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Title: Progress on the biphase turbine at Cerro Prieto

Conference ·
OSTI ID:603413
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  1. Douglas Energy Company, Placentia, CA (United States)

The status of a Biphase turbine power plant being installed at the Cerro Prieto geothermal field is presented. The major modules for the power plant are completed except for a back pressure steam turbine. The power plant will be started in April 1997 with the Biphase turbine alone followed by the addition of the steam turbine module two months later. The current power plant performance level is 2780 kWe due to a decline in the well. An increase in power output to 4060 kWe by adding the flow from another well is planned. The addition of five Biphase power plants with a total power output of 21.2 megawatts is described.

Research Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
603413
Report Number(s):
DOE/EE-0139; CONF-970376-; ON: DE98001891; TRN: 98:001819-0008
Resource Relation:
Conference: 15. US Department of Energy`s geothermal program review, San Francisco, CA (United States), 24-26 Mar 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Role of research in the changing world of energy supply. Proceedings geothermal program review XV; PB: 347 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English