICS
ENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
FLUIDS
FOOD
GEOTHERMAL HEATING
HEAT
HEATING
HYDROCARBONS
MAMMALS
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PROCESSING
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SHELTERS
SPACE HEATING
TUBERS
VEGETABLES
VERTEBRATES
WASTE PROCESSING
WELLS
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