Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios

Sullivan, John

doi:10.15121/1148726

Title: Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios

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The information given in this file pertains to Argonne life-cycle analyses (LCAs) of the plant cycle stage for a set of ten new geothermal scenario pairs, each comprised of a reference and improved case. These analyses were conducted to compare environmental performances among the scenarios and cases. The types of plants evaluated are hydrothermal binary and flash and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) binary and flash plants. Each scenario pair was developed by the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) group using the Geothermal Electricity Evaluation Model (GETEM) as a way to identify plant operational and resource combinations that could reduce geothermal power plant LCOE values. Based on the specified plant and well field characteristics (plant type, capacity, capacity factor and lifetime, and well numbers and depths) for each case of each pair, Argonne generated a corresponding set of material to power ratios (MPRs) and greenhouse gas and fossil energy ratios.

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Sullivan, John

Argonne National Laboratory

Publication Date:: 2014-03-14

Other Number(s):: 350

Research Org.:: DOE Geothermal Data Repository; Argonne National Laboratory

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Geothermal Technologies Program (EE-2C)

Collaborations:: Argonne National Laboratory

Subject:: 15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GETEM; GHG; GHG ratio; LCA; LCOEs; MPR; alternative scenarios; cost; cost of energy; economic; energy; energy ratio; evaluatiion; evaluation; fossil fuel; geothermal; greenhouse gas ratios; hydrothermal; inventory; levelized; life cycle metrics; life-cycle analyses; material to power ratio; material to power ratios; power; production; ratio; resource; scenarios

OSTI Identifier:: 1148726

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.15121/1148726

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"Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios".  United States.  doi:https://doi.org/10.15121/1148726.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1148726. Pub date:Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014

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  title        = {Alternative Geothermal Power Production Scenarios},

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  abstractNote = {The information given in this file pertains to Argonne life-cycle analyses (LCAs) of the plant cycle stage for a set of ten new geothermal scenario pairs, each comprised of a reference and improved case. These analyses were conducted to compare environmental performances among the scenarios and cases. The types of plants evaluated are hydrothermal binary and flash and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) binary and flash plants. Each scenario pair was developed by the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) group using the Geothermal Electricity Evaluation Model (GETEM) as a way to identify plant operational and resource combinations that could reduce geothermal power plant LCOE values. Based on the specified plant and well field characteristics (plant type, capacity, capacity factor and lifetime, and well numbers and depths) for each case of each pair, Argonne generated a corresponding set of material to power ratios (MPRs) and greenhouse gas and fossil energy ratios.},

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  place        = {United States},

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