Binary cycle geothermal power plant (UEB Contracted)
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- Synopsis
- This is an image of a geothermal power plant shown from the side in cross section. There is a locator dot shown, which will be at the top left of the page when the image is the right way up. The image is framed by a dashed line image border. All major components have been labelled.Along the bottom of the page is the hot rock (geothermal reservoir) which is the energy source for the power plant. Further up the page is the surface of the ground. In the bottom left of the page is a pipe going up the page from the production well, to the right through a heat exchanger, and down again to the injection well in the layer of hot rock.Hot water under pressure is pushed up the pipe from the production well and through the heat exchanger. Here it gives up its heat to convert water in another pipe into steam. The steam in the second pipe travels left, up and then right, to where it rotates a turbine at high speed, which in turn drives a generator to the right.The two horizontal dashed lines to the right of the generator represent the wires that carry the electricity produced to users. They continue beyond the image border on the right.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 1 Pages
- Publisher:
- RNIB Bookshare
- Date of Addition:
- 08/03/16
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB Bookshare
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- Yes
- Categories:
- Science
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.