Final design, installation and baseline testing of 500 kW direct contact pilot plant at East Mesa
The pilot plant was configured to accomplish two objectives - first to evaluate the overall performance potential of direct contact powerplants and second to develop design criteria and parameters for full-scale direct contact plants. The pilot plant includes all of the process functions that would be incorporated in a full-scale plant. Incoming brine is treated to remove undissolved gases, pumped through the direct contact heat exchanger (DCHX), and then sent to a recovery system for removal of the dissolved working fluid. The chosen working fluid is isobutane (IC/sub 4/). The working fluid loop includes a radial inflow turbine with generator, condensers, hot-well reservoir, and a feed pump. A downwell pump was installed in the geothermal well to supply the plant with unflashed brine. (MHR)
- Research Organization:
- Barber-Nichols Engineering Co., Arvada, CO (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6990612
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-11153
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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150801* -- Geothermal Power Plants-- Design & Operation
2-METHYLPROPANE
ALKANES
DESIGN
DIRECT CONTACT HEAT EXCHANGERS
EAST MESA GEOTHERMAL FIELD
FIELD TESTS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GEOTHERMAL FIELDS
GEOTHERMAL POWER PLANTS
Geothermal Legacy
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HYDROCARBONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PILOT PLANTS
POWER PLANTS
POWER RANGE 100-1000 KW
TEST FACILITIES
TESTING
THERMAL POWER PLANTS